Tariffs aim to bring back US manufacturing, slash the trade deficit, and pay down the national debt.
Watching the markets will give you whiplash. They were down big when Trump tweeted, "it's a great time to buy," perhaps
forecasting an announcement that came just hours later that he was pausing most reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, causing the markets to soar.
Stanley Druckenmiller, legendary hedge fund manager, thinks tariffs are the lesser of two evils.
Tad Smith thinks they're a game of 3-way
chicken.
I think they're way above my pay grade, so I will just HODL.