I mean the topic of the article here is Tariffs Can Help America, and my comment was in relation to that idea. The topic was not "Trump's Ideas Are Always Smart," or "Trump is Good at Execution," or "The World Will Benefit from Donald Trump." I have not taken and therefore don't have to defend any of those positions. The tariff on the Falkland Islands may have some point or it may indeed be super dumb, but this is immaterial to my point.
The position I have taken is, I have already seen reports of countries that are willing to negotiate, and it's a good guess that Trump will ask them to buy more American stuff, and some of them will be able to. This will lead to improved earnings at US companies. Moreover, many of those companies are trading at a discount to their usual valuations right now. That's all.
> The position I have taken is, I have already seen reports of countries that are willing to negotiate, and it's a good guess that Trump will ask them to buy more American stuff, and some of them will be able to.
And those that cannot? That are too poor to 'correct' the 'problem' of trade imbalances? Sucks to be them?
Why does every single discussion online have to be about affirming moral outrage? Why aren't we allowed to talk about other things, like how tariffs may affect the stock market?
>Why does every single discussion online have to be about affirming moral outrage? Why aren't we allowed to talk about other things, like how tariffs may affect the stock market?
Well, given that my mother just retired, how the stock market is doing affects her quality of life since it may determine how much money she has. So I'm quite upset that one moron can mess with people's life savings through utter stupidity.
And though one has to prepare for downturns with regards to returns and such (having a fixed income component, cash wedge, etc), there is a level of negligence that borders on the criminal:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter#Criminally_neglig...
There's also the fact that, as a Canadian, my country was slandered with regards to an alleged drug problem on the border and was the target of earlier tariff attacks:
* http://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/c...