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[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago

He understands just fine. He wants to replace the taxes that he doesn't pay with tariffs. A tax on poor people.

The tariffs will also crash the economy, letting Trump and Musk buy up large parts of the country for pennies on the dollar.

[-] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe he does! But has he ever acknowledged the fact that consumers pay the cost publicly? He always acts like he's making other countries pay.

Of course he could just be lying for manipulative purposes, it would be very on brand. But what makes you think so in this case specifically?

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

He's tried tariffs before, and had the entire Republican party tell him how shit an idea they are.

But he might not believe them. He is pretty stupid and stubborn.

But I'm thinking he wants to crash the economy to buy everything at pennies on the dollar.

[-] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I think your plan is smarter than whatever he could come up with. Although apparently he has complained about the dollar being "overvalued" so maybe you're right!

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