Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if foreign automakers raise prices due to tariffs

[jross]

I support the man in the arena... over the bystander and conformists.

[Scouts Honor]

why have you never posted about the tariffs other countries put on American goods? 

[red viking]

31 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

why have you never posted about the tariffs other countries put on American goods? 

Well, they were minor before but good pt. They are now escalating big time so thats really hurting our exports. Many u.s. manufacturers are hurting now. Even automakers because they are importing parts from overseas. Thx for bringing that up. 

[Scouts Honor]

so it's trumps fault, we weren't hurting before right? 

hmmm 

we should just lie back and pay for it right... all the tariffs up until now 

[ionel]

Is it true rv just bought a couple new Audi Q8s before the price increase?  

Paid with gold.  

Edited Monday at 08:49 PM by ionel

[red viking]

30 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

so it's trumps fault, we weren't hurting before right? 

hmmm 

we should just lie back and pay for it right... all the tariffs up until now 

Us getting "screwed over" by countries like Canada is more trump kool-aid. Keep drinking it. 

[billyhoyle]

10 hours ago, Paul158 said:

I have a 2006 F150. It runs like a champ. It has 270,000 miles on it. Original engine and transmission. (not rebuilt). I get 17 to 18 miles per gallon on the highway. To replace it with a new F150 is 50K to 75K.

In a few years you can buy that car a beer. 

The price of cars going up probably won't have that huge of an impact on people since a car is something most people buy infrequently, and there is no real need to get a new car unless your old one is a piece of crap. 

However, the impact will be on car dealerships and domestic employees of the car companies that get laid off. I have to imagine the vast majority of these people are Trump supporters. In the long term, tariffs would bring jobs to the car manufacturing sector at the expense of higher prices and lower quality for consumers. I'm not sure how the employees who get laid off or can't sell cars while the supply chains are being redone will feel about it though. 

Edited Monday at 10:41 PM by billyhoyle

[JimmySpeaks]

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