Donald Trump currently seems to be pulling new ideas out of a hat on a weekly basis for how to drive the United States economically into the ground. His latest trick: “substantial” tariffs on furniture. As usual, he did not announce it in a professional discussion with business representatives but in a short outburst on social media. The justification sounds like a bad campaign slogan: one must save the furniture industry in North Carolina and “make the state GREAT again.”
What this actually means, the president left open. “Details to follow,” he promised, as if it were about a summer fair and not about a measure that could throw the entire furniture market into turmoil. It is especially unclear whether this is an additional tariff on top - after all, Trump had only last week announced that starting October 1 he would impose a 30 percent import tax on upholstered furniture. The industry rubs its eyes in bewilderment: is this now Furniture Tariff I, Furniture Tariff II, or simply Trump’s daily dose of chaos? Particularly grotesque is the fact that furniture is not tanks threatening national security. They are seats, beds, cabinets - items that families need and that will simply become more expensive through tariffs. Anyone buying a sofa from Europe or Asia in the future will have to dig deeper into their pockets. And instead of “America First” it will mean for many citizens above all: “Empty Wallets First.”
Little Donald meanwhile presents himself as the great protectionist who wants to save the economy with tariffs. In reality he is destroying trust, markets, and purchasing power. “Make North Carolina Great Again” - that is what he calls his plan. In truth it looks more like “Make USA Kaputt Again.” And so the bitter impression remains: a president on a furniture safari who believes he can cushion an economy with punitive tariffs. The result is likely to be less of a comfortable wing chair - and more of a rickety stool that collapses at the first test of weight.
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Und all die dummen MAGA bejubeln ihn dafür.
Und wie war der Zolldeal noch mit Europa?
Er bricht ihn ständig mit neuen Zöllen.
Medikamente, Möbel, Filme…. was kommt als nächstes?
Die Möbel der Amish werden sicher davon profitieren.
Wahrscheinlich die Einzigen.
Gut, dass er die golden Möbel für seinen neuen Ballsaal schon gefordert hat … die „made in China“