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This is the key point. Even if tariffs did everything Trump claims they will (they will not) no one is investing billions to build factories in America for tariffs that will not be there in a few years.

Turns out that governing based on the whims of the executive has downsides.




> not be there in a few years

Years? Lol, how much would you bet they are all exactly the same in a month? A week?




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