https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-economy-hardship.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/politics/elon-musk-tru... They state

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-economy-hardship.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/us/politics/elon-musk-tru... They state they think the temporary pain to consumers and the loss of good will with Canada and Mexico is worth some other goal that will be achieved like they think this will cause American manufacturers to decide to expand in America, also they always talk about tax cuts and tariffs are a way to increase federal revenue without a change in the tax code. There's also the stated justification of fentanyl and undocumented immigrants from Canada and Mexico but the vast majority of both of those comes from Mexico with Chinese connections for some avenues of fentanyl so the Canada thing feels like it's a flimsy excuse to be included just for some bargaining on some other subject, or just to have an accomplishment, like how Trump in first term pushed for TikTok ban, then after winning 2024, Trump undoes ban he initiated in first term to claim that as an accomplishment. Versus say the border wall he promised in 2016 campaign but had a paltry result by 2020. It's like they think a factory or manufacturing plant can be spun up in a few weeks.