Trump is still pushing an unhinged fiction about the "glory days" of American protective tariffs, so I'll repost this CAMPAIGN TRAILS piece from last month:
https://campaign-trails.ghost.io/tarri/
https://campaign-trails.ghost.io/tarri/
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The Economist magazine today said the president had "committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded."
How The McKinley Tariff Almost Destroyed The Republican Party https://www.eurasiareview.com/02012025-how-the-mckinley-tariff-almost-destroyed-the-republican-party-oped/
1789 - The Tariff Act - a great year!
1913 - Income taxes ended the tariff regime - a bad year!
1930 - GOP reinstated tariffs for a short time - made the Great Depression even greater!
"But that all changed, now that we're being led by a man who doesn't think."
Great piece on tariff history. If only Trump studied history. Or economics. Or anything, really.