14th April 2025, 11:14 PM
The plan, I guess, was to make outsourcing so expensive that it would (eventually??) bring manufacturing back to the US. Or at least I think that's what the plan was supposed to be. In reality this had no shot at working, so who knows what the actual plan was. Some people will say it's "4D chess", but honestly I think it's pretty clear (and has been for a long time, to anyone paying attention) that Trump and his administration really are just that stupid.
If you want my opinion, I think it's no deeper than this: Trump is well known to be a bully and a con man, and he's totally convinced that he can bully the big boys, throw his weight around and get concessions from other powers. That all he has to do is make some threats and things will magically go his way (whatever way that might be). The truth is, of course, that this is utterly delusional. His egotistical and childish approach to leadership is just going to end up burying the US if it's left unchecked.
Not that any of this matters to him or his supporters though. If there's one takeaway from the past 8 years of American politics, it's that most people - and honestly, not just Americans, I think this is probably true of people the world over - vote purely based on vibes rather than policy. If someone personally had a bad year, they'll vote for the other party, or they'll vote for whoever seems to have the most personality or whatever (doesn't matter if it's a good or bad personality, apparently). It's just a shame that the vibes Americans voted for this time were nothing but raw, unfocused anger and vitriol.
If you want my opinion, I think it's no deeper than this: Trump is well known to be a bully and a con man, and he's totally convinced that he can bully the big boys, throw his weight around and get concessions from other powers. That all he has to do is make some threats and things will magically go his way (whatever way that might be). The truth is, of course, that this is utterly delusional. His egotistical and childish approach to leadership is just going to end up burying the US if it's left unchecked.
Not that any of this matters to him or his supporters though. If there's one takeaway from the past 8 years of American politics, it's that most people - and honestly, not just Americans, I think this is probably true of people the world over - vote purely based on vibes rather than policy. If someone personally had a bad year, they'll vote for the other party, or they'll vote for whoever seems to have the most personality or whatever (doesn't matter if it's a good or bad personality, apparently). It's just a shame that the vibes Americans voted for this time were nothing but raw, unfocused anger and vitriol.
