America - The Official Thread

[Scaff]

News flash from Trump...

“MAKE YOUR PRODUCT IN THE USA AND THERE ARE NO TARIFFS! Why should the United States lose TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SUBSIDIZING OTHER COUNTRIES, and why should these other countries pay a small fraction of the cost of what USA citizens pay for Drugs and Pharmaceuticals, as an example?”

...apparently, the high cost of meds in the USA is not the fault of the insane insurance-based system, but other countries!

Trump Defends Tariffs, Says There Will Be 'Some Pain' To 'Make America Great Again'

Experts have predicted that the tariffs could make products more expensive for Americans.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

*Bold is mine, the all-caps are all Trump's own.


The CDC have also been told to halt the publication/submission of all scientific papers, so the administration can check them for banned words.

Banned words! @opelgt1969 is this authoritarian enough for you yet?

 

[McLaren]

"MAKE YOUR PRODUCT IN THE USA AND THERE ARE NO TARIFFS"

There will still be tariffs? You can't make products in the USA without some sort of material being imported to produce the product here. The BMW plant in South Carolina produces the X5, but if you read the Monroney sticker, only 32% of the car is produced in US/Canada, the engine comes from Austria & the transmission comes from Germany before final assembly. I believe with the Tundra in Texas, I think 20% of the parts come from Japan.

I've seen similar notes brought up about factories being moved here to "avoid" a tariff. Materials like steel will still be affected (again) & the company will be dealing with 2+ years of that if they're trying to get a major manufacturing plant up and running here.

 

[Liquid]

It's like a self-imposed Brexit.

 

[Scaff]

"MAKE YOUR PRODUCT IN THE USA AND THERE ARE NO TARIFFS"

There will still be tariffs? You can't make products in the USA without some sort of material being imported to produce the product here. The BMW plant in South Carolina produces the X5, but if you read the Monroney sticker, only 32% of the car is produced in US/Canada, the engine comes from Austria & the transmission comes from Germany before final assembly. I believe with the Tundra in Texas, I think 20% of the parts come from Japan.

I've seen similar notes brought up about factories being moved here to "avoid" a tariff. Materials like steel will still be affected (again) & the company will be dealing with 2+ years of that if they're trying to get a major manufacturing plant up and running here.

Add in the equipment used in production as well, if any of that it sourced from outside the US (and again it's entire supply chain), as well as any consumables, service items, etc. then it's another area for tariffs to hit.

To avoid tariffs, the production of any item would require every single element of its supply and manufacture chain to be US based, right the way back to raw materials in every case, which is pretty much impossible.

 

[UKMikey]

It's like a self-imposed Brexit.

Brexit was self-imposed.

 

[Joey D]

Man, you know what I need to pay? More taxes. I get a ton of employer provided benefits and in all likelihood they won't drop them because the last time they even attempted to get rid of a few things, the employees revolted.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/02/to-help-pay-for-trump-tax-cuts-new-taxes-on-work-perks-are-gop-target.html