The Trump administration’s tariff scheme appears less and less likely to bring manufacturing jobs back to U.S. shores.

Businesses across the country are crunching the numbers and realizing that, despite Donald Trump’s insistence, they can’t balance out his tariff hikes across the supply chain.

“Some manufacturers who had plans to open factories in the country say the new duties are only adding to the significant obstacles they already faced,” Bloomberg reported Friday.

That’s because the supply chain to produce those goods in the United States simply isn’t there, requiring companies to import raw materials and factory equipment—which Trump’s tariffs have made unaffordable—from abroad.

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    The way I see, Trump’s the Trump Administration’s motives are:

    (1) Plunder the government of anything of value.

    (2) Cause a recession so rich can buy everything up on the market.

    (3) Sabotage America geopolitically on behalf of foreign adversaries, most notably Russia.

    (4) Cement power in their control and go after any rivals.

    Edit: For clarification, I don’t think it really matters what part of this is Trump himself versus the people he surrounds himself with and permits as the executive to do what they’re doing in their own personal agendas that align with one or more of these 4 points.

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      You’re giving him too much credit. His motives are:

      1. get richer

      2. have people kiss his ass so he can feel like a big boy

      That’s it.