Tariffs on Allies?

Much has been made over President Trumps move to place tariffs on some of our allies.

Democrats and some Republicans like John McCain (I think he is a Democrat now) have come out strongly against the move by the President.

They all have one thing in common.  They say that you don't charge tariffs on your friends.

I guess in Washington we just love to waste money and bend over for our friends.  Maybe they really aren't our friends.  These allies that the Dems and John McCain love so much.  By their own rule of not charging tariffs on your friends.  Because every single one of them charges us tariffs!

Yes it sure looks like President Trump struck a cord with many of these so called friends by charging them a tariff.  However he also told them that he is only charging them what they charge us.  If they want to get rid of all tariffs he is 100% behind that.  But nope, they want to charge us the tariff they just are against being charged themselves.  Nice friends we got.

Listen, I agree that it is bad politics to upset your friends.  However Trump isn't a politician.  He knows a bad deal when he sees it and this is most definitely a bad deal for America.  He is only seeking to level the playing field and he also knows that in the end we are the ones that holds all the cards.  Will these tariffs hurt the economy?  To a small degree yes they will.  It will create some problems in the short term.  But in the long run, he will cripple the other Countries much much more and they will have to react.  This will benefit us tremendously for generations to come.  Trump knows that you have to call out even your friends when they are taking advantage of you. 

Democrats and John McCain just don't get it.  The American People understand people like Trump way more than they understand the Politicians.  They think more like Trump than they think like a Politician. 

Trump is getting a lot of things accomplished in Washington and the Politicians quite frankly are terrified.  Things they told the American People couldn't be done, Trump is doing.  Trump is using the American Dream playbook and getting it done.  Not the Politician playbook of promise promise promise and do nothing.