Because when he says “Wealthy again”, he doesn’t mean you.
Tariffs essentially mean you’re paying more for everything that you buy, which then goes into the corporations coffers, and the billionaires/robber barons get richer. THAT is what Trump means by the country being “wealthy again”. He means the billionaires. He doesn’t care if it’s his own middle class paying for it.
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Because when he says “Wealthy again”, he doesn’t mean you.
Tariffs essentially mean you’re paying more for everything that you buy, which then goes into the corporations coffers, and the billionaires/robber barons get richer. THAT is what Trump means by the country being “wealthy again”. He means the billionaires. He doesn’t care if it’s his own middle class paying for it.
Oh, I’m well aware.