Vietnam also halted the expansion of McDonald’s because local street food is cheaper and better.

time to invent the SUV-motorcycle

And their streets are narrow, especially in the French quarter of Hanoi and other older areas. The vehicles in use currently are often very small to make it easier to navigate the narrow roads (and street/laneway parking) and like you mention - the scooters, which are like 90% of vehicle traffic.

I'm in Hanoi right now. Theres quite a few SUVs and crossovers. Maybe between 1:4 and 1:8 cars to bikes.

Mostly Kias and Toyotas, I saw 1 Ford Explorer.

It’s for his idiots. He doesn’t care what you think or believe

Trump still doesn't know what a tariff is.

I honestly can't decide if he just really doesn't know or he's this consistently dishonest. It's hard to pick cuz I have trouble believing he could be that consistent about anything.

Frustratingly his constant repeating of this backwards understanding is working. It's starting to widely take hold and resistance in the face of constant misinformation is breaking down. I heard in the last week NPR and the BBC repeat the "foreign country will pay" as fact, not a quote, with no effort to correct or clarify.

What's the saying? Repeat a lie enough and it becomes reality?

He’s trying to flood google results for low emissions vehicles

He didn't actually say this, someone with access to his TS/Twitter account did. They don't know wtf SUV stands for and probably made it up.

No but he knows his idiot cult followers believe what he wants them to believe.

And how shitty american cars are?

I don't think i follow your logic, theoretically this would reduce the trade deficit. The US would be importing less from Vietnam because the people in the US have to pay 20% more, and the US would be exporting more to Vietnam as the price of the US good would be cheaper then they were before with no duties.

The US would be exporting more and importing less so the trade deficit will go down.

I don't think that's how it will work on reality as even with that 20% goods produced in Vietnam will still be cheaper then those made in the US. Same with US goods in Vietnam, where even if they don't cost any more then the equivalent Vietnamese good due to tarrifs, they'll still cost a lot more due to labor and shipping costs.

He's always said that tariffs are paid by the exporting country to the importing country. He's wrong of course, but at least he's consistent.