# What do you think is the goal of this economic chaos?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [March 29, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-goal-of-this-economic-chaos/1016302 "2025-03-29T13:00:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-goal-of-this-economic-chaos/1016302/111 "2025-04-06T18:42:16Z")

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[This is a truly startling Rachel Maddow piece](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJbZCbBLqkk&ab_channel=MSNBC) on how Trump got the idea of tariffs. Holy shit.

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