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Losing Friends, Hobbling Manufacturing Businesses & Workers, & Sabotaging Growth with One Inept Chaos-Monkey Tariff Trick

A masterclass in self-destruction as Bessent, Lutnick, Greer, Hassett, Vought, Miran, Navarro, Miller, and all the other grifters try to retcon the chaos-monkey social-media posts of Trump into a policy, pushing up inflation, fueling corrupt cronyism, & causing America's decline in both prosperity and in ability to shape the world for our safety. ShareToday we have Paul Krugman saying that as a result of Trump's tariffs U. autoworkers' products now are disfavored relative to Japanese autoworkers' products:Paul Krugman: The Art of the Really Stupid Deal : 'What the heck were the Trumpists thinking.

autoworkers' products now are disfavored relative to Japanese autoworkers' products:Paul Krugman: The Art of the Really Stupid Deal : 'What the heck were the Trumpists thinking. a big trade deal with Japan. [got] a 0% score.

[got] a 0% score. reaction from the manufacturing sector, both management and labor. manufacturers worse off than they were before Trump began his trade war.

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