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[โ€“] SGG@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are, until it happens to effect them directly.

"He was supposed to get rid of all the slackers and cut off people abusing the system, not fire my entire department!"

"He was supposed to put in tariffs to make China pay more, not to make the price of our goods go up!"

Classic leopards eating peoples faces party behaviour.

You're expecting more disastrous consequences than they are. Time will tell, but I think they'll find the tariff costs worth it for added manufacturing investment.