Eric Trump demonstrates in 30 seconds he doesn’t have a clue how tariffs work

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/eric-trump-tariffs-donald-white-house-b2653902.html

47 comments

  1. To be fair, he doesn’t know how most things work.

  2. Eric Trump demonstrates in 30 seconds he doesn’t have a clue how ~~tariffs~~ anything works

  3. If you don’t stop illegals drugs and immigration, why we are going to, going to, going to, um, raise the price of goods for our entire nation. There, that’ll teach you. Yup, we make our people pay the tariffs, and …..um….yup, that will do it right there. That’ll Make America Great Again.

  4. >“Until such time as they stop, we will be charging China an additional 10 percent Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America.”

    Will that include bibles and red hats?

  5. I believe the saying for this situation is cutting off your own nose to spite your face.

  7. If I’m the leader of Mexico or Canada I’m contacting China to do all my trade with and move away from trade with the US

  8. I don’t know what’s worse:

    – he seems to think that tariffs will harm only the “target” countries, or;

    – they didn’t learn from the last time that that’s not how it works.

  9. I watched 10 seconds of that clip and now I’m…what’s the word…stoopider.

  12. What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.

    I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

  14. I think he knows damn well how tsriffs work. This is lies to reinforce the idea that somehow other countries will pay for them. That way, when you tell one of the people in deep how tariffs actually work, they can say “Nuh uh, Eric Trump said China will be paying”.

  15. The trump mantra is to repeat something over and over until their cult members believe it. The current lie is that foreign countries will pay for tariffs

  16. They want us to pay even more for everything. This is evil.

  17. They are not very bright, are they? Imagine that. The best hope for democracy is that our current batch of autocrats are imbeciles.

  18. It seems that journalists don’t know how tariffs work, either. It’s not a charge on the importer or the country of manufacture, it’s a sales tax, pure and simple.

    How do you raise taxes by 25% and have those most affected cheer? Tariffs!

  19. It seems that increasing tariffs will raise consumer prices, which will make people less able to afford goods, which will cause them to lose confidence and therefore possibly turn to drugs in their hopelessness.

  20. This is what happens when dumb people are born rich enough that they can spend their whole lives in this magic bubble where everyone tells them how intelligent they are.

  21. They’re going to end up blaming Democrats for the fentanyl issue while the Slacker family gets its fines reduced.

  22. Jesus Christ the ignorance from Trump and his family and supporters is just nauseating 

  23. Third generation nepotist has deluded himself into thinking his words and opinion are worth anything.

  25. I don’t even need to watch this video to know he doesn’t know anything.

  26. Are we still playing the game where we think they don’t know what they’re talking about, but really they’re just lying and trying to pull a fast one on the American people again?

    This is all on purpose. If the rubes hear it enough on TV (or right-wing podcast du jour ) it’s true.

  27. He doesn’t have a clue how life works and will never have to. He and his family won’t even notice any issues. 

  28. Since the United States is the biggest importer and consumer of illicit drugs in the world, I guess Eric Trump also thinks that every other country on earth should tariff the US.

    Ahhh, who am I kidding. He doesn’t “think.”

  29. We should clarify that tariffs imposed on foreign goods are effectively taxes of goods coming *into* the country (imports), which are paid for by U.S. companies. These companies care more about having record-breaking profits than they do about the consumer, who they will pass on these increased costs to without any hesitation.

    In most cases, we will have little to no choice but to suffer these increased costs on goods sold in stores because they aren’t really any alternatives aside from the black market and smuggling.

    The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

    Land of the free and home of the brave? More like “land of greedy and home of the depraved.”

  30. Forgot about Uday.  Where’s he been?   Looked like Qusay became Don’s #1 son on the 2024 campaign trail. 

  31. This will do me in.
    Remember when China pivoted their demand for soybeans from the US to Brazil? These countries will just pivot to new markets to meet the shortfall. I am convinced that people just deleted his last presidency from his brain.
    We exist in capitalism. Companies want to sell at the highest price possible for the lowest production cost. They will not eat the cost of the tariff. It happened last time and it will happen again.

  32. > Eric Trump demonstrates in 30 seconds he doesn’t have a clue

    We could have stopped there

  33. Rich people are going to get richer. That’s the point of these tariffs. It’s to harm low-income people. That’s the whole point of this.

  34. They all know how they work, they’re trying to convince people they don’t know.

  35. They know they are wrong but that’s not the point of propaganda. The more you say it, the more people will believe it. Soon enough 50% of the population will agree this is a good idea then when it blows up, will just blame brown people and Dems for their own actions. Those 50% of people will move the goalposts again.

  37. Eric Trump is what happens when a kid isnt loved by his parents but is to stupid to be left on his own in adulthood 

  38. I know Hanlon’s razor would prescribe that we assume the Trumps are idiots rather than malicious propagandists… But they are very clearly pushing a narrative to their brainwashed audience here. He’s intentionally saying incorrect things to muddy the waters and perpetuate e idea that these tarrifs are good for trump voters.

  39. Personally I think they know full well how tariffs work. They are surrounded by people who know what shit means.

    This is just part of their misinformation campaign.

    We aren’t doing ourselves any favors by attributing the Trumps’ comments as stupidity rather than malevolence.

  40. Eric Trump demonstrates in 30 seconds he doesn’t have a clue ~~how tariffs work~~

    FTFY.

  43. Why the fuck is this idiot on TV? Did Hunter Biden go on a media tour over the last 4 years? No.

    Get this nepo-baby off the air. 

  44. Can’t wait to start putting trump “I did that” stickers on crazy expensive shit 

  45. Americans pay the tariffs to our own government. What do they plan to do with this money we will be paying the us government under Trump’s administration? That’s all I want to know.

  46. Eric Trump demonstrates in 30 seconds he doesn’t have a clue ~~how tariffs work~~

  47. Awesome to have so many coke heads as heads of organisations and such.

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