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Here's a very simple explanation of tariffs that should make sense even to a 5 year old.

When the US puts a tariff on Chinese goods, that means that when China sends the goods to the US, the people receiving the goods in the US have to pay the tariff otherwise they can't get the goods. The US government basically seizes the goods until the tariff is paid.

Now, if they had bought from an American company, there would be no tariff.

The net effect is that goods coming from foreign countries cost more.

This is bad because the prices of SOME goods rise, while the rest stay the same (more or less -- "all other things being equal" -- I'll explain in a minute.)

But this is GOOD because it means more people will buy their stuff from American companies.

That means the demand for the american products will rise. Factories will get busier and they'll have to hire more american workers and build more factories in America.

Now, because of the increased demand for American goods, there may be a small rise in price if it is hard to build more goods in America. However, the good news is that WAGES WILL GO UP because there is more demand for AMERICAN workers.

See, without tariffs, our money was being sent off to China. China was doing God knows what with that money. The idea was that China would use that money to buy more American goods, so it would be win-win. However, China didn't do that. They didn't even send the dollars to another country so that THEY could buy more American goods. Instead, the **WHOLE GODDAMN WORLD** put tariffs on American goods so NO ONE bought stuff from America. WHAT WERE THEY DOING WITH THE MONEY? They were stockpiling it the same way people stockpile gold. So China and all these other countries had MOUNTAINS of US dollars they were just sitting on. We'd print more, and it'd end up in a big pile in China.

All of the factories in America got shut down, all of the workers got fired.. and for what? Cheaper goods? No, it looks like it was just an investment scheme to make Chinese rich.

Now that Trump is trying to create "trade balance" -- the same number of dollars goes out as come in -- the whole world got SCREWED. Now THEIR factories are going to shut down, THEIR workers are going to be homeless, and they will be practically forced to buy American goods from American factories.

And the best part? Those mountains of US dollars are WORTHLESS to them now. If they ever try to use them, it will just make America even more rich and powerful, because it will be making up **FOR ALL THE CHEATING THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS**.

We've all been, collectively, here in the US, working our asses off trying to put food on the table and save up a few pennies so that maybe we can buy some land. All of our profit, all of the productivity that we created ended up in a big pile of cash under the CCP in China. All because America never did what it was supposed to do, which was RETALIATE for improper tariffs.

Well now we have a "new world order". It works like this:

* EVERYTHING gets made in the US.
* If you want US stuff, you'd better have something we want. And if you don't have it, too bad. We MIGHT want your natural resources, but honestly, probably not. We CERTAINLY DON'T WANT YOUR PEOPLE. GO HOME!
* If you try to make something in your country, and you want to sell it to us, you have to beg Trump for a good tariff rate. Otherwise, you get nothing. Your crap will be twice as expensive as our quality products. And we will laugh at you for even trying to sell it to us.
* If you try to CHEAT the system, YOU WILL GET DESTROYED and your people will eat you alive.
* Remember, you don't have to trade with us. Build your own economy with your own workers and leave us the hell alone for all we care!

We were doing you a favor because we felt bad for you and we wanted to give you a few decades to try and "catch up"! But no longer. Good bye!

THIS GOES FOR ALL OF THESE CONTINENTS:

* EUROPE (scumbags!)
* ASIA (degenerates!)
* The MIDDLE EAST (cavemen with boomsticks)
* AFRICA (who cares?)
* AUSTRALIA (put THAT on your barbie!)
* CANADA (we might take you as a territory, but only if you expel all the pajeets and chinks.)
* MEXICO (nobody wants your diseases and filth)
* SOUTH AMERICA (you would all be little Europe if we didn't cover for you)