Anti free-trade? Anti-interventionist? When did Trump become a Democratic Socialist?

The dude sounds a lot like Dennis Kucinich. Maybe even a bit like Bernie.

I surprised he is not more popular amongst the handwringers who frequent this site.

So... here's the thing. You can put Tariffs on luxury goods and survive without having any meaningful economic impact. If you've got to have that Hermes purse, you're already not considering the utilitarian value of the product.

This is different. Trump is taxing commodities and exchangeable goods. Nominally in an effort to "bring back good paying manufacturing jobs."

Not gonna happen. First-comparative advantage. The US already has a near absolute advantage in manufacturing, it's just not the best utilization of capital.

Second, bring manufacturing back to the US would cost tens, if not hundreds of billions of dollars. And at the end of it, the US companies are still not competitive with the global competition. Given the timelines involved, it's highly unlikey that investors would speculate in something so risk. There is a better than good chance that Trump will not be president in

"Those are contradictory, but I wouldn't expect you to understand how or why."

And I wouldn't expect you to be able to explain it.