Is everybody happy with Trump's trade war?

To tell you the truth, I'm tuning most of it out.

But we have to do something to protect our economy. I'm glad that Trump is doing it.



Trump protects us when leftists try to violate our civil liberties for fun.



Good for Trump for fighting to protect our economy.

Most people can not even explain what "economy" means.

Trump raised taxes on steel and aluminum from China. That forced a rise in prices of cars and home appliances, so people can't buy new cars and washing machines so much. Mexico banned imports of American cheese in sympathy with the Chinese, so Wisconsin dairy farmers are going bankrupt now.

These things all filter down to something we call "economy", but the way most people use the word it is meaningless.

From everywhere in the world in fact.



But now we're going to have a steel industry again.

Think how much the auto industry would benefit from 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts.



I suspect that it is more to do with tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico.



25% tariffs on dairy products would help them out.

“Economics” is not science, and it’s impossible for a anyone forecast future performance. Even past gdp numbers are https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/680284-why-do-countries-revise-their-national-accounts

Psychologists are real good at explaining why did as they did, but not at all good at predicting what they will do. Same is true of economists.

I think psychologists have an easier way to analyze human behavior. Economics is not science.

Its not science unless gambling has become a science.

Economics is not science in that it's impossible to forecast future activities. Governments try to forecast future activity, but they are just guesstimates. Remember what happened when the Thai baht changed value? https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2095008/who-learned-lessons-thai-baht-crisis-china-or-europe