A 'Global Tariff Plan' That Spares Nobody

America-First means everyone else must eat it. Have you not learned that by now?

Aug 25, 2023

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It’s kind of crazy that this hasn’t gotten more attention, but not long before being arrested, Trump met with “key” economic and political advisers for a two hour brainstorming session at a golf club in New Jersey.

The upshot was this:

a “universal baseline tariff” on virtually all imports to the United States…the creation of a ring around the U.S. economy…the former president called for setting this tariff at 10 percent “automatically” for all countries.

Tariffs for all imports into the US—literally for everyone.

My quick take?

A 'Global Tariff Plan' That Spares Nobody

America-First means everyone else must eat it. Have you not learned that by now?

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