Trade Deficit Widens despite Tariifs. Don't Blame Trump, Blame Yourselves

Instead, it is the people of the United States who continue to fail to support US manufacturers.Decades of an addiction to a lower cost of living brought about by China mass-producing everyday items have left US consumers reluctant to pay more for similar quality purely in the interest of patriotism. Chinese saturation has allowed for a burgeoning luxury market in US goods, but the mainstream mass producers are still out in the cold.Just look at the data.Despite Trump imposing billions of dollar’s of tariffs to negate the cost of production,  people still want foreign goods. His plan is failing catastrophically and this is not anyone’s fault but free-market appetite and a fight against a deflationary mindset in the consumer amid a long period of struggling wage growth and retail habits.Blame President Trump for whatever you like, the lying, the affairs, Russia, The Shutdown, The Wall etc.