Karnage on Nostr: Problem is Trump sees tariffs as a stick to wave and threaten or use in negotiations. ...

Problem is Trump sees tariffs as a stick to wave and threaten or use in negotiations. It can work - we see it with Mexico and Canada and I guess it takes a Trumpian character to pull it off (appears to be unhinged). But we need more of a carrot approach - long term investment in infrastructure , tax incentives, automation investment, logistics, education. Better partnerships with private sector and better treatment of talented people who come from abroad (automatic citizenship). Trump is short sighted and only thinks about his image during his term and could care less about long term effects - or he does but doesn’t realize how to get there (unlikely, since he has people whispering to him all the time).