Trump’s Tariff Math Doesn’t Add Up (Here’s Why)
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President Trump’s New Tariffs Just Dropped… And the Math Behind Them Makes ZERO Sense.
In this video, I break down the bizarre formula behind the “reciprocal” tariffs announced by President Trump on April 2, 2025. While these tariffs are being positioned as fair and equal, the actual calculations used by the administration are deeply flawed — and based on a major economic error.
✅ We’ll walk through the exact formula used by Trump’s team
✅ Explain why it doesn’t hold up to basic economic logic
✅ And reveal how a simple elasticity mistake inflated these tariffs by 4X
This isn’t about politics — it’s about facts, math, and how government policy impacts YOUR wallet. With the S&P 500 down 9% and recession risks climbing, getting this right matters.
📊 Watch until the end to understand what the correct tariff rates should be — and how fixing this mistake could help the U.S. economy.
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It’s all 5D chess tump is crashing the economy right now to refinance the national debt. That’s why he is publicly putting pressure on Jerome Powell.
I am 27 years old …and i understand exactly what Trump us doing! I am a business owner and a Real-Estate investor ….and you??? Everything you saying is total crap!
Bought the dip yesterday brother
Very smart idea. That what I’m doing too. Vanguard’s VOO
Mar, I agree ….. PAY OFF YOUR HOUSE! I’ve been debt free for a long while!
As the mkt drops further.
@@gmo709better than buying a few months ago lmao
Is it about getting the exact formula correct, or is it about inflicting economic pain to bring countries to the table and negotiate a better deal?
exactly. 17D 9 player intergalactic chess. I’m being sarcastic but I agree. I think this was an intentional “error”.
Which is it dude? We want to have tariffs in place so jobs come back or we want to negotiate lower tariffs and then drop the tariffs back to their normal rate? The effective rate on US goods in Europe was 2%. Where do you expect it to go? You literally said the formula doesn’t matter? Then what are you negotiating?
@@hamsterbrigade”Free and fair reciprocal trade.” Basically been the talking point since he came down the escalator in 2015. If you haven’t noticed, the U.S. is the most economically powerful nation in the world (yes, even more so than Chynah). In addition, we have the manufacturing capability (and memory) to produce basically everything we currently import. That means we don’t ‘need’ the rest of the world’s imports, whereas they absolutely need the American consumer to purchase their goods.
@@WhiteBoardFinancethank your for the entertaining and educational content. This is so digestible for us non finance folks. Have a great day!
@@Army4RunnerI think you massively underestimate just how hard it would be to make “everything we use”. It would take decades and you may not have a workforce willing to do it. Also that tv you just bought for $500 now costs $2500.
The daily content is what the people need!! Love adding you to my daily stock/bitcoin watchlist brother!
that reagan speech hit hard
And the fat American working at the sweatshop.😂😂😂
Thanks for breaking this down. Very informative.
I learn so much from this channel. Im ecstatic that I found you.
Thank you for the unbiased information Marko!
Facts > politics
I may make another video explaining the bigger picture outside of this formula. But then I’d probably anger even more people. I think this will be fun 🙂
The facts were there before the election and yet here we are…
@@WhiteBoardFinancestop pretending you’re not biased. You’re not fooling anyone
@@hopper451reality has a liberal bias
@@WhiteBoardFinance the facts are the facts. If it anger people, then so be it.
You would think that Trump would’ve learned form Ronald Reagan
I think I’m going to tariff my barber. I have a huge trade deficit with that guy.
LMAOOOOO
Exactly this 😂
Your barber buys what from you?
Dude this is so spot on. 😂🎉
you’ll end up with less haircut for your money, you rcall
Loving the daily uploads recently, Marko! I wonder if Trump will rollback the tarriffs to the originally intended amount. Or stick to his guns to not appear weak/foolish.
Thanks for the great content!
Thank you! I appreciate the super chat! I can get my children a hot meal tonight 🙂
Grateful I could help! 😄💙
@@Ampraa lol all joking aside I appreciate it
Don’t give this man money! He’s already well off! Look at his blazer!😆💰💵
honestly, the only reason i think this may be intentional is not because of Trump, but because the people he surrounds himself with like Lutnick.
Trump loves his personal image too much, i wish he gave more credit to his administration and advisors. But i suppose being president comes with the duty of being an idol that inspires and rallies americans. Among other duties he has, to him i guess his image is somewhat rightfully very important to him
This is what living in Peter Navarro’s mind is like. Even if the formula was corrected, it still wouldn’t make sense. It is “something”. It is just not “reciprocal tariffs”. The world realized this, and the markets tanked. It is that simple. Really baffling coming from a Harvard PhD.
Thanks for the video. As I was watching my Yahoo finance flashed with news that the president is now looking at a 104% tariff on China. OMG, it makes me dizzy. 🤨
Look up Shanghai accord from 2017 trumps last term. It’s the same thing. They’re negotiating to readjust the value of our currency and chinas currency. They most likely have already came to a deal months ago but need to disrupt the market to manipulate the currencies
I have a trade deficit with my local beer/wine store. What should I do?
Oh, I also have a teade deficit with Costco, supermarkets, gas station, restaurants…
Now that the markets has grasp that Trump is serious about tariffs, it’s going to hit hard. If the US cuts itself off from global trade, that isolationism is going to send shockwaves, I have about $100k in emergency fund and I have been seeing news about buying the dip in the stock market and would like to gain from that since I can’t let my savings be corroded by inflation. what are the best stocks to buy now or put on a watchlist?
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Why are people so in favor of these tarrifs? It sounds like its just going to make everything more expensive in an already expensive society.
One key thing beyond the #’s is the following: Manufacturing should have never been allowed to be outsourced in the first place. Our elected leaders via lobbying sold the US out for profit.
Intellectual property/copyright= slave labor & profit.
Tarrifs may not be the long term solution, but something must be done to promote 1) balance, 2) the reduction of the national debt, which is at a whopping 36T 🤦🏿♂️