That's (the bold statement) is very primitive & naive, and can create undesired & dangerous situations.
Animals that live in groups behave that way.
We aren't animals.

What sets us apart as humans is the ability to think for ourselves, even if this is different from what others around you think.

That's what allows us to be on our path to individuation, which we are meant to do.
It is not the idea to take 100 or more steps back in human evolution and become like animals.

We have a highly developed frontal lobe, esp the prefrontal cortex.
You gotta use it.

Here is an example of how the US is RIPPING OFF Canada.
Canada exports 4.3million barrels of oil daily at $20.00 below market value.
That's $8.6 million a day, now multiply that by 365 days in the year and you come up with $31.39 Billion a year.
So who is ripping off who?
Before you answer look up the facts yourself before blowing smoke.
Who was there for the US when 9/11 happened?
Who pulled US citizens out of Iran when the Iranian's over ran the US Consulate?
Canada has always negotiated in good faith.
Check facts before answering instead of just the lies out of Trump's mouth. (proven to lie to the people)

All countries in the NATO Alliance pay for the operations of the NATO offices.
What Trump has done is ensure that ALL Members spend at least 2% of the countries GDP on their Military.

With the Import Duties you claim other countries pay, your dead wrong.
The Tariff is an import tax, yes, but it is paid by the importer and passed along to the consumer.
That the Tariff does to the countries that they are applied to is force them to renegotiate a trade deal to Trump's liking.
The exporter does not pay the Tariff, you the purchaser pay for that Tariff. ( look it up if you have to )
How Does Trump think that other countries are " Ripping Off The US"?
His team negotiated with Mexico and Canada and he said it was the Greatest Deal Ever, but now its Ripping Off The US!
All countries negotiate in good faith so that trade deals are fair for everyone.
I still can't fathom the fact that Trump put a Tariff on an Island that is inhabited by Penguins!!
Is that your "Genius" at work Mr. Trump??

What was it that happened that made the US not so great anymore that Trump had to steal the phrase from a previous president? Please explain...

One example of how this is going to affect both people in and outside of the US:

I know a man who owns a own business in selling crystal skulls. He has these carved by Brazilian master carvers from top quality Brazilian quartzes.

80% of his customers are Americans.
But from August onwards Americans will have to cough up 50% import tariff on BOTH the skull they want AND the shipping.
That means Americans either will have to pay a freaking fortune to buy what they love or... no longer able to get it at all.
Thank you Trump!

The business owner will likely get in trouble as he will see most of his sales drop.

The carvers might be out of a job and means to live and feed their families.
Thank you Trump!

It could even result in the business owner being forced to move back to The Netherlands after having lived in Brazil for decades. Then he won't be able to do the work he loves doing.

Trump's idea is that things will be made in the US itself.
There are no Brazilian master carvers in the US.
Nor is there top quality Brazilian Quartz in the US.

So a totally effed up situation.
And this is just one small business.
Hundreds of thousands are going to suffer, small companies & big ones.

Millions outside the US may lose their jobs, their homes, and so on.
Americans may not give a toss about that, but if that happens it will come back and bite you in the a$$ when the stock-market crashes.

The only ones who won't suffer are the rich & famous in the US and Trump himself will sure as heck make sure he isn't going to suffer.

And this whole "the US has been ripped off for years" is part of an elaborate plan to gain more power.
As it is, the US has way too much power.
That could be remedied, but then it will be the people who will suffer, not the ones who are behind this scheme.

It's absolutely scary that one man can do this by declaring some illusive state of emergency that grants him the sole power to do so.

All countries in the NATO Alliance pay for the operations of the NATO offices.
What Trump has done is ensure that ALL Members spend at least 2% of the countries GDP on their Military.

With the Import Duties you claim other countries pay, your dead wrong.
The Tariff is an import tax, yes, but it is paid by the importer and passed along to the consumer.
That the Tariff does to the countries that they are applied to is force them to renegotiate a trade deal to Trump's liking.
The exporter does not pay the Tariff, you the purchaser pay for that Tariff. ( look it up if you have to )
How Does Trump think that other countries are " Ripping Off The US"?
His team negotiated with Mexico and Canada and he said it was the Greatest Deal Ever, but now its Ripping Off The US!
All countries negotiate in good faith so that trade deals are fair for everyone.
I still can't fathom the fact that Trump put a Tariff on an Island that is inhabited by Penguins!!
Is that your "Genius" at work Mr. Trump??

What was it that happened that made the US not so great anymore that Trump had to steal the phrase from a previous president? Please explain...

You nailed it.
NO one trusts the felon and the grab for power
is real.

One always suspects that whatever he does, it
benefits his business empire.

Hopefully the damage he does can be overturned
when he leaves.

How do you Americans feel about Trump's import tariffs?
Just curious whether or not this move has the overall support of the American people.

Personally I find it a very dangerous move. I don't necessarily mean economically.
But because it divides people and countries, and raises animosity and hostility.
With that it can very easily create a breeding ground for war as it will set up countries against one another, and against the US.
What will Trump do then? Send his overwhelming military force? Nuke countries?
This could very easily escalate into very nasty scenarios as he demands the entire world to bow down to the US.
Which is not going to happen.
Even I feel like FU!!
And I'm a loving person who doesn't busy herself with politics or economics at all.

I also feel this is a move to obtaining world power. If that happens it'll drag us back into the dark ages at the speed of light.

I've felt for decades that it could very well be that in the end Russia is the only one that can save us. From the US.
Problem being that the few others who will then join in aren't friends of the western world (I mean EU, AUS, UK with that, not US).

Let's hope it's not going to come to any of that.
Just when we're on the brink of moving into a new world based on love and oneness.
Unbelievable that one single man can take so much power and get away with it.

We find it unconstitutional because Trump simply defies the Constitution. A.K.A. "the law of the land." If trump wants to start a war, he needs to go through Congress because the Constitution gives that power to Congress. Not the president or the supreme court. If Trump wants to make $billions from a meme coin, he shouldn't be president, because the Constitution makes it clear that presidents' income is limited to their government salary. And Trump definitely shouldn't be taking money from foreign groups, like the ones buying his meme coin or renting rooms at his resorts. It's just naked corruption with Trump.

Not telling Democrats to swallow anything. Just presenting replies to the absolute garbage that tries to defend President Trump. The guy's an imbecile and has lately, more and more, shows signs of dementia. It's kind of sad, really. And boisterous posts, here, proclaiming that Trump is great for America and that President Biden destroyed America are ludicrous. Biden did not destroy America. Sure, not everybody agrees with his policies, but he was effective by most metrics, and compares very well against Trump, who gets very little done, beyond numerous posts to his social media app, and meandering blather in front of sycophantic crowds. Happy?

I would be happy to see any evidence that I'm wrong when I say that Trump is an imbecile. Got anything?

Trump is a miserable failure of a president. The idiot can barely put a sentence together though he talks ceaselessly, so just blabbering. Don't believe me? Check any transcript of any of his speeches and you'll see where he starts a sentence, then before he can finish it, starts another topic. He calls it "the weave" but it's just meandering talk. The orange dope keeps making promises like "we'll have a plan in two weeks" or "We'll have 90 deals in 90 days." Countless two-weeks later there are no new plans and zero of the 90 deals after 100 days.

Trump's brain is slipping into senility but Trump's biggest gripe is that he cannot watch porn in the White house.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/donald-trump-moaned-white-house-35509871

Biden, on the other hand, ran the country much more smoothly. He wasted zero time promoting personally branded memecoins, perfume, watches, bibles or campaign donors' products. Never left states hanging in times of disaster.

Under Biden FEMA pre-staged resources when they knew trouble was coming. Under Trump, victims of tornados and floods can go months without seeing help from FEMA or anything on the federal level. Remember during the presidential campaign where Trump made up claims that Biden was redirecting FEMA funds to pay for immigrants? He wasn't, but facts never stopped Trump from lying about it. And here we are. Trump started his term as an imbecile and is only getting more senile by the day.