You’ve got to give him credit. Throughout his campaign he said he was going to use tariff’s to Make America Great Again. By God, “I’m gonna stick it to China with 60% tariffs. I’ll put them on Canada and Mexico too. They aren’t gonna take advantage of us anymore.” Of course, many of his followers didn’t believe he would actually do it, that it is just a bluff, because he’s so smart and “has such good common sense.” Also, many of those dimwits don’t even know what a tariff is. They think that the producer company in say China, Mexico, or Canada pays the tariff. Wrong. The tariff is paid by the company importing the product, who then passes along that cost to the American consumer. Today, the Wall Street Journal editorial board called this tRump tariff action “the dumbest trade war in history.” Trump in just two weeks has managed to piss off almost the entire global community with his foreign aid freeze talks, tariff belligerence, World Health Organization drop-out, Panama Canal and Greenland take-overs, and so on. We are getting booed at sporting events in Canada when the American Anthem is played. The longer this goes on, the uglier it’s going to get for American’s. MAGA’s just don’t get it. Trust me.
Had a great time with the kids and grand dog this weekend at the beach house. We actually had nice weather Saturday and Sunday. Great play time with Charlie on the beach. Gotta run, ramble later. Ziggyman
Mountain Man Musings 