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Ocelot II

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2. What about those tariffs? You don't want to be Hoover, but evidently you forgot

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 09:44 AM

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about the Smoot-Hawley tariffs, which Hoover signed into law against the advice of his economic advisers, and which deepened the Depression because trading partners retaliated with tariffs of their own. Sound familiar?

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Trump said "I did not want to see economic catastrophe"? [View all] imanamerican63 Thursday OP

He is saying he doesn't want to see the catastrophe he caused Walleye Thursday #1

What about those tariffs? You don't want to be Hoover, but evidently you forgot Ocelot II Thursday #2

We're all experiencing it anyway Johonny Thursday #3