Comment by _bin_
12 days ago
The administration is probably aware of this and doesn't care. A huge portion of his base were rust belt voters who want what are essentially handouts, which trump intends to achieve by forcing the American consumer to pay $30/hour for el cheapo goods that could be made elsewhere and have no tangible security impact.
You're mistaking the rhetoric he uses to sell this idiocy to the rest of the country for a good-faith argument.
> and have no tangible security impact
I would not object to a tariff on shitty IoT devices, with the level determined by things like if the default password is "admin".
And America can't even export any off it because Trump managed to start a trade war with the rest of the world.
Apparently the US doesn't need allies anymore against China...
The joke is on them. We'll simply buy less stuff and make due more with what we have.
Yeah personally I buy very little and live pretty minimally so I'm not impacted much either way. I think most people's takes, however, are influenced by what is best for their pocketbooks short-term rather than for the nation long-term. And Trump is influenced by what's best for him short-term.