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Lewis Grotelueschen's avatar

I initially thought tariffs were playing the same role that Mexico-will-pay-for-the-wall played in 2016 - a way for Trump to act like a strongman taking money from foreigners. Now I see it as part of the retribution project.

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Paul K. Ogden's avatar

Tariffs take money away from American citizens, not foreigners.

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Lewis Grotelueschen's avatar

Of course. But that's not how Trump sells them.

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SandyG's avatar

And the Harris Campaign has not figured out how to get that across to the voters.

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