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5. At least he sorta seems to acknowledge that tariffs didn't help

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 04:17 PM

Jul 8

Of course the truth is that tariffs made things much, much worse. But at least he isn't saying tariffs are what got us out of the depression, which would be utterly insane but exactly the sort of utter insanity we've come to expect from him....

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Financial Genius trump proves he does understand tariffs [View all] senseandsensibility Jul 8 OP

Trump sounds like what a stupid person Johonny Jul 8 #1

Love your take on the old senseandsensibility Jul 8 #2

Ah yes, the Great Depression, 1929-1954. unblock Jul 8 #3

Yeah, it went all the way through the FDR years senseandsensibility Jul 8 #4

At least he sorta seems to acknowledge that tariffs didn't help unblock Jul 8 #5

I think he was claiming that tariffs were imposed 25 years after the start of the Great Depression muriel_volestrangler Jul 8 #6

Hard to tell with him. unblock Jul 8 #7