Episode 204 Trump believes international trade is another 'war' the U.S. has to win with tariffs
Tom Mullen Talks Freedom · Tom Mullen
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Show Notes
Summary:
President Trump has designated April 2, 2025 “Liberation Day,” as he claims the reciprocal tariffs he imposes on American importers will make the rest of the country freer. But tariffs don’t make a country freer or richer and aren’t beneficial even as a response to like treatment from trading partners. As have conservatives throughout American history, Trump views trade as a zero sum game, an economic ‘war,’ with winners and losers.
Links:
Economics Was Invented to Refute Trump’s Tariff Arguments
Our History of Protectionist Tariff Train Wrecks
December 6, 1887: Third Annual Message (President Grover
Industrial Production – 100 Year Chart
Is U.S. Manufacturing Really Declining?
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