[St Charles Owl]

I'm not convinced that the penny will ever drop for those who voted for him. In a recent survey 96% said they would still vote for him again!!!

It is possible to revive the industries that have moved away but it would require some serious changes to be made. First he would have to pull the US out of NAFTA, at which point he can place large import duties and tariffs on car imports from Mexico. Short term this would drive up the cost of cars made outside the US and make cars still built here much more competitive, if that resulted in reduced sales for the car companies then they might be persuaded to move their production back. The longer term situation might actually be jobs moving back to the US but ultimately the cost of those goods would undoubtedly go up considerably and it would be the consumer who would end up paying for it all with the increase in the cost of things!! Some cities and regions would benefit from increased jobs and income but the rest of the US would suffer higher prices, not sure that is at all palatable to the voting public over here!!!

Of course there is almost no chance of him achieving all this in his first term, he would need a second term to get to the job increase stage and the economic impact of no NAFTA might hurt the economy to the point where he would not win the next election. Tempting??