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thisisityesterday at 5:28 PM1 replyview on HN

Yes sure. Add it to the pile of contradictory goals:

1. Bring back manufacturing jobs 2. Remove trade barriers 3. Make US rich by collecting huge amount of tariffs

If 1 is true then there is no benefit for countries to remove trade barriers or pay tariffs because now there is no leverage (manufacturing jobs to protect).

If 2 is true then there is no leverage for other things to happen - countries aren't going to voluntary remove trade barriers without keeping the jobs or paying tariffs.

So and so forth.


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Fordecyesterday at 6:31 PM

Any easy resolution to the math is that 1 will be false and Trump will be more than capable of throwing those workers under a bus.