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robertlagrant04/03/20251 replyview on HN

I don't think it's helpful to reply to a specific, well-phrased question with a general analogy. Why is it like that?

It's like when the media would interview Robert de Niro on Trump, and all he would say is variants of "Well, he's an asshole!"


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wat1000004/03/2025

It is like that indeed. It should be apparent to anyone who has listened to Trump that he is indeed a conplete asshole. There shouldn’t be any need to go into details.

Likewise, it should be apparent to anyone with a cursory understanding of economics that tariffs are bad for the economy, and imposing mindless tariffs on the entire world is really bad for the economy. “Crash the economy to address the national debt” is a bad plan.

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