They make Americans pay for access to foreign markets.. At least that's how its working on the millions in tariff exposure my company has, my employer is paying them, not mexico or china.
Had to stop for gas on the way home yesterday. A sweet old lady pulled up in her late model (2023 or later) Mercedes and eases over to me after standing at the pump for a minute. Thought she was going to ask me to help her with the gas pump after she fiddled with it. Much to my surprise she asked me if I could give her $10 so she could get enough gas to make it home. I told her I just filled up my POS 4Runner and asked if she wanted to trade. She said hell no, I'm not driving that. I let her know if she did maybe she would have enough $$ to get gas to make it home.