General Discussion

He sticks with it, no matter how many times it's debunked by people who actually know what they're talking about. Because he knows the rubes live in an information bubble that inconvenient facts do not penetrate. He is very much an obvious acolyte of the "The Big Lie" strategy made famous by a murderous 20th century dictator.

To any wingnuts reading this post:

TARIFFS ARE NOT PAID BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, THEY ARE TAXES PAID BY WHOEVER IMPORTS THE GOODS FROM THE FOREIGN COUNTRY. They are a TAX ON USA-BASED BUSINESSES, and these importers pass down these added TAXES on to their consumers as much as they possibly can get away with.

These are well-known facts, and YOUR DEAR LEADER HAS BEEN CONNING YOU ALL ALONG.

When he says "the amounts payable to the USA will SKYROCKET", that means YOUR MONEY.