[TD Hounds]

Trump is not stupid, he will not keep these tariffs in place much longer in my opinion.  He sees what the uncertainty is doing to the economy and will claim that most of the Countries gave in to his demands and declare victory.  That's just his M.O.  Hopefully not much permanent damage will be felt by the economy going forward.

It seems to me that the US should have trade deficits with most countries anyway.  We had a growing economy coming into this year and the US has much more wealth than most, so it just seems to me that naturally the US would be spending more since they have much more to spend.  Maybe that's too simplistic, but like the Lynyrd Skynrd song, I'm just a  simple man.

If Trump doesn’t keep them in place much longer it will be because countries have negotiated terms to have them nullified or reduced…. Dear Lord do you understand we are 36 trillion in debt and our national debt to GDP ration is well over 100% meaning that unless Trump fixes our trade deficit and brings back manufacturing there’s no way we can EVER repay the money we owe… Your heart maybe in the right place I absolutely don’t think your a bad person but I absolutely wonder what reality your living in 36 trillion which is almost 130% of our GDP and we should have trade deficits….. There’s no country in the world that is living with as much debt as we are and guess who owns the majority of our debt, the very countries you want a trade deficit with….

I believe you are mistaken that the trade deficit has a correlation to the national debt.  The national debt is to be blamed on politicians from both parties who cannot balance a budget.  They need to cut spending and increase revenue, which they simply can't seem to do because of all the special interest groups, lobbyist, etc. that they are beholden to. 

Our last 2 Presidents are the biggest culprits of the deficit and I'm not expecting it to get any better over the next 4 years.

 Did you even try and research or google it to make sure you weren’t wrong? Of course not….The correlation comes through the GDP, I’m not going over it again because obviously you didn’t get it the first time your not gonna get it the second time because it’s what you believe, thats the problem…..And it doesn’t really matter, in your fantasy land we’re so rich we should do nothing but pump hugs, kisses, and fist bumps everywhere no matter the costs…..And your wrong Obama was more responsible for the national debt soaring than either Trump or Biden….