Trump was proposing to do it for the same reasons. Was criticized for it.
Trudeau does it...crickets.
You're smart enough to see the hypocrisy here right?
Trudeau pulls a Trump
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Trudeau does it...crickets.
You're smart enough to see the hypocrisy here right?
My point in case you missed it:
Back in 2018, lawmakers of both parties greeted President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on Chinese imports with widespread derision.
Six years later, most members of Congress are applauding President Joe Biden’s extension — and in some cases, expansion — of those tariffs, if not calling for him to go even further.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/15/biden-tariff-reaction-trump-00158043
Trump does it claiming China will pay huge money in Taxes to the US when the reality is China doesn't give the US a penny due to tariffs, you are smart enough to know how and what tariffs accomplish right?
Trump did an across the board tarrif, imports from China into the US stayed at about the same level after Trump tarrif so it did not motivate domestic displacement of Chinese goods, ultimately the US consumer burdened the cost of the tarrif and reaped no rewards like manufacturing jobs.
The US and Canada has had targeted tarrifs on Chinese steel and aluminum before Trump and JT were in power.
The US and Canada has had targeted tarrifs on Chinese steel and aluminum before Trump and JT were in power.
It's not about how tariffs work. It's really about protectionism.
Trump was criticized for it.
Biden maintained the same/more tariffs, was not criticized for it.
Trudeau was not criticized for it.
It's about hypocrisy.
Here's a better question...why was Trump criticized for tariffs and Biden and Trudeau were not?
Trump accused of Protectionism and the other two were not.
See the hypocrisy trend? Need pictures?
Again, Trump brought Taffiffs in for the wrong reason. His Tariffs raised the prices on many items for the wrong reasons in his mind. HE BELIEVES China is paying for it, they are not the citizens are with higher prices.
Biden has not removed them but Harris isn't planning on imposing more like the Trump administration is. Read, and read some more, you need to be enlightened with facts instead of fiction.
https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-biden-tariffs/
I am going to assume that Biden didn't pull any Tariffs off so to not allow Trump a talking point of claiming Biden is in bed with China. I could be completely off the mark but it's just my speculation.
Yep, there goes that. Let's get rid of gas-powered cars in the next 10 years AND let's double the price of affordable Chinese EVs.
Mr. Musk thanks you for your service, Justin
The link:
- The Biden administration has kept most of the Trump administration tariffs in place, and in May 2024, announced tariff hikes on an additional $18 billion of Chinese goods, including semiconductors and electric vehicles, for an additional tax increase of $3.6 billion.
- We estimate the Trump-Biden tariffs will reduce long-run GDP by 0.2 percent, the capital stock by 0.1 percent, and employment by 142,000 full-time equivalent jobs.
Yes it's been said before: Biden/Harris are basically taking Trump's Tweets, cleaning the grammar up and running with them.
Your utter lack of understanding of any issue is really quite amazing.
Not all taxes are good or bad, not all tariffs are good or bad, not all people are good or bad.
You can't tell the difference.
Canada was not importing any EV's that the tariff would apply to before this announcement.Yep, there goes that. Let's get rid of gas-powered cars in the next 10 years AND let's double the price of affordable Chinese EVs.
Mr. Musk thanks you for your service, Justin
It's not just EV's...it's steel and aluminum that are impacted by the tariffs.
Biden added more. But let's not let facts get in the way here.
You are not understanding my point. Both Biden and Trump imposed tariffs for the same reasons. Trump was criticized, Biden wasn't.
Is that point too difficult to understand?
No, it was not for the same reason and that is the point you are missing. Biden only added extra tariffs to help the up-and-coming EV industry.
Really?
Key Finding
- The Trump administration imposed nearly $80 billion worth of new taxes on Americans by levying tariffs on thousands of products valued at approximately $380 billion in 2018 and 2019, amounting to one of the largest tax increases in decades.
- The Biden administration has kept most of the Trump administration tariffs in place, and in May 2024, announced tariff hikes on an additional $18 billion of Chinese goods, including semiconductors and electric vehicles, for an additional tax increase of $3.6 billion.
- We estimate the Trump-Biden tariffs will reduce long-run GDP by 0.2 percent, the capital stock by 0.1 percent, and employment by 142,000 full-time equivalent jobs.
- Academic and governmental studies find the Trump-Biden tariffs have raised prices and reduced output and employment, producing a net negative impact on the US economy.
You can read the more details using the link below, but clearly tariffs were for the same reasons.
Trump was criticized; Biden wasn't.
That is the point you keep missing.
https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-biden-tariffs/
The hypocrisy are with his Canadian adorers and butt kissers. Remember that he was not imposing tariffs only on China. But Canada was no different than China in this respect according to Trump. The whole idea was to wreck the Canadian economy at the expense of his own ego and he did it to Canada as well. This is what we were concerned about and did not give a heck about him imposing it on China. Sure The Liberal Govt. was right to slam him for it. Look, even some of The Republicans condemned him for it:
Top Republicans slam Trump's anti-Canada tirade, metals tariffs
'I frankly commend Canada for its measured and sober response,' U.S. senator says
So, tell me whether it was right for him to impose these tariffs on Canada or was it wrong for him to do so? Let's hear the real hypocrisy!!
The problem is that skoob understands tariffs not even as well as rump, his rapist hero.
Of course Trump lies about how tariffs do work. Trump was rambling in a very incoherent manner when questioned about childcare, then going in a tangent how he is going to pay for it by imposing tariffs on foreign goods. He blatantly lied that taxpayers will not be paying for it. Obviously, he cannot comprehend that at the end of the day the taxpayers have to pay for these tariffs, as this is how the sellers have to recover the cost associated with the tariffs!!
