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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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robertlagrant04/03/2025

> Likewise, it should be apparent to anyone with a cursory understanding of economics

Can you explain why countries have tariffs if tariffs are bad for their economies as a general principle? I'm assuming you're not the standard sort who thinks Trump invented tariffs.

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