[ReaganGeneration2]

Tariffs are bad for consumers, and require more bureaucracy to impose fairly (e.g., how much of a stove is assembled in the US?). No more taxes.

But without a doubt, Trump and his forbear PJB have nailed it.

Drastically reduce regulations and corporate taxes. Make Japan, Korea, and the EU pay for defense, or we get out. What else?

[Rusty0604]

You are correct, but also a lot of the trade imbalance comes from currency manipulation.

[Grampa Dave]

Drastically reduce regulations and corporate taxes. Make the UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, and the EU pay for defense, or we get out. What else?

[pgkdan]

Tariffs are bad for consumers, and require more bureaucracy to impose fairly (e.g., how much of a stove is assembled in the US?). No more taxes.

Tariffs are not, out of hand, bad for consumers. And you don't have to figure out how much of the stove is built in the US. If the stove is built in the US there is no tariff on the stove, any imported parts are subject to a tariff when they enter the country. It's pretty simple. If that makes the stove too expensive compared to models built entirely in the US with US made components, too bad.