Comment by JumpCrisscross

> they know what's going to happen, and they expect the coming storm because they seek what follows

If they do they’re lying. The mechanism by which tariffs restore production is by raising prices. That makes it more lucrative to invest in serving that market. If producers have to absorb the tariff, they won’t boost production and the tariff is just a corporate tax increase.

> to repudiate foreign held debt, or devalue it, by revaluation of the USD

That’s called inflation!