Probably not a bad idea, absent a balancing negotiation
#9 | Posted by john_savage2
You're just too simple minded to know why this is a bad idea.
Let me allow Gemini explain it to you like a moron:
Conversation with Gemini:
"what would really happen if trump really did cut off trade with countries with whom we have a trade deficit? explain it to me like i'm a moron"
"A trade deficit just means we buy more stuff from a country than they buy from us. If the U.S. completely cut off trade with every country where that happens, it would mean cutting off almost all our major trading partners"including Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, Germany, and South Korea.
If that happened, four major things would go down immediately:
1. Store shelves would go empty overnight
The U.S. doesn't make everything it uses. Cutting off trade means instant shortages of:
Tech: iPhones, tvs, computer chips, and parts needed to fix appliances.
Vehicles: New cars and auto parts (meaning fixing a broken car becomes nearly impossible).
Everyday items: Clothes, shoes, furniture, and toys.
Food & Medicine: Fresh fruit in the winter, avocados, coffee, tea, and critical generic drugs.
2. Extreme inflation (Prices would skyrocket)
When stuff gets rare, it gets expensive.
Even if U.S. factories tried to step in and make these things, American labor and production cost way more.
Local factories would also run out of raw materials or imported parts, forcing them to jack up prices on domestic products.
3. American workers would lose their jobs
Trade goes both ways. If we stop buying from them, two things happen to U.S. businesses:
No parts to build stuff: An American factory that builds airplanes or tractors needs foreign parts. Without them, the factory shuts down and lays off workers.
Retaliation: Other countries will instantly ban American goods in response. U.S. farmers couldn't sell soybeans or pork overseas, leading to massive bankruptcies across rural America.
4. A global economic crash
The U.S. is the biggest buyer in the world. Pulling out of global trade would plunge the U.S."and most of the world"into an immediate, severe economic depression.
A trade deficit isn't inherently a "loss." It's like your relationship with your local grocery store: you have a massive trade deficit with them because you buy their food and they buy nothing from you. Cutting off that "deficit" means you stop getting food."
Does that make sense to you dumbass or is it too long for you to read?
The supreme court handing the presidency to bush was the beginning of the end of america.
Then republicans botched 9/11, botched the response to 9/11, dragged us into war with an unrelated country using 9/11 as an excuse, destroyed america's credibility, lit trillions of dollars on fire, destabilized the mideast, sent waves of refugees into europe resurrecting anti immigrant fascism there, killing thousands of americans and hundreds of thousands of others.
The clear lesson should have been - don't elect republicans.
Then america RE ELECTED bush. That was the second plane hitting the tower. Meaning this was no mistake. Our country was really this brainwashed and stupid.
THen bush oversaw the economic collapse.
Again the lesson should have been - stop electing republicans.
But after 8 years of steady leadership under obama, moron americans with the memory of a goldfish said "hey maybe we should try a republican!"
And now our national debt is 40 trillion and we're in ANOTHER war in the mideast that a republican president lied us into.
Imagine how bright our future could have been if republicans hadn't been driving us into the ditch since 2000.