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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKRUGMAN: What looks like raw ignorance and prejudice is, in fact, raw ignorance and prejudice
@paulkrugman
Amazing how many people have spent time trying to project some rationality onto Trump trade policy. What looks like raw ignorance and prejudice is, in fact, raw ignorance and prejudice
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@MichaelRStrain
"Events are making the post hoc rationalizations about Trumps trade regime that he is actually a radical free trader using tariffs to make trade even more free in the future increasingly unpersuasive."
My latest Bloomberg column: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-08-14/u-s-businesses-are-stuck-in-trade-war-uncertainty @bopinion
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KRUGMAN: What looks like raw ignorance and prejudice is, in fact, raw ignorance and prejudice (Original Post)
kpete
Aug 2019
OP
"I shot the sheriff! But I swear it was to show my respect and support for LEOs!"
struggle4progress
Aug 2019
#1
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)1. "I shot the sheriff! But I swear it was to show my respect and support for LEOs!"
SWBTATTReg
(21,859 posts)2. Governing by bullying etc. doesn't work. rump has no bite, no economic policy, nothing other ...
than his own pockets (cutting taxes) and nothing else.
Jim__
(14,045 posts)3. Turns out, Trump really is an idiot!