Who exactly is telling Trump that tariffs (of all things) are the way to make the US wealthy?

[ProfessorPlum]

It's a terrible idea that will raise inflation, harm consumers, and destroy our own export markets when the targets retaliate. Even a cursory reading of a 10th grade US history book shows that trade barriers and tariffs usually aren't great - although I think they can be used selectively, if carefully, to create/sustain a fledgling industry that's important in a country.

But WHO is telling this lie to Trump? Who would benefit from this? Why are they trying to make tariffs a thing? All the economists I've seen say it would be a terrible idea and not help anyone.

And Trump is an idiot who wouldn't have this idea himself. He wouldn't know a tariff from his own taint. so who exactly is giving him this terrible talking point/"idea"?

[Turbineguy]

1. People are telling him that.

All famous economists.

You know, his ass.

[gab13by13]

2. White Nationalists like Steve Bannon and Steven Miller

Tariffs equate to attacks on non-American products. It is another smoke screen for pushing nationalism.

[ProfessorPlum]

3. But surely the people who want Trump to win because it will make them rich

don't want to upset the apple cart of our glorious late stage capitalism with a ruinous trade war. And those are the people with actual power. Can't they grab those racist assholes by the scruff and remind them of who is actually in charge? This is madness.

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. To *rump, his ass is the seat of all knowledge.

So it stands to reason that more ass equals more expertise. QED.

[Hugin]

13. * in consultation with his gut.

It’s a symbiosis.

[spanone]

5. Nobody tells trmp anything....he is the all knowing wizard of shit.

[Emile]

6. He blows smoke out of his ass and his cult followers

believe everything he says.

[yardwork]

7. Two reasons.

One: it plays up the Trump campaign's strategy to stoke fear of foreigners and gaslight people into believing that only Trump can keep "us" safe - us being white nationalists and their enablers.

Two: the current Republican Party doesn't want government to work. This is the key point. They WANT to destroy government and our infrastructure so that they can become dictators. This is how dictators grab power, through chaos.

If Trump tanks the economy - and he will if he gets the chance - he'll say that liberals caused it and now he has to enact martial law. Every disaster becomes another opportunity to grab more power.

To your final question- Trump himself is a puppet. He says what they tell him to say. If he gets elected I suspect he won't last long. Vance will be installed and martial law declared soon after as the plan goes into play.

[lark]

8. Putin?

?????

[bdamomma]

9. They will tank the economy

and their goal is cryptocurrency.

Corporations are telling him what to do, they are running the show. He's indebted to them.

[Credenza]

10. Magical Thinking

It's exactly the same idea as "Mexico will pay for the wall." It's Trump's toddler thought pattern - he wants something to be true so it must be true. And sharpie lines can affect hurricanes. And so on.

[JohnnyRingo]

11. If it's a bad idea, it's almost always Stephen Miller.

He has a lot of sway with the former guy for some reason.

[Emrys]

12. His understanding of financial matters is not sophisticated

"To a man with a new hammer, everything looks like a nail."

[NowsTheTime]

14. Errrr...maybe it's just like every other idea he comes up with?

It's either a Trump original idea, or it's an idea from from some conspiracy theorist........these are the sources of a stable genius..

[dalton99a]

15. His professors at Wharton

Maybe Putin