And you right regarding many Republican led States outperforming... My problem is Trump as a person. All this name-calling, his narcisstic behaviour and worst of all I consider him responsible for all the hatred and division in the country. He is the only reason for me voting for Harris.

your are absolutely right even if his motivation is to avoid a backlash for the ev-industry in the US. Musk is not a fan of tariffs and he might have a moderating effect on Trumps dangerous plan.

-The American economy has left other rich countries in the dust- a quote from The Economist -- Trump said in 2020, a Biden win will crash the economy and the Stock market like never seen before --- look at what really happend. All his doomsday predictions are bad for this country and its people

Our economy is in much better shape than any of our major competitors from China, Japan to the EU. We have lower inflation, lower unemployment and much higher growth-rates. We operate in a globalized economy and that is an important factor we have to take into account.

Any President will need a Team of Advisors and Experts to be able to make the right decisions. Trump had his father to bail him out when he was in trouble, we havent got this luxury. The present adminstration has done a decent job under the circumstances they had to operate in after covid.

You are right, we have to keep certain capabilities, but putting tariffs on everything doesn´t do the job. Our trading partners will retaliate and at the very end the whole world is poorer than before. Maybe others more than us but especially people in the lower income bracket will suffer.

We buy goods from abroad because they can be produced significantly cheaper in countries like China. It is an illusion that those jobs could be brought back home with monthly minimum wages of around 300 USD in China.

Trumps tariffs are worse than Kamalas plans... Higher prices for everyone and lower taxes benefiting mostly his billionaire friends ..... think about how much an iphone built in the US would cost