# Is Trump confused?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [January 24, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589 "2024-01-24T13:53:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1992 "2024-09-06T22:34:19Z")

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We’re at the intersection of this thread and another Trump thread. May I just opine about Trump’s economic plan _over here_ by pointing to a post I made _over there:_

> [@Trump's Economic Plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-economic-plan/1005796/69):
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> Of the Trump-Biden tariffs, the Tax Foundation says, essentially: We estimate the Trump-Biden tariffs will reduce long-run GDP by 0.2 percent, the capital stock by 0.1 percent, and employment by 142,000 full-time equivalent jobs. Candidate Trump has proposed significant tariff hikes as part of his presidential campaign; we estimate that if imposed, his proposed tariff increases would hike taxes by another $524 billion annually and shrink GDP by at least 0.8 percent, the capital stock by 0.7…

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