- He doesn't mean it

- It's a negotiation tactic

- I don't know what tariffs are

It really depends on where you are on reddit. On r/news and r/technology tariffs are roundly criticized.

What subreddit is this? All the posts you see on /r/all are consistently anti-Trump, tariff policy included.

Checkout /askconvervative, since Trump has been elected it's a pretty interesting place to lurk.

What I find really interesting is how many "conservatives" seem to think that it's fine if the rest of the world has a low opinion / doesn't want to buy American made products anymore. Like it's amazing to me that people think America becoming a nothing from a something is good.

I'm not 100% sure how much of the views on there represent actual "conservatives" but it's just a fun yet frustrating sub to browse.

Ultimately it will lead to more of the "we're hard done by attitude" that seems to have some popularity and eventually maybe lead to conflict depending on how bad the economy gets.

r/flairedusersonly , the great bastion of freedom of speech, of course feels it "scary" to even allow anyone posting who hasn't been safely found to be part of the Inner circle. And even downvotes or the slightest disagreement from cultists already in the circle disagreeing must be "infiltrators".

What exactly is calling things "isolationist" supposed to do, and why should people be concerned about fighting that designation?

They're a standard economic tool. They don't have to be run past free traders for their approval.

The idea is that the USA basically pissing off it's friends is a great idea and that the USA doesn't really need friends, or friendly trade agreements is where people get confused.

People are using the term isolationist because that's what this is, there is an idea here that The USA can just piss the world off and destroy it's reputation because the whole world just can't go on without the USA and the USA doesn't need anyone else is really misguided and it is an isolationist policy.

What I find most fascinating is that when I read MAGA / Conservative posts online, many of them seem to think that it also doesn't matter if people boycott American made products. If sentiment towards America is negative, it's seen as a positive thing.

Let me ask you this, what on earth is the point of on shoring manufacturing, and making America great again, if it's only great within the confines of red states in the USA?

"Anyone?, anyone?" - https://youtu.be/uhiCFdWeQfA

"Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Ac...