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moondust

(21,239 posts)

6. I'm guessing

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:19 PM

Monday

that decades ago as a repeatedly bankrupt businessman he made the ignorant assumption that tariffs are a tax on other countries that could be used to intimidate and punish them. Bring them to heel! He still believes it because one of his cardinal rules is to never admit that he was ever wrong.

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