i said this before but this is basically a proxy war between 2 White House factions; one which is for 'smart trade'/trade primacists and the other is pro-autarky/protectionism
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Billy Binion
Free trade is terrible because it killed the middle class so we need to use tariffs to destroy the economy so we can remake it but tariffs are bad which is why we instituted them because we want other countries to remove theirs so we can have free trade which is great, actually.
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Tech bros who want a Network State
Christian Crusaders who favor autarky Cristian Crusaders who favor aggressive foreign policy & resource grabs
Bannon who is just to weird to describe and filled with contradictions