[TrentCrimmIndependent]

If the definition hasnt changed since school, Tariffs essentially act as an import tax applied to goods of companies outsourcing their manufacturing and bringing that product into the US to sell.

So isn't this Trump waging war primarily on his own consumers who will bear the brunt of those costs and American companies for not sourcing parts and manufacturing in the US by doing this? And by the same logic, aren't retaliatory Canadian Tariffs what Canadian consumers should be most wary of?

A program gave a breakdown of how Canadian consumers can expect to be effected by rhe Trump tartifs and the products listed were pretty limited (cereals for example). Things we can live with not buying much of in the next 4 years.

Biggest difference would be seen in products that have parts sourced from other tariffed nations, manufactured in the US and sold here. That's only certain products though.

Obviously it will have profound effects on multinational corporations and ones with a large US consumer base where goods originate here, but in terms of whos pocketbooks are impacted most this seems like Trump shooting himself and american businesses in the foot more than anything.

There's no infrastructure in place that can be thrown together in 4 years to effectively replace mexico and china and bring all that manufacturung home...

So much potential damage to the US economy all for ... fentanyl deaths, most of which can be attributed to activity borne on US soil? Dude is nuts.

Canada learning to be more self sufficient and expanding exports/relations with order nations may have short term pain but ultimately work in the country's favor long term and bolster its sovereignty, if anything.

We became far too dependent on the US. So this might be a necessary pain that was better to happen now instead of being pushed off until later.