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    5 days ago

    Why would Vietnam be paying the tariff on Vietnamese goods going into the US? I swear the definition of a tariff changes every time I see it mentioned.

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      265 days ago

      He’s always said that tariffs are paid by the exporting country to the importing country. He’s wrong of course, but at least he’s consistent.

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        55 days ago

        It’s not wrong, it’s a lie. He does absolutely know how tariffs work, but he also knows that most Americans don’t, I can promise you, if you ask a dozen random strangers who pays the tariffs, you will end up hearing the presidents words.

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      14 days ago

      Trumponomics makes all this tricky math and policy shit so easy to understand!

      “They pay, so they lose, which means we win.”*

      * Disclaimer: They never pay. It’s always us.