Climate change and inflation are both important, so we’re going to make it as expensive as possible to switch away from fossil fuels.
Climate change and inflation are both important, so we’re going to make it as expensive as possible to switch away from fossil fuels.
I get that he is trying to get manufacturing to return to the US, but man…
I’m betting they did polls and figured it might gain him more votes from the center than he will lose from the left.
He’s betting he won’t lose votes on the left because the left will vote against Trump. He’s playing chicken with the end of civilization, and we’re all in the car with him.
Whats scariest is that might be the winning bet.
He could potentially win Michigan based on this, so you’re probably right in that they did some polls and found this to be a domestically “good” move.
The auto industry is huge in Detroit. If Biden didn’t do this, I could imagine a situation where these budget-friendly Chinese vehicles actually scare the Big Three Auto Companies and the UAW into backing Trump, which would be a disaster.
I believe a defense for the tariffs is that the Chinese government is heavily subsidizing them, but I do not know how true that is.
Still, I detest protectionism lol.
Edit: grammar
Ever since the IRA was passed, US complaints about other governments subsidizing manufacturing are basically groundless.