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Veronique de Rugy

The 4 Economic Myths Powering Trump's New Tariff Push

Within hours of the Supreme Court ruling that the White House's widespread "emergency" tariffs were illegal, President Donald Trump moved to install 10 percent across-the-board tariffs under a different alleged authority. He later said he would raise that rate to 15 percent and delivered a combative response in the State of the Union.

The trade war isn't ending. It's just changing ZIP codes. What won't change is the propaganda coming from the White House, which insists that Americans don't pay the costs.

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