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orwell

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6. All of this predicted...

Reply to Pantagruel (Original post)

Wed Feb 9, 2022, 12:02 AM

Feb 2022

...by me to anyone who would listen, which were scant few.

Trade wars like this are always counterproductive. They are a problem when they are well executed, but Drumpf's ham-handed political sleight of hand homage to his duck dynasty blue collar goon squad was a patchwork quilt of fail, neither targeted, nor strategic.

I am really tired of the endless stupidity...

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Another GOP FAIL!!! [View all] Pantagruel Feb 2022 OP

link? Skittles Feb 2022 #1

Link Pantagruel Feb 2022 #3

Tariff equals Tax. How the hell anyone thought that the consumers wouldn't pay that tax Maraya1969 Feb 2022 #2

And yet, Trump is still considered knowledgeable about the economy Poiuyt Feb 2022 #4

By who? SergeStorms Feb 2022 #8

Wall Street likes him because he cut their taxes iemanja Feb 2022 #10

Sorry - I meant his deplorable voters Poiuyt Feb 2022 #13

I'm not sure he had any advisors.... SergeStorms Feb 2022 #14

Perfectly said Poiuyt Feb 2022 #15

Dump puts the "FF" in "TARIFF" Blue Owl Feb 2022 #5

All of this predicted... orwell Feb 2022 #6

Well, i imagine that a global pandemic and overwhelmed logistics... zaj Feb 2022 #7

Agreed krkaufman Feb 2022 #12

Interesting opinion fails...cause there was that world wide pandemic thing going on, Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2022 #9

Fox convinced my gf that China paid all those billion$ of Trump tariffs on Chinese goods. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #11