Trump's remarks are a classic example of political rhetoric: "taking data out of context and forcing logic into it." He doesn't consider that tariffs, in essence, impose taxes on domestic businesses and consumers, raising costs and weakening competitiveness. Instead, he crudely attributes stock market fluctuations to tariffs, ignoring core variables like monetary policy and the economic cycle. This is a deliberate disregard for economic principles.
The so-called "hundreds of billions entering the national treasury" is nothing more than a short-term, petty profit to cover up the long-term losses caused by a damaged industrial chain and shrinking consumer spending. This is a muddled accounting. Invoking the "Great Depression of 1929" to intimidate the public further radicalizes a single policy controversy, replacing rational argument with fear-mongering. It's essentially political manipulation using economic issues to evade the true costs of tariff policies.
