Does TRUMP know that trade is two ways, so that when you impend imports you impend your own exports? Tariffs will reduce our exports.?

There is very little that Trump knows

Of course he doesn't know this.

But he will find out and so will America.

No he does not know that. And yes you are correct.

He knows far more about that than you do.

We export food and vital materials. We import crap, tell me who needs what? We could be energy independent if not an exporter, if we converted coal to oil like we had the technology to do in 1929, at a decent cost.

He never read adam smith. He is a hardcore socialist.

Of course he does. There's a reason he hasn't gone all-in on all that tariffs, repeal NAFTA garbage. Putting tariffs on solar panels is a purely symbolic gesture just to throw the red hat crowd a bone. Compared to US imports as a whole, solar products aren't even enough to make a drop in the bucket.

After the actions of Obama and Clinton, Our Exports could not possibly be more "Impended" (whatever theFuck that means)

Sometimes, you gotta kick the table over to get anyone to sit down to it.

Trump promised there would be tarrifs on goods that used to be made here if the products are now foreign made.

Impend, impede. Learn the difference.

America had tariffs for 200 years and our economy thrived because they protected our domestic industrial infrastructure. Starting with Reagan tariffs were repealed and we lost our domestic textile and furniture industry, along with steel, glass, computers, , ,

That's not how tariffs work.

Blocking imports does not automatically block exports. I have no idea where someone would get such an idea.

Blocking imports COULD lead to a block on exports. Of course, exports could (and in fact are) blocked even when you have no blocks on imports at all. If you think there are no blocks to US exports, try exporting a US built car to Germany. (Germany insulates their auto industry from competition.)

Beyond this...not all countries produce the same goods we import, or consume the goods we export. Austrialia and Argentina might respond if the US put a tarriff on beef, but China and Nambia wouldn't care.

Balance of trade is a game of cost-benefit analysis. Free trade has costs, so do tariffs. A country or person would be delusional to believe in "total free trade forever" OR "total protectionism forever."

The key is protecting select industries that the nation wants to encourage to grow.