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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes, and they know that. Manufacturing doesn’t spring up over night. As soon as alternative energy starts planning to build domestically, they can instantly reverse the tariffs thus reducing domestic demand.

This is all a play to protect one of the administration’s biggest constituents; oil and gas.