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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 10:18 AM Nov 2019

Trump's speech last night

Surfing the channels last night,
I stopped on C-SPAN for about 2 minutes and listened to Trump at his Louisiana rally.

Just long enough to hear the "Liar-in-Chief" say:
"Thanks to Donald Trump, the United States has taken in trillions and trillions of dollars from China in tariffs."

(That's not how tariffs work)

The fools in the crowd cheered and roared their approval,
while those sitting behind Trump mouthed "Thank you!"

What idiots!

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Trump's speech last night (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 OP
It's not what's said, but what sheepish dogs hear. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #1
Swear I heard sheep bleating... N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2019 #2
Even if it did work that way, the number is wildly off genxlib Nov 2019 #3
It appears that Spanky can't count either. greatauntoftriplets Nov 2019 #4
all I got from China is this lousy t-shirt Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #5

genxlib

(5,524 posts)
3. Even if it did work that way, the number is wildly off
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 10:36 AM
Nov 2019

We only have about half a trillion in trade from China a year. Even if all of it was taxed at 100%, it would not be "Trillions"

Fact checking is a full time job for an army of journalists with this guy.

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