It's like a landlord who charges higher rent next month but forgives 6 months of nonpayments.

To my fellow Conservatives and to the lurking Dems thinking that these tariffs make the consumer pay more, buy less, hurt the economy, and drag down the stock market, you're 100% correct.

But as I see it, there are two potential positive outcomes: either the tariffs are temporary and are being used as leverage to bring countries and/or companies that refuse to negotiate in good faith to the table (meaning the tariffs are eventually lifted), or they’re here to stay, in which case the resulting "tax" burden must be offset with other incentives that put or keep more money in people’s pockets. Otherwise, it will be a colossal failure that hurts the country and the Republicans in the long run.

Yesterday was Day 1 of the broad tariffs. Today is Day 2. Trump either cooks or gets cooked. Time will tell.

And if you're thinking, "Time will tell" playing with people’s retirement funds and incomes is no way to run a country, lol. People don’t have “time” to just wait it out.

The story of the country known as the USA already has a written ending, a bad one. The national debt will break this country sooner or later. Both Republicans and Democrats have made promises and done things "for the people". Some periods have been better than others, but the fundamental problem continues to grow. The country itself is the one running out of time. We're speeding towards a wall, regardless of how “good” the president in office may "drive" towards it.

I understand the worries, complaints, and pain this might cause. I'm not saying it's not real. But the same old, tested methods won’t change our course. The USA needs a different path. Otherwise, we’re just making the “belly of the beast” more comfortable while we wait for the very predictable outcome.

Most people think and act based on short-term gratification, I get that. I even understand it. But we need a different solution. So I think it's worth giving the elected president a shot at trying to fix things. It might not work out as he intends, but as the elected and sitting president, he’s earned the right to do things differently.

And hey, if it doesn’t work, the Democrats will win a bunch of future elections and fix everything, right?

Mark Steyn, who was a legendary Rush Limbaugh guest host and best selling author of America Alone and After America, does (mostly weekly) Q&A. He doesn't just talk about the US, he has a unique perspective of commentating on the Western world as a whole.

https://www.steynonline.com/15186/the-stench-of-the-swamp

Note : Steyn was out last week and he had one of his two regular guest hosts sub in. The episode was fine with the guest, but of course they are not Steyn. If you want me to post guest host episodes also, let me know. He will likely be out next week as well due to his annual Cruise.

Saw this video related to the new tariffs and found it an interesting potential explanation of the end objective. While i do personally see some serious obstacles to this plan it would still explain the general vision, what's your take?