Served my country in the 80s-90s. Proud husband and father. Always asking questions. Looking for the truth.
Once the tariffs go into effect on Apr 2nd, the USA trade policy will be changed for a very long time, if not forever. It's an inflection point. This is a very big deal, and I don't think most people understand the inflection point we are about to make. Some of the big money understands, hence the trillions pouring into the country.
We are switching from using trade policy to push foreign policy to using trade policy to push economic policy.
China adopted our type of trade policy with its belt and road to drive countries into their sphere of influence.
We were losing with that trade policy because we couldn't match slave labor, automation in manufacturing, and government controlling the private sector.
Even though with open borders driving down wages and more and more government control of the private sector with regulations, we tried.
Trump is totally abandoning that policy and that losing war.
We will be trading with currency valued with gold and other minerals. So thinking inflation is not going to be the case.