‘It’s real y’all’: People are sharing their tariff receipts, and my wallet is not ready for what’s coming
‘It’s real y’all’: People are sharing their tariff receipts, and my wallet is not ready for what’s coming

Americans Are Sharing How They're Already Seeing Trump's Tariffs Affect Their Lives And Businesses

That's the point. To push the consumer market to shift to American made goods. What this idiot has missed is that American doesn't have the means to make these goods.
So as always, he fucked up another "business" and it'll lead to terrible consequences. Just like all his Trump businesses that failed.
Art of the Bankruptcy.
America not only doesn't have the means, because of the tariffs it can no longer get the means. Manufacturing requires a lot of heavy industrial equipment that - surprise, surprise - isn't made in the US.
But to say that Trump's goal is to move production back to the US is almost giving him too much credit. He doesn't really have a clear idea of what his goal is. Depending on the moment it changes, and the various goals he suggests are all contradictory; each one can only happen without the others. He says he's imposing tariffs to move manufacturing home, but that only works if the tariffs are set to last a long time. But he also says he's making deals, and that only works if the tariffs will be removed as part of the conclusion of the deal. And he says that the tariffs will replace taxes, but that only works if the tariffs are permanent, and imports remain at their current levels rather than manufacturing moving back to the US. For any one of those claims to be true, the other two can't be.
There is no plan here. He just likes the idea of tariffs, because he has only ever understood the world through the lens of power; of dominating or being dominated. Tariffs feel big and muscular, like throwing punches but with money. That's why he wants them. The rest is just excuses. It's really all about his crippling insecurity, and the entire American right being in his thrall.
They do seem to be getting tired of his shit as well
Regardless of one's opinions on tariffs themselves, this was such a stupid, hamfisted way of going about it. It's almost like phasing in tariffs incrementally over a period of, say 10 years, would allow for adaption and for production to get spooled up.
I use "10 years" as an example, an economics person would be better qualified on the specifics.
If you want to see how government can spur investment in onshore manufacturing capabilities just look at the CHIPS act, which we can’t have because the “wrong” team did it.
Depending on how much money you throw at it and how much support you get by the government in dealing with regulatory processes, moving existing complex plants could take 2-5 years. Add another 1-2 years if you start from scratch. However when starting from scratch you have to do the same in other places too, so the relative time loss gets smaller.
Fact is some megacorporations already announced that they want to invest into manufacturing in the US because of tariffs. It will not offset the broader impact but help Trump sell his tariffs as a success.