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Originally Posted by bambino
BREAKING: In a huge win, Mercedes Benz just announced a $4 BILLION DOLLAR investment into an Alabama manufacturing plant to ease its tariff burden and surge production
Once again the "experts" suffer a STUNNING loss and Trump wins ��
It turns out that TARIFFS WORK ����
https://x.com/ericldaugh/status/2039...537313616?s=42
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Mercedes-Benz's $4B Alabama plant? Solid headlines, sure—Trump touts it as tariff triumph. But dig deeper: this is an expansion of their existing Tuscaloosa hub (already pumping out GLEs and EVs since 1995).
Announced pre-election, tied to Biden-era IRA subsidies and EV mandates, not just Trump's 25% EU tariffs.
Tariffs "working"? Short-term, they nudge reshoring. Long-term? Consumers foot the bill—higher car prices, retaliatory hits on US exports (e.g., Boeing, ag). MBZ still imports 60%+ components; full US production? Decades away.
Experts "stunned"? Nah, predictable supply chain shuffle. 😎