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niels8472yesterday at 10:01 AM1 replyview on HN

If you assume the primary goal is self enrichment and the rest is just side effects and distractions, things immediately start making more sense.


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johnnyanmacyesterday at 8:56 PM

Yes, but then we have the blanket tarriffs. Which it seems even the most diehard are coming around to say was really, really stupid. Who's genuinely making a profit off this decision?

That definitely tells me there's ego at play here more than anything else. Even money.

That's the unheard of part of this year. Even the most blatantly corrupt politicians know not to actively throw money into a furnace.

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