Bess might want to go back to fashion and makeup
TRUMP WANTS TO TAX EVERY FOREIGN-MADE CAR, BECAUSE WHY THE HELL NOT?
The president is now trying to claim imported cars are a security threat.
BY BESS LEVIN
Back in March, as part of his “America has been taken for a ride for too long, and Uncle Don isn’t gonna take it anymore” shtick, Donald Trump announced 25- and 10-percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The immediate impact was that one of his few qualified advisers quit in protest; the short-term impact was our allies’ (understandable!) rage, plus uncertainty in the business sector. It’s still too soon to tell what the long-term repercussions may be, but they presumably involve retaliation that will hurt, among others, American farmers. Around the same time, riding high on the obvious success of his steel and aluminum gambit, Trump threatened upwards of $150 billion in China-targeted tariffs, a negotiating tactic that has thus far resulted in Trump announcing his intent to . . . save a Chinese tech company that violated U.S. sanctions. And now, because that went so well, he’s considering slapping imported cars with tariffs, too.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/05/trump-wants-to-tax-every-foreign-made-car-because-why-the-hell-not