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ProfessorGAC

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30. Thing Is...

Reply to StarryNite (Reply #17)

Wed Jan 15, 2025, 05:11 PM

Jan 2025

.. tariffs won't necessarily help said billionaires & limiting the employment supply will definitely hurt them.
I think he's stuck between his big money backers & still needing red meat for the base.
But, the interests of those 2 camps are in conflict.

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