Trump's feeble mind thinks tariffs will create a financial windfall for the United States. Like most republicans, his critical thinking skills are in critical condition.

Trump thinks trade is zero sum. Yeah, he’s an idiot.

Tariffs are used by the Trump Regime as a vehicle for stock market manipulation and as a tool to punish countries who piss off Trump by applying the Rule Of Law to his political partners in crime (See Brazil)

Chaos and cruelty. Bottom line. Rich people want IT ALL, with no peons getting in the way.

Chaos.

It's so poor and middle class people pay more so that billionaires can have tax cuts.🤷‍♀️

I agree. More regressive taxes (that congress lets him get away with).

And to work toward raising enough revenue from tariffs so that the Income Tax for the billionaire class can be dramatically reduced, or even eliminated The tariffs are akin to a national sales tax, which the 1% has long sought, to reduce their taxes (Don't worry, they'll have exemption for yachts)

There is no point. Idiot doesn’t understand how the economy works.

Tax on poor people has been successfully sold to poor people as a tax on foreigners. It won't work, but if they (1) fake the inflation figures and (2) tell you the choco-ration has been increased every month, the poor will buy it.

Market manipulation

Power.

control. it's a shakedown game for him. all about power, not policy

Chaos.