As usual we pretty much agree. I also agree with your friends formulation. I think the pandemic showed we need to strategically bring back certain manufacturing capability to avoid us being at the mercy of whomever the next time something unpredictable occurs. Like we did with energy where we are effectively self sufficient. I just don’t know of broad tariffs is the way to achieve that.
I fear you may be right and have no confidence in Trump's erratic leadership. I fear he will throw the baby out with the bathwater and I think a lot of people have concluded that this kind of over the top intense action is the only way to bring about any reform at all. It is incredible how many people knew this about Trump but were so horrified by the Democrats and the threat of a Harris presidency that they voted for him anyway. I hope things work out.
Paul is right to be skeptical. My hope is that, in the end, Trump will put the screws to Putin if only because what Trump wants more than anything else in Ukraine is credit for bringing the war to an end. I question whether his ego would permit failure in this quest. Jim Dueholm
As usual we pretty much agree. I also agree with your friends formulation. I think the pandemic showed we need to strategically bring back certain manufacturing capability to avoid us being at the mercy of whomever the next time something unpredictable occurs. Like we did with energy where we are effectively self sufficient. I just don’t know of broad tariffs is the way to achieve that.
I fear you may be right and have no confidence in Trump's erratic leadership. I fear he will throw the baby out with the bathwater and I think a lot of people have concluded that this kind of over the top intense action is the only way to bring about any reform at all. It is incredible how many people knew this about Trump but were so horrified by the Democrats and the threat of a Harris presidency that they voted for him anyway. I hope things work out.
Paul is right to be skeptical. My hope is that, in the end, Trump will put the screws to Putin if only because what Trump wants more than anything else in Ukraine is credit for bringing the war to an end. I question whether his ego would permit failure in this quest. Jim Dueholm