# Trump's Economic Plan

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**Created:** [August 16, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-economic-plan/1005796 "2024-08-16T15:33:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-economic-plan/1005796/35 "2024-08-19T03:15:40Z")

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> [@smithsb](#):
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> It’s been years but it still hasn’t been pounded into his head (perhaps the wrong location?) that tariffs are paid by the buyer - Americans - not the seller

And he’s doubled down on that stupidity just recently, see one of the videos here:

> [@Is Trump confused?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-confused/996589/1646):
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> “What happened to Biden? I was running against Biden, now all of a sudden, I am running against somebody else? It’s true. It’s interesting. I said, who am I running against? They said Harris. I said, who the hell is Harris?” “She’s prohibited from laughing. They say your laugh is horrible. Never laugh ever. So she’s walking around with her mouth like almost sealed shut. I want her to laugh. And then we will just claim victory” “They will say he’s rambling. I don’t ramble. I’m a really smar…

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