Masterstroke!

Have to think for the long ball.  The US economy has been declining for decades as a result of the imbalanced trade.  There's no question there will be some short term pain, but it will be far better in the long run to balance things out.

heavy handed with the misleading graphs are we tonight?
The first one is hilarious because of course the duties from tariffs will drop when you remove the tariffs... duh
The second one was the boom from PC's and the internet that had nothing to do with trade.  Ironically that "boom" was promptly outsourced to China and the markets had virtually zero growth for the next 10-15 years.  China continued the growth curve of our 90's and we gave it to them.  China didn't innovate any of the technology, but they reaped the rewards of it.  Think about that.
We had Gateway, Dell, Intel, etc that were all manufacturing computers in America and then they stopped.
There's a gabillion sq. ft' factory in Sioux City, IA (where I grew up) that had tens of thousands of jobs and it practically ran the local economy in my home town.  They desperately tried to keep manufacturing in the US, but everyone else dumped everything off shore to slave labor and they couldn't compete and sold out (to an outsourcer).
I used to be one that shrugged it off as simple economics and they just needed to compete better, but it's a lot bigger than that.  These countries are not playing by the same rules and they are not playing fair.  They're just taking and taking without giving anywhere close to as much back.
I don't know if Trumps tariff policies by themselves will have huge effects, but I do believe that his tax plan, combined with his tough stance on leveling the playing field through whatever means necessary including tariffs will move things in a far better direction for America.
On a total side note, I love the shift with liberals.  They used to be for the American workers and the Republicans were all about outsourcing all their jobs to help big business donors' bottom line.  Now it's almost completely inverted because the little handed orange man is in office.  I'm still scratching my head on that one.

OB........that was some seriously misleading crazy liberal shiznit you posted tonight.  I'm gonna guess you've been getting your grape drank on.

Seriously, you don't?  LMAO

I agree, Rog......all he is doing is what he promised to do in his campaign.  I've seen a lot of that in his first year.  I think it's refreshing.   I'm sick of politicians and all their bullshine......THIS IS WHY I VOTED FOR TRUMP.  

Better tell CNN. LMAO

No, they're going to deal, because they have no choice.  All this will end up being is renegotiation of existing deals.  About damn time.

The American consumer pretty much drives the world economy.  We have a very big "stick" when it comes to trade wars (if it comes to that).  We buy a lot of goods from overseas and they buy very little (comparatively).  Anyone who tries to retaliate will be shooting their own foot. (economically speaking)
Remember, these countries have effectively been engaged in a trade war for decades and we've let them without recourse.  Trump isn't starting a war, he's simply retaliating in kind to even the playing field.  Of course these countries won't like it, but that's the whole idea.

I think it's a matter of looking at the bigger picture rather than the narrow picture.  When we look at tarrifs on a particular product you're absolutely right that it raises the price of that material and/or makes US based companies look more appealing from a price standpoint.  This in turn employs more people and increases the overall GDP and those employees spend more money.  All the additional economic growth leads to wage increases and on and on.
Obviously this stuff all takes time, but the fade to the negative has been going on for far too long and it needs to shift the other way.  Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do and I for one am very thankful for that.  Macro economics is a very complex thing with a lot of moving parts and it doesn't change quickly.  I'm sure there will be some short term pain as a result, but I'm willing to endure it for the long term benefits.

Oh no!!  The world is being served notice that our country will no longer be patsy's on world trade.  Too damn bad.

One word.............Middle Eastern Oil Industry.

We'll be just fine.