Trump’s Tariffs Will Not Cause Inflation

[mystery-ak]

April 4, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Will Not Cause Inflation
By Spencer P. Morrison

On April 2, Liberation Day, President Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs across the board. The President noted that they were “kind” tariffs, since they were only half the rate that American producers are charged. For now, at least.

Critics have lamented that tariffs will raise the cost of goods, as if the Constitution codified the right to buy “cheap” Chinese goods.

While there will be an adjustment period -- as with any major policy shift -- tariffs will not cause inflation in the long term. In fact, they will likely lower the cost of goods over time.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/04/trump_s_tariffs_will_not_cause_inflation.html

[mystery-ak]

tariffs will not cause inflation in the long term. In fact, they will likely lower the cost of goods over time.

The problem here is Americans don't have the patience to wait, they want immediate results...

[Bigun]

tariffs will not cause inflation in the long term. In fact, they will likely lower the cost of goods over time.

That is entirely correct but if you want to see them go down even more over time PASS HR25 into law!

[Hoodat]

When FDR raised the top tax rate to 94%, did that cause inflation?  Didn't think so.  Same rule applies here.

[roamer_1]

AGAIN with the distraction.

OF COURSE it won't cause inflation.

It will cause pricing to go through the roof - but that's not inflation. That's cost of goods increase.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The problem here is Americans don't have the patience to wait, they want immediate results...

And immediate results are why we are $35 trillion in debt and bankrupting our grandchildren.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

AGAIN with the distraction.

OF COURSE it won't cause inflation.

It will cause pricing to go through the roof - but that's not inflation. That's cost of goods increase.

And you conveniently leave out the timing on the process.  Short term pain for long term gain.

[roamer_1]

And you conveniently leave out the timing on the process.  Short term pain for long term gain.

A pocket full of mumbles, such are promises...

[roamer_1]

NOTHING that caused business to leave has been fixed.

[bigheadfred]

NOTHING that caused business to leave has been fixed.

. Policies are in motion to tackle tax, regulatory, and trade issues that drove businesses away.

[roamer_1]

. Policies are in motion to tackle tax, regulatory, and trade issues that drove businesses away.

All bullcrap, gone like the wind in four short years. You think businesses are going to change direction for that?

No. It will take a sea change in policy that will last for decades. That's Congress. Not the President.

[bigheadfred]

All bullcrap, gone like the wind in four short years. You think businesses are going to change direction for that?

No. It will take a sea change in policy that will last for decades. That's Congress. Not the President.

Right. Just go golfing whilst waiting for Congress to do something.

[roamer_1]

Right. Just go golfing whilst waiting for Congress to do something.

Might as well - That's why y'all are so misdirected. You should be putting all this energy where it belongs and stop spending all your capital on shiny shit.

[bigheadfred]

Might as well - That's why y'all are so misdirected. You should be putting all this energy where it belongs and stop spending all your capital on shiny shit.

I meant Trump.

[roamer_1]

I meant Trump.

Me too.

[bigheadfred]

Me too.

 

[Right_in_Virginia]

. Policies are in motion to tackle tax, regulatory, and trade issues that drove businesses away.

Yup.

Exclusive — Sen. David McCormick: Tariffs ‘Just One Chapter of the Book of the Trump Economic Agenda’
Breitbart,  Apr 5, 2025

Tariffs are just “one chapter of the book of the Trump economic agenda,” Sen. David McCormick (R-PA) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, discussing tariffs and the latest jobs numbers.

The latest jobs numbers, he began, are a “reflection of a number of companies already starting to invest in jobs in the United States,” or “an early response to the Trump economic agenda.”

"And listen, you know, the last month has been tariffs, tariffs, tariffs… And I will talk about that in a minute. But the tariffs are just one chapter of the book of the Trump economic agenda, and there’s some uncertainty around them, but there’s so much certainty around a number of other things,” he explained.

"There’s certainly around huge deregulation that is well underway, around energy dominance, which is going to lower energy prices and make it very attractive for companies to do business in the United States. There’s the extension, and I think the permanence of the 2017 tax cuts, which I do believe will happen. There’s trillions of dollars of foreign direct investment that’s already being committed since President Trump came into office,” he said, describing those things as all “good stuff that’s going to help the American people create jobs.”

As for the tariffs, he said, those are designed to solve a “particular problem, and it’s a big problem, which is the global trading system has not been fair to the United States, and it’s been increasingly unfair.”

“So, you know, to help the world come back from World War II, we gave very favorable terms to the world, and those terms have largely stuck. It hasn’t gotten better. China and many other companies’ countries have taken advantage,” he said, explaining that the tariffs are designed to bring “fairness” back for the American worker.


More w/audio: https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2025/04/05/exclusive-sen-david-mccormick-tariffs-just-one-chapter-of-the-book-of-the-trump-economic-agenda/

[The_Reader_David]

In the technical sense of inflation as the money supply increasing faster than the size of the economy, they will not.  In the sense most people care about inflation -- increases in prices they pay for goods and services -- unless they are lifted very quickly, they will, and to such a degree that they will cause disaffection in the general public (to say nothing of the harm to both business owners and workers like longshoremen whose livelihood is tied to international trade).

[IsailedawayfromFR]

In the technical sense of inflation as the money supply increasing faster than the size of the economy, they will not.  In the sense most people care about inflation -- increases in prices they pay for goods and services -- unless they are lifted very quickly, they will, and to such a degree that they will cause disaffection in the general public (to say nothing of the harm to both business owners and workers like longshoremen whose livelihood is tied to international trade).

Any short term harm here is magnified much in the harm being inflicted on the countries now having to face those tariffs on US imports.

China alone will have to cough up $2-3 trillion in stimulus which will mean a lot of debt, unless they wish to hugely devalue the Yuan.

Their rising middle class will yell like hell.

https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1908149901185155452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1908149901185155452%7Ctwgr%5Ed36ccfd1d4734cf2ca5ded7d0b45e41684d3cb0e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Fchina-strikes-back-slaps-34-tariff-us-goods-after-trumps-liberation-day

[mystery-ak]

Lankford: Markets Will Calm Once Trump Starts Negotiating Tariffs

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the markets would calm down once President Donald Trump starts negotiating the tariffs.

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/06/lankford-markets-will-calm-once-trump-starts-negotiating-tariffs/

[mystery-ak]

Schiff: Trump Is ‘Wrecking Our Economy’

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that President Donald Trump was “wrecking our economy” by imposing tariffs, freezing federal funds and laying off government workers.

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/06/schiff-trump-is-wrecking-our-economy/

[Kamaji]

Schiff: Trump Is ‘Wrecking Our Economy’

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that President Donald Trump was “wrecking our economy” by imposing tariffs, freezing federal funds and laying off government workers.

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/04/06/schiff-trump-is-wrecking-our-economy/

This can be discounted for the simple fact that one would not expect someone like Schiff to say anything else, even if all proof was that tariffs were an unalloyed good.

[Fishrrman]

If Mr. Trump can succeed in pulling down oil prices another 10-14 or so, the inflation problem will take care of itself. We may even start to see price DEcreases on some items, besides just motor fuels and heating oil.

[oldno7]

This can be discounted for the simple fact that one would not expect someone like Schiff to say anything else, even if all proof was that tariffs were an unalloyed good.

 Schiff sounds an awful lot like you!

[Kamaji]

Schiff sounds an awful lot like you!

Wow.  A personal attack.  What a devastating riposte.