• Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    23 hours ago

    Why would Vietnam be paying the tariff on Vietnamese goods going into the US? I swear the definition of a tariff changes every time I see it mentioned.

    • bcgm3@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Trumponomics makes all this tricky math and policy shit so easy to understand!

      “They pay, so they lose, which means we win.”*

      * Disclaimer: They never pay. It’s always us.

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      22 hours ago

      He’s always said that tariffs are paid by the exporting country to the importing country. He’s wrong of course, but at least he’s consistent.

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        19 hours ago

        It’s not wrong, it’s a lie. He does absolutely know how tariffs work, but he also knows that most Americans don’t, I can promise you, if you ask a dozen random strangers who pays the tariffs, you will end up hearing the presidents words.