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Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?
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At first you think he may just be naive of how tarrifs work. Which is still true, but it doesn't explicitly label him as maga.
Then he says this....
And there it is. The selfish attitude that tells me he voted for this exact outcome without a clue what that outcome actually was. Just voted for his team, and didn't bother with the details. Oh well. Have the day you voted for.
Not only that but imagine if he was right and the seller paid the tariff, does he honestly think they would just eat the loss?
He thinks mexico paid for the wall.
He thinks the wall was fully built years ago in trumps first term.
He believes trump tells the truth.
In other words, he did "his own research", which consisted of believing his own biases, and confirming them in an echo chamber.
It's amazing how some people still don't fully grasp that Trump supporters don't look at the world, they just look at Trump to tell them what they would see if they did.
no they actually look at fox, and even what some right wing grifter tells them. trump is just there as "eye candy" for these companies and people.