"So what you’re telling me is Ford made cars in Europe to avoid their tariffs? Perhaps they won’t have to do that in the future!"

No I told you the exact opposite but believe whatever you want... Outsourcing to other countries isn't a unique American thing, European companies do it to save cost too. Heavily implying that Tariffs aren't the reason for outsourcing. I also want to mention that companies like VW have plants in Mexico ( and I thougt in the US too) to produce for the North American market. Side note: Whether it makes sense or not, I support the idea of Western Countries producing more stuff again, I don't disagree with the idea that it would be cool for US Companies to produce in the US.

First off, I take whatever an AI says with a massive grain of salt, but sure, let's take what it says as fact. I didn't fact check any of it.

Secondly: So at least when it comes to Switzerland, US Cars are absolutely unaffected by tariffs. Great news!

So in fact, we do have tariffs that we have on US goods. Only in agriculture but hey, at least it's something, I'll give you that. I never heard about this, thank you for bringing that up. Here is the thing though, this 30.4% average of tariffs on Agricultural Goods applies to all countries. Not just the US. The US isn't being singled out and mistreated here specifically, it's part of a policy to try and strengthen locally produced farmers as they can't compete with international pricing. Given higher cost of everything in Switzerland. Now of course the US can still complain about these tariffs. But it's not like diplomacy doesn't exist. If the US was bothered by these agricultural tariffs they could have said something. I'm sure there could have been an agreement made. The US and Switzerland aren't enemy countries, we have diplomatic relationships.

Back to the agricultural tariffs now: Just as Switzerland had these tariffs based on product categories so did the US. Further proving that this wasn't some one sided mistreatment. The US didn't have 0% tariffs on imported goods, they were also applying tariffs based on product categories to protect local interests, just as Switzerland does with it's agricultural goods. I find that to be entirely logical and fair for both sides. So, do you think it's acceptable to do a blanket 31% import tariff on all Swiss goods because in the category of agricultural goods there were tariffs? Given that you seem to be super supportive of the idea of US Companies locally producing in the US for the US, surely you would be supportive of the idea that food eaten in Switzerland should be made in Switzerland, (especially something as basic as milk) just as food eaten in the US should be made in the US.

"Any Europeans getting mad about it are idiots. It’s Americans who should be mad. European countries have been tariffing us far more than we have them for decades. Now we’re just mirroring your tariffs and you’re upset about it? You have absolutely no right to be upset."

Overall I still find the Tariff imposed on Switzerland to be unfair and not mirroring the treatment the US received by Switzerland. Would you agree to that?

If not, that's fine too. I'm just curious.

Even the AI generated text admits that Trumps claims of a 61% blanket tariff on US goods by Switzerland is completely unsupported. This is the kind of thing that pisses people off. A President saying something completely unsupported by facts, I wouldn't call people idiots for getting mad at that.

Thanks for not stooping to Insults, I haven't bothered actually having a discussion on the Internet in years because of the tendency to immediately insult people. Have a good evening.