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Tarrifs don’t just fuel inflation and invite recessions.

Tariffs provide the conditions to create/expand black market commerce. They encourage smuggling goods across borders undeclared. They create revenue streams for law breakers and incentivize bad actors to set up networks of conspirators to handle the movement and storage of goods .

Those same networks can be leveraged to move drugs and people.

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Great point I hadn't thought of. But would actual smuggling and crime upset this crew or would they want a cut? Only 1/2 joking...

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It’s so easy to deliver their cut in Trump meme coins! If you haven’t seen the new Chris Murphy clip showing the corruption and connecting the dots including the coin (released days before his inauguration with breathtaking nerve, check it out.

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Saw it last night and sent to my subscribers.

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The other aspect is taking a good look at the fractured relationships. With Canada,the majority of Canadians don't want to restore the trading relationship with the US. We would rather trade with countries that are respectful to us. Trump demands respect but doesn't have reciprocal (a word he learned) respect. As long as he is in power or his MAGA influences, Canada isn't interested. It's nothing to do with the American people themselves but rather, the whole MAGA thing. There's no trust to be had.

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As someone who lives on the border (Port Huron, MI) with a long Canadian history (my mom was Canadian) it really pisses me off that he decided to do this with out best friend and trading partner simply for the "show" of it. I hope all Canadians keep boycotting American goods. We understand and support you!

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Has any republican asked trump what his plan is to prepair the industry to replace the physical manufactoring sector? This will take years if not decades and money. It doesn't sound like they have questioned him. Why are they afraid of Trump? I believe this is all power-talk

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I think your analysis is logical. Could be true. Do ya think orange-face black-heart has the intelligence….

Yup, he has a criminal intelligence on a level with WR Hearst or JP Morgan.

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Agree. I think in many ways he's as dumb as a bag of rocks. What he DOES have is INSTINCTS.

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It truly is like he grew up in a family of chupacabras!

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