Are Tariffs a BOOST or BUST for Trucking?

[@71torinoman]

I dont agree with the idea that truck manufacturers will have to increase the price of trucks because of American labor costs. They used that lame excuse to move it all south in the first place. I didn't notice any decrease in prices when they did. Matter of fact, the price of a new truck just keeps going up every year even tho they cut their labor costs in half. And forget about quality. That went out the window when the manufacturing went south.

[@MS-oz2wu]

Agreed. A dispicable lie.

[@MS-oz2wu]

They increased their profit moving to Mexico that's what's happening! Now, they have to decrease their profits. That easy. NAFTA wasn't present to American Citizens as a way to send r jobs to Mexico. It was present as a way for them to sell their stuff to us, tequila, food. Government lied to us again and allowed manufacturers to move to Mexico; which is what they conspired to do with corporations from the beginning the way it pans out.

[@Latuya-y1n]

When have you ever heard anything gooooood come out a tariffs.

[@MS-oz2wu]

Its going to be painful at 1st. Ppl will be able to get the hell out of trucking, on the road all the time. We'll no longer have to be Nomads. We can go back to to 40hr work weeks, get up go to work 7 am to 3pm, 2 breaks & lunch. No need to have a ph. Come home and say hi to the wife and kids, eat dinner, watch tv, go to sleep. Get up and do it monday through friday. Home for the weekend. Take vacations. That's how it was. It was great compared to the chaotic crap we experience to today. I was there. I did it. I've been kinda suffering the cahos ever since it went bad in 1980. And thats, that. Prepare for some bad to get there. And good when it happens.😮😊😅

[@clarekramer411]

I hate to be a Debbie Downer. I think that business has learned a few things and if manufacturing is completely done in this country it will probably include their own trucking.

[@KenworthPiterbiltovich]

@@clarekramer411 I don’t think so, from the owners of big trucking companies(300-500 trucks) I’ve heard that net profit is around 1-2% so I doubt there is a lot of willing to do that , I’m not talking about heavy weighters like swift and Schneider because they have huge contracts and still even looking at them I can make a conclusion if someone using such a big companies there is probably no need/no profit to have your own trucks plus it’s not so easy to build your own trucking companies, hire drivers, constant issues along the road etc

[@johnnynorman8221]

I’m for the tariffs it will add more jobs More driving jobs local and long distance drivers to boost our economy and put Americans first and be proud of Made in America again look at our country when everything was made here in this country people and families were proud to be part of our great nation proud people will do more and have a proud productive way to look at our country and be #1 in the world again and be better at it

[@assadbarakzai5921]

Remeber canada and mexi o can put tarrifs also. 500 to trillion trade ayear with canada. This will back fure in your face

[@Kadatonic44]

If tariffs do add trucking jobs, you won't see the impact for 10+ years. It's what happens during this time that everyone should be afraid of.

[@rasjahson6261]

The laws of economics and tariffs(taxes) with the global economy in mind will always be a Bust.

[@darylb5564]

Tariffs would be a boom for trucking. Prices don’t go up because of cost of production. If they did no trucker would ever go out of business. The guy from freight ways Fuller is 100% right! As for the question can we really build all the stuff. Check out what we built in ww2. Now I’m going to get long winded. A car comes overseas on a ship. It’s put on one truck and to the dealer. Now just think of a tire on that car. The material is mined and then put on a truck to be refined. The refined material is put on a truck to a tire factory. The tire is put on another truck where it’s put on a wheel. The tire and wheel are then shipped to a factory where it’s then put on another truck car. Now that’s just the tires… and there’s 4 of them!

[@kmg501]

Tariffs are a very tricky topic. You have to have a flexible plan and a deep understanding of all of the economic AND political factors that are going to come into play. If you think you can just push a certain button and get a desired result, you are the last person who should be playing this game... This all said I have long opposed tariffs, but not at this time.. We desperately need to jump start domestic manufacturing.

[@georgewashington1106]

When a tariff is imposed, prices go up. When prices go up, demand for product goes down. If demand for product goes down, freight demand goes down. If there is a short term spike (up) in freight demand by retailers trying to stockpile product, there will be an equal short term spike (down) in freight demand since retailers will be overstocked for a while. If manufacturing does return to the US, it won't happen immediately, so freight volumes will be down for an extended period. When manufacturing does return, products will be manufactured at a higher wage, which increases cost, and reduces demand, which will also force down demand for freight for an extended period. Many companies that are currently just barely surviving will go out of business. That has the potential to reduce the number of carriers, which would be beneficial for the ones that survive.

[@RebelMontana]

Tariffs will just hurt all sides. Auto parts from China and certain produces in Mexico. It will simply make it more expensive which will make consumers rethink their purchase decision

[@jacobdobbe3632]

Your last sentence is the exact point. When a foreign product that's made and sold cheap bc the use of slave labor suddenly becomes expensive by the use of tariffs. That opens up an alternative market for it to be manufactured domestically, which almost always comes with a higher quality and liveable wages to those who are making said product. Not to mention the environmental impact of producing at home instead of shipping from the other side of the planet from countries that do not care about the environment.

[@lloydkuepfer1599]

We almost lost all truck manufacturing in Canada. Nothing more can be lost here in Canada

[@thehovermatic1243]

It depends on what kind of freight you haul. Flatbed will benefit from tarrifs as we haul raw materials parts and equipment for manufacturing. Dry van out of the ports will suffer.

[@e-2xe-double979]

Yeah the container guys are probably gonna hurt the worse if I had to guess. But if we actually do get more manufacturing here in the US then I suppose they could pull locally for those places.

[@Call_Me_Con]

Even with higher tarrifs, it would still be cheaper to import rather than manufacturing and consuming domestically. So no, domestic manufacturing isn’t obtainable as of yet and tarrifs isn’t the answer.

[@Pazaroni436]

Increased Tariffs don’t necessarily mean price increase. In lots of cases this is nothing but negotiating leverage. Look at from seller or manufacturer prospective. If the demand goes down because of high prices that means the manufacturer has to adjust the entire process to produce less, but at the same time someone else could step in with a better price ( let’s assume from a country where the tariffs are lower). The US is still the number one market where everyone is trying to sell their product. It’s complicated, because there are economic, political and social laws involved in this process

[@hatchett999ify]

Just don’t pay attention to what these other countries are doing. They are linking up to not have to rely on the U.S. they are willing to take a loss just to get away from the b.s.

[@fozman845]

Just a heads up to all OWNER Operators. DAT will be canceling your subscription if you do not have your own authority. DAT no longer letting owner ops use the load board while running under another company authority.

[@TheSolomonProject-kq6xz]

It's delusional to think that manufacturing will return without lowering labor costs to levels whereby people in this country can maintain their current lifestyle

[@Knightrem]

Pretty much, all we export is our debt. It's been that way for decades.

[@TheSolomonProject-kq6xz]

@Knightrem Are you a truck driver? If you are, you sound far more informed than a truck driver.

[@Knightrem]

@TheSolomonProject-kq6xz you sound like you enjoy drinking political kool-aid.

[@kmg501]

The people who have kept insisting on ever higher minimum wages really don't understand how they have hobbled us.

[@Joeywilkins27]

@@kmg501it’s not just them it’s the credit banking system robbing people since design

[@aroundthecornertrucking6433]

Tariffs is just bad all around and has always been. It never has made a company want to add more production here due to tariffs that some myth they like to use. It will always be trick down to the buyer so what's the point of bring production here if they don't need to.

[@MS-oz2wu]

Bad for who, China, Mexico & Canada. Get your mind right Luke. Tighten up your belt. We need to produce r own products in our own Nation with American's,[( not Mexicans). 1st world ppl made this Nation, not 3rd world ppl].

[@ophidiaparaclete]

How exactly do you reconcile tarrifs to free trade?

[@Artur_Khazin]

There is always two sides of the coin. Tariffs can work both ways, and that will affect the American consumers indefinitely .

[@MS-oz2wu]

Freight Waves just wrote that spot rates have escalated from $2.38 to $2.52. Can you speak to this? All i see is load board posts of $1.88 + -

[@Kadatonic44]

She already said it. Spot rates are higher because domestic corporations are placing more orders prior to the Trump tariffs.

[@MS-oz2wu]

What she said doesn't speak to the question specifically. $2.38 to $2.52 per mile as in Freight Waves article today.

[@MiguelMagan-j3u]

what happened to the post from the guy asking you to do a reaction video on the CEO of Truckstop? all you do is reaction videos to information that is out there right? I read what he wrote and it was not disrespectful in anyway to anyone, he simply asked for you to do a reaction video, and I thought you were a voice for the small owner operator, well you just lost a subscriber, put his comment back up

[@ralphmacias983]

3:45 Tariffs don't you remember 2017 too 2020 trucking small mom and pop business where doing great with Trump stop listening to big carriers they don't care about us.Bring back Manufacturing back to USA. Trucks are cheap to buy now

[@hatchett999ify]

Did you say trucks are cheap to buy?? You’re made of gold huh??

[@jacobdobbe3632]

@hatchett999ify have you seen the used truck market?! You can buy a quality good working truck for less than 30k. That's less than 3 weeks gross if you got into the right commodity. In 20 weeks you could be paying cash for 80k dollar truck that everything has been redone in. Every kink has been worked out. New truck prices are for mega carriers and the already successful owner ops that are looking to avoid paying too much in taxes.

[@hatchett999ify]

@ 😳😳 what country are you in? Your assumption Is based on the perfect scenario. While looking on the spot market I don’t see it. Which commodity are you speaking of? Tanker division? That’s contract work or you’re leased on to someone with the contract. Heavy Haul perhaps?? Or are you speaking on the 1 person who told you what they’re doing and you believed it? 30k In 3 weeks? Team loads perhaps??

[@hatchett999ify]

@ better yet… point me towards those 30k trucks that’s been refurbished. I will take 3 jut to hold

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[@Pokingthebear999]

It doesn't matter where the products are coming from. Bottom line, it's all about the prices. I'll buy whatever is the cheapest.

[@Davidsontransport1226]

Everyone seems to forget about all the trucks moving containers from the port... They will transition first making it almost an unrecognized shortage for trucks period. Then on top of the extra 65k approved work visas for foreigners added to the industry plus extra jobs created... Simply put, we as American workers who have families, homes and debt here in America will never be able to compete with cheap labor foreign or domestic. Then look further, after the tariffs are put in place those countries will start sending more of their foreigners here for labor jobs because they can't survive back home... Causing even more jobs to be filled by non Americans. It's a cause and effect situation. Does it help our economy?...guess that all depends on if your a laborer or a boss. Everyone buys the hype of "HOPE" and that's why People like Gregg at freightwaves sells his ridiculous product. This industry at scale is small company majority and nothing ever changes... Same talk different year...makes it so easy to predict. Just like the American jail system and until people stop regurgitating the same old BS the industry will continue to forever operate lost and confused. Anyone desperate is easy to manipulate....that's why loads are still being hauled for a loss profit and you still have people who say "it's to cover fuel to get in a better area"... If that's your business model, you have ZERO authority to say anything about how cheap freight rates are! "Let's all shut down for 3 days..that will show em".... If you won't deadhead for better rates and leave cheap loads at docks now...then stop worrying about the rates. 😂 again it's a revolving door that majority can not grasp why it keeps happening.

[@treeo1969]

You guys need to gooogle tariffs and learn the side effects of its effects stop assuming and read what it means and how it can affect consumers.

[@dmanshouse1]

All y'all saying we would have to import materials to build do realize we ship mats off to china to be processed and then shipped back as something else right?

[@alexplus3]

Miranda thanks ❤

[@MChicago89]

Get lost

[@vernonmorris146]

Thank for you consistent,open and fair assessment and broadcast love your channel I would like to ask a question IF you have a factory that is is fully American as the CEO wouldn’t you buy your own trucks to move your product!So with that said would that not in return lower the need of small businesses owners (truckers) so please do a part 2 of this video because even if lOVES fuel ⛽️ uses and owner op to do a delivery they in return use their own trucks 90% of the time This information makes no sense Not on you behave but on the source that you got this information

[@williamrobinson6680]

It's always fun chopping it up, finance and politics. Monday morning quarterbacking etc. But let's not give up our day jobs, Lol! Because we're horrible at it. Tariffs science is way above our heads, and even when fully understood isn't what really happens. Tariff fear and hysteria probably has more effect than the actual tariffs themselves. They're many types of tariffs, blanket, targeted, protectionism, retaliatory etc. A chess game, mostly behind the scenes, and a hotbed for corruption. Let's be honest with ourselves brethren. If we even had a clue on industry predictions, we would have known full well when the industry pulled out the stops for the pandemic glut, that once the surplus freight was mopped up, there would be thousands of empty trucks and trailers going belly up. Duh. Yet everyone stood around pointing fingers to lay blame. BIDENOMICS!!! Lol!!! RRRightt. Now were trying to figure out tariffs in trucking?!?!😮 Again. We take ourselves wayyyy to seriously. Way!!

[@bradmilosh6832]

Trump's 1st round of Tariffs in his 1st administration cost American Consumers 86 Billion dollars on 365 Billion in trade. We paid it all. Not one penny of the 86 Billion was paid by the importing nation. It led to only 900 new jobs in America at a requisition cost of $800,000 each. We are in big trouble.

[@mashhurbekyusupov9043]

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[@AA-hy3xs]

For sure not Apocaliptic times in trucking for 2025

[@MrFriday83]

IF it works, it will be painful, and it will take years. The system that owns the world has only one goal , and that's profit it's just digging the same hole just in a different spot. I'll remain skeptical until common human decency becomes profitable. So, it's not happening. Just my 2 cents

[@brianthetford1177]

People this country used to run on tariffs with no income tax which I think will be a great thing and yes it will make you think do I really need all this stuff. In reality you could live without half the crap you purchase anyway.

[@Prodigal1]

Trump’s tariffs threat to various countries is a a bargaining chip. For all those whack job economists who never have to answer for all the wrong predictions they make , all you got to do is look at Trump’s first term. How was the economy then ( outside of the pandemic)? It was much better than now. I realize this is good for clickbait but discussing economics with most truckers who don’t even know their costs per mile seems like teaching a class in trigonometry when they really need to learn basic math.

[@bobregan2791]

@@Prodigal1 Political amnesia

[@hop4ap]

Orange elvis inherited a good economy and he fumbled during COVID. Watch him fumble again and run the country into the ground. Manufacturing won't fully come back because corporations are to greedy to pay the American workers what they're worth.

[@Pushyhog]

ditto, u r correct

[@Stavros1977]

Well said 👍🤣

[@hatchett999ify]

😂😂😂😂 you’re a clown right with him. Why are your taxes going up? Trump. He did it in his first term. Why. Did the debt ceiling get blown the fuck up. Trumps first term. You seem to be fooled by look here not there.

[@DanstevGraker]

It's bad news. People only like higher prices when they're selling something. These proposed tariffs are raising the prices of just about everything Americas like to buy so you tell me how that's a good thing. Some people insist that this means manufacturing will come back to the States. I'll be waiting for them factories to build themselves overnight, using a bunch of materials we have to bring in from overseas. You know, the ones with the increased tariffs? Call me in 4 years when they're finally up and running, if we're lucky, Also, while you're at it, let me know how we're going to replace the output of countries that have a combined workforce 5+ times larger than ours? Magical thinking won't pay the bills of regular people.

[@adventuresofaliftime4989]

Please tell me how killing our oil production four years ago helped our economy. Just by drilling oil and producing it here we can offset all the costs of building and producing our goods here. Go screw yourself you commie scumbag. Keep sending your money overseas.

[@Kadatonic44]

Make up your minds truckers. Do you want an open or closed economy? Tariffs will close our economy.

[@banzaii6285]

At this point it's a THREAT of tariffs...let's see what comes of that. It's Trumps opening bid, he likes to make deals.

[@vernon9121]

Will be a boom . Many small towns and counties will process, can and store food. The business park owners will attract others and the boom is on!

[@hatchett999ify]

Trump has really done a number on most you folks. 😂😂😂😂😂 wow these comments just scream “Stick it in further Donnie”

[@terrysmith7229]

I'll pay more for better quality.

[@jayc4715]

No you won't

[@e-2xe-double979]

Yes he will. People have been paying more for the last 20years for crappy stuff. What makes you think they won’t pay more for better quality, local stuff?

[@jayc4715]

@e-2xe-double979 local isn't better...the japs make everything better

[@Pushyhog]

boost

[@chrishoefer3325]

Interesting point however it’s gonna take 10 years to get facilities built to manufacture the supply lines not to mention the raw materials that are going to be needed for most of this and then getting Americans to work for far less than what they do now to compete with foreign markets. I don’t know too many billionaires are gonna take a 10 year hedge bed on a maybe. Prices will go up. Everything will cost more economy will have seen inflation. We will be in a worse position than we are today. If you can wait 10 years, it might work

[@adventuresofaliftime4989]

@chrishoefer3325 yeah OK just like when Obama said the economy would never come back then Trump took office and overnight the economy came back. What was the quote o Something about a magic wand. It's just not being stupid and selling out to third world countries.

[@chrishoefer3325]

@ he brought the economy back long before Trump 😂😂😂 Trump rode his coattails and then proceeded to ruin it … then print 8 trillion in fake money …. Started a trade war with China over farming in 2018 which cost tax payers 30 billion to bail out the farmer on his failed tarrrifs …U have a warped memory. I hate hurting your feelings with facts 😉 Have a blessed day you’re gonna need it !

[@jonathanmcguire7799]

@@adventuresofaliftime4989sadly you giving credit to trump in a Obama economy. Trump will initially benefit from biden economy.

[@adventuresofaliftime4989]

@jonathanmcguire7799 shut the front door you're a fn moron if you really believe that. 🙄 Obama is responsible for the crash in 08-09 not Bush. Investors don't invest when we choose a shity president. Investors do invest when you choose good president's. The effects are seen immediately not 4 years later. Stop the foolishness Noone is buying the bs anymore.

[@adventuresofaliftime4989]

@chrishoefer3325 yeah OK fruitcake just like killing the domestic oil production won't raise fuel prices. Gtfoh you moron the election of Obama killed the economy because money isn't invested in the US when socialist agendas are being brought forward. Keep drinking the kooliad. I'm ashamed I have to share the air with people as stupid as you.

[@ss454nova4]

Ha ha ha cost is always past down we will hurt for the tariffs...u voted for this pain

[@jerrygarcia113]

Personally I'm not a fan of buying American made goods. They're overpriced, many are poorly designed and cheaply made and put together by a lazy Workforce that's not even good with quality control. And if it's an American company they're always trying to figure out how to produce it in a different country and convert the lower operating costs for shareholder gains. Which attract more shareholders.

[@jerrygarcia113]

At least Chinese Goods are pretty much the same but at a lower price point so now there's a value boost added to it.

[@910starlet]

I can tell you for sure when Trump put tariffs on steel rates were up. When Biden removed them rates went down.

[@ichvox]

You Americans have to understand like Englishman 20th century was American century and 21st I Chinese century and you can do nothing about it. This is just temporary. Sooner you realize it will be better for you to transition to 2nd place

[@malditosilva6551]

I BELIEVE WE LIVE IN AMERICA WE SHOULD BUY AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS!!! If product are made here trucks will deliver to the manufacturer and the consumer 💯💯💯💪

[@allenbennett4848]

I don't think terriffs are for other countries as much as keeping Americans from becoming traitors 💪 Thanks teach

[@KentMarsh]

Volumes will increase as production will repatriate to USA

[@Stavros1977]

I'm for President Trump and believe in him! God bless President Trump 💪

[@user-rn2lj7rq3h]

You are an incredible wealth of knowledge and all the rest ! 😊 Thx

[@PresidentMaster]

Freight rates will go up to cover higher fuel cost

[@dennisstorie4604]

@@PresidentMaster get more oil on the market to reduce the price

[@dennisstorie4604]

@Masterpresident drill baby drill

[@fugitive1205]

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[@davettasamuels2993]

Manufacturing looks like pollution! That part of manufacturing hasn't been fixed since the solution years ago was to manufacture overseas curbing domestic pollution.

[@BIGRED2076]

The only thing tariffs affect is the global banks and corporations.

[@ravitejachinta9511]

Hi beautiful ❤

[@lavernmuldrow965]

They are bad news for trucking. If companies can’t afford the goods for a higher price and therefore the lack of freight means less loads and if less loads truckers will suffer . If people can’t afford the goods that means less money going into the economy and the economy will suffer. The Tarif can be a crippling foe

[@adventuresofaliftime4989]

@@lavernmuldrow965 nope tariffs are what make Americans rich.

[@lavernmuldrow965]

@@adventuresofaliftime4989 what world you living in. If yall understand Tarif and it being put on foreign countries; the companies that by the goods or manufacturing parts ect those companies are gonna pay more to get those products and if those companies have to pay more to the goods from foreign countries? Y’all think these companies are gonna charge less to sell their products to the American people after they paid way more for foreign goods ? answer no !!!!! Business 101 if yall understand run in a business you know you run your business to make money and selling your products for what you paid to get it doesn’t make sense. Yes we are gonna pay for those tariffs in the long run. It’s evident some don’t understand ECONOMICS. The American companies will be the one to feel the tariffs impact and they in turn will just get it back out of the American consumers by upping the price on merchandise in the stores and buying houses cars ect. We gone feel the effect of tariffs in our pockets

[@user_friendly1984.]

Make American great again, it means many industries are moving back in the USA.

[@edwinramirez5850]

Get ready to pay 250 k for a new semi truck

[@lavernmuldrow965]

@@edwinramirez5850 truck won’t be sold people won’t be able to afford them

[@lavernmuldrow965]

Much less the parts will be more expensive man trump is going to destroy Americas economy.

[@adventuresofaliftime4989]

@edwinramirez5850 lol that would be a sign that people are buying stuff again. 🤣

[@johnwolf1475]

nonething matters-- except the stregnth of the dollar- all this other stuff is just chaff. teh dollar gets stronger it will buy more, price wont matter as much. in 1968 a $1 bought 20 candy bars for 5 cents each. in 2024 that same dollar cant even buy 1 bar unless on sale. however gold and silver will still buy the same amount if not more than it did in 1968. everyone focuses on wages and prices and tariffs but never on teh dollar. Few understand we are using federel reserve notes which is credit- just an IOU. fake money. by Law a U.S. dollar is 1 oz of fine silver. they took gold and silver away. stop worrying about tariffis and get our money back in our hands. also- before income tax- the country ran off tariffs and corporate taxes only. income tax came about in WWI which started as 1% tax on teh wealthy- of course the crooks extended the idea, the rich learned how to avoid it and they put all teh burden on teh poor and middle class- The income tax was supposed after the world war- but teh Corporate and foreign owed federal govt has been in a perpetual war since may 15 1861- so they never dropped the income tax. In addition - the income tax is diverted and goes through a puerto rican trust fund to the elites. Your income tax doesnt run the govt. for in depth information, with documented proof visit justice www.annavonreitz.com find out the real story- and see the actual documents and truth

[@TrazimDollare1982]

Miranda ❤️

[@71cfree]

Some of you are so damn dumb. Trumps Tariffs caused me to have to buy and gamble on a $33,000 backup truck because my main truck needed an $800 CPC4, a part that needs a semiconductor and took 9 months and 3 weeks to get to me. So instead of paying $800, I had to pay $33,000 just to stay in business. Thanks Trump.

[@MS-oz2wu]

Country 1st, above all! We must Tighten our belts to save our Nation. One Nation under god.

[@jonathanmcguire7799]

It’s absolutely zero benefit to build domestically. Too expensive and we don’t have all the raw materials to build products. So we back to importing supplies. Lastly. It will take years to build some of the manufacturing plants. By time trucking will continue to take hit.

[@Prodigal1]

Wrong!

[@aaronwhite819]

​@@Prodigal1explain please

[@Prodigal1]

@ many items can be made here. Farming everything out to foreign countries for cheap labor lowers the standard of living in this country. Yes your cheap tennis shoes may cost more but maybe they won’t come apart as soon as you step in your first mud puddle. In some circumstances it’s a National security issue. Energy, medicine, etc. Not everything has to be made here but many American businesses that chose to move their plants overseas and then import those goods to America to sell should be taxed. As is many countries have tariffs on our goods and illegally subsidize their own companies (in violation of trade agreements) and create an unfair trade disparity with the U. S. Also in some cases it’s not about reciprocal trade as much as it’s to get the other country to do what we want them to do like using the tariff threat to leverage them into helping with securing our border. All you have to do is look at Trump’s first term. He used the tariffs and or threat of tariffs to negotiate better deals for this country. Did he cause high inflation? No! Were interest rates lower? Yes! Was the economy better? Oh yes ! ( excluding the pandemic which hadn’t been seen before in my 63 years on this planet). Don’t have time to go into further details now, time to drive. Can debate it with you further later if you want.

[@dennisstorie4604]

So send all the jobs overseas huh??

[@dennisstorie4604]

If you are buying stuff from overseas then you have to pay tariff.

[@elvissboh]

Trump did it before and he will do it again. Do whats the best for us and this country

[@chrishoefer3325]

@@elvissboh 😂😂😂💯💩

[@Mandomajic47]

OK, first of all we’ve already been through this once before when Trump got elected. The last time manufacturing increased here locally by 30%. I was the owner operator at the time I went for making 135,000 a year to 285,000 a yearunder Trump then went from 283,000 under Biden down to $85,000 a year so make that math add up

[@ngc22072001]

Everything will be more expensive and less loads as mentioned if everything is built here, and it will take a while years to accomplish this,. It's also not a good idea because America is known for lawsuits and settlements, so it's not a good idea , only the super wealthy win in the long run and everyone else pays the price..

[@adventuresofaliftime4989]

@@ngc22072001 umbrella answer this eistien is fuel more expensive or less expensive when produced here?