It feels rather like Brexit. Economists: “If you do this, the obvious things will happen.” Brexiteers: “Project fear! Sunlit uplands!” [… the obvious things happen] Brexiteers: “How could Europe do this to us?!”
If he gets in and actually brings in these tariffs (there’s a non-zero chance he’s just talking about it to appeal to idiots), then he will blame everyone but himself when the obvious happens, and the idiots will believe it. So there will be no _personal_ consequences to him, therefore it is fine.
If he gets in and actually brings in these tariffs (there’s a non-zero chance he’s just talking about it to appeal to idiots), then he will blame everyone but himself when the obvious happens, and the idiots will believe it. So there will be no _personal_ consequences to him, therefore it is fine.