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You know, when he is right he is right (hexbear.net)

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When ABC News' Terry Moran asked Pres. Donald Trump to respond to voters who may be concerned that rising costs are not what they "signed up for," Trump responded: "Well, they did sign up for this actually."

https://x.com/ABC/status/1917379788408312308

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[-] SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net 9 points 5 days ago

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought he didn't really get on this whole tariff train till after he was elected.

[-] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

He did in fact make promises during his campaign to impose tariffs. The funny thing is that US politics have devolved into "Trump" versus "not Trump" and the narrative doesn't focus on policy at all

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-street-comes-to-a-painful-realization-trump-was-serious-about-steep-tariffs-all-along-080044887.html