I often admire Rand for his principled positions, and maybe he is saying the things he is saying just to lodge a symbolic arguement, but on this I agree with Trump. It’s not hard to once you see what is blatantly going on. Raising the tarrifs give us leverage to negotiate new (and more fair) trade deals. That process has already been manifest en mase
Yes I know what the position and many of you say you need a stomach for the fight and that things will sort itself out
Trump is using this exact argument at the moment