Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?

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    The propaganda on tariffs is that foreign imports are bad and domestic manufacturing is good.

    Right, but you put the tariffs in place after you have the domestic manufacturing capabilities, not before.

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      When you can attract large foreign investments, the order matters less. You’ll experience more pain by imposing tariffs first and building out infrastructure second. But we’re governed by a party that seems to relish in the pain of their constituents. So this might be more of a feature than a bug.

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        12 hours ago

        It’s interesting that you openly call it propaganda, and then go on to parrot it over and over.