Some here think this is a lack of understanding by Dotard of economics. I think it's the opposite. Yes he is an addled idiot, but there are smarter people behind him. He is about to captain the largest transfer of wealth upward in the history of our country to people like him and Elong, while at the same time slashing government programs that would soften the blow, that serve the poor and working class like Medicare, Medicaid, Snap, the CFPB, etc. This is Trump U all over again on steroids, on a massive scale with no state AGs who can shut it down. If you make the people poor enough, they will take any job offered, like field work 12-14 hours per day six days a week for pennies. This is the plan for the oligarchy, and it will only get worse. Hopefully we are ready for the revolution because I believe we have seen our last free and fair elections. Welcome to the United States of North Korea.
Not sure if it's covered in the story, too lazy to read it, but Dotard's across the board tariffs are making the inputs these companies need for their manufacturing processes far more expensive than they are in other countries. So their end product might get tariffed coming into the country, but they will remain cheaper in every other country.