alt Hacker NewsSpoke to a friend who is a big Trump supporter just yesterday - his view is that we shouldn't react to short term impact, these policies and tariffs should be viewed and judged in the long term. These tariffs will remake american manufacturing. I dont know if thats the current faux news talking point.
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> we shouldn't react to short term impact
Yes, but it's deeper than that.
We want our territory back, and we don't care about the health of the economy.
In fact, if the economy tanks, that's even better, because it will destroy the incentive for all of these other people to be come here and set up shop.
If there is no opportunity here, there will be no reason for them to be here. Also, if people are less comfortable, people will fight over resources more, which will lead to an antagonistic environment, which will cause even more people to leave.
Furthermore, the imports industry, and international corporations generally, are the power-base of our domestic enemies, and local industry is the power-base of our domestic allies.
I couldn't be more excited about all of this.
Yep, that's the talking point. Howard Lutnick has been out there saying this.
For better or worse, though, voters don't judge politicians based on the impact their policies have in 10-20 years. They're going to judge these tariffs in 18 months when they vote in the midterms and again in 2028, long before a widespread shift in manufacturing can occur.