The People's Forum: The usual degree of accuracy from MAGA talking points

Take Canada and it's so-called sieve of a border. In 2024 43 pounds of Fentanyl was seized at the Northern border and it is widely acknowledged that the flow of illegal drugs in this direction is atiny proportion. There were some issues about irregular migration from Canada, especially 'steppingstone' visas into the US. Again, these numbers were relatively small and more importantly the Canadian government has tightened up these and other rules to address the problem. These moves have been ignored by the Trump administration because drugs and migration were mere fig leafs for the tariffs on Canada, which are fundamentally about shifting the balance of power in trade across the two nations. Trump and his apologists, however, will find that this time they have picked on the wrong target as Canada has the resources and political will to inflict as well as experience damage.

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Canada and Mexico to start seriously policing their borders with the US both of which operate like a sieve. Mexican border states are dominated by the drug cartels which have the local and national police authorities largely in their pockets. Canada just doesn't seem to give a toss about a flow of illegals into the US from there.
The tariffs on China are related to manufacturing jobs and indeed are already working with major shifts of hi-tech manufacturing to Texas from China recently announced - 500Bn from Apple I believe
If you seriously think that any manufacturing jobs
moving back will be "low wage" you are mistaken.

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is too bring back low paid manufacturing jobs to the US. When the service industry has been the main driver of growth in the US since the 80's, hence a massive employer

It's completely insane, delusional and idiotic.

Trump and his administration of tards seem to think that just introducing or raising tariffs will magically make every businesses that exports to America or imports materials, will just magically set up their manufacturing plants in Murica or start paying more for their materials from american companies overnight. The reality is it could take a decade. By which time the US economy has collapsed and a brand new great depression hits the country.

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understanding any of it, I had a look for some clarity. I have no idea if this is pertinent but I'm sure I'll soon find out:

The United States is the 2nd largest goods exporter in the world, behind only China. U.S. goods exports to the world totaled $2.1 trillion in 2022, up 17.5 percent ($307.3 billion) from 2021. Canada was the largest purchaser of U.S. goods exports in 2022, accounting for 17.3 percent of total U.S. goods exports. The top five purchasers of U.S. goods exports in 2022 were: Canada ($356.5 billion), Mexico ($324.3 billion), China ($150.4 billion), Japan ($80.2 billion), and the United Kingdom ($76.2 billion). U.S. goods exports to the European Union 27 were $350.8 billion.

Goods Imports
The United States is the largest goods importer in the world. U.S. goods imports from the world totaled $3.2 trillion in 2022, up 14.6 percent ($413.7 billion) from 2021. China was the top supplier of goods to the United States, accounting for 16.5 percent of total goods imports. The top five suppliers of U.S. goods imports in 2022 were: China ($536.3 billion), Mexico ($454.8 billion), Canada ($436.6 billion), Japan ($148.1 billion), and Germany ($146.6 billion). U.S. goods imports from the European Union 27 were $553.3 billion.