General Discussion

...may be the deciding factor. And not just US consumers. You or I may choose to get our foreign car now before things get worse, or just hold off. Foreign consumers and governments seem to be simply choosing to no longer buy American, travel to America or support anything American. My wife and I are choosing to buy as little as possible hoping that a decline in Amazon, Target and other large national brands' sales gets noticed by those that can realize this is bad for business, and the future of not only America, but the GOP. (You and I know they are now the Goofy Obsolete Party but they still hold out a faint hope of some sort of redemption). Yes, we need food and gas and electricity but wherever we can we buy from mom and pops not the big box folks. Reports are already coming in of corporate buyers of goods from regular foreign vendors are cancelling orders outright knowing the product will never sell at much higher prices or asking for 20 to 30% discounts to try and make up some of possible tariffs only to have sellers offer them little or no discounts in return. Trump may be playing the big man in the big game on national TV but the little folks all over may be making the big calls that actually decide who wins or loses. The sad thing is many US workers, not only those Fed workers Trump fires, but in every walk of life, will become collateral damage due to all this.