It's like watching a poorly written SNL bit really. The way they are attempting to justify what effectively is a tax increase, is hilarious at best.
It could be
That the idea is that we will have less product crossing borders, therefor less ways to smuggle the drugs. That "kind of" makes sense.
If this is the case, if this is the logic we've decided to follow then I propose we close the borders completely. Yes, that will show those countries not to send us their fentanyl packed avocados and maple syrups.
But, it could also be
That if these trade wars completely destroy the economy, then we won't have any money to buy the fentanyl in the first place.
That also makes a lot of sense. Yeah, I mean, you basically have to decide: Burger or fentanyl.
That could work, I have to say.
Anyways, I'm glad Fox news is letting us know the reason why increasing out taxes, our cost of living is necessary. I almost thought they were screwing us for a petty reason.
MenO
Yeah it's a bit silly lol
Just say.....We want more money instead of hiding behind the 'drug' excuse.
moar monies!!!!
Lol, Meno man I'm telling you... this whole thing is like a comedy skit nobody asked for. If making life more expensive is the master plan to stop fentanyl, then I guess we should just raise prices on everything 🤦🤦🤦💔💔💔👺 these guys 🤦
They are lazy with the justifications because the justifications are irrelevant falsities.
The justification in this case ties into a known narrative that will work.
The tariffs have nothing to do with drugs.
If the reason for doing anything can be tied back to Ukraine, gun control, abortion, fentanyl, illegal immigration, LGBTQ, etc etc they will just lie and tie it back to one of the main issues that people are already talking about to get automatic support for the thing.
In this case Trump is heavily manipulating the economy and all the reasons for why he wants to do it are mostly unknown. Best guess is that he's creating a crisis on purpose to create a dump/pump scenario and start a fresh round of money printing.
Honestly considering how wishy washy he's being it almost feels like a day-trading paradise.
best guess is that his "close friends" are playing the markets. Shorting, setting up puts and calls, and what have you.
best guess...
Highly probable but there's all kinds of other stuff going on that we don't even know about.
Insider trading can happen no matter what the strategy is.
He still wants a weak dollar and easy money to flood the system.
He doesn't talk about it very often but many of the actions lead there.