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Who Is To Blame for Trump’s Tariffs?

Who Is To Blame for Trump’s Tariffs?

It goes well beyond just President Trump

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Ira Stoll
Apr 03, 2025
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Who Is To Blame for Trump’s Tariffs?
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It’s easy to blame President Trump for the tariffs the president announced yesterday that are this morning obliterating trillions of dollars in stock market value, making a cruel joke of Trump’s “make America wealthy again” promise.

But there’s so much blame to go around that just targeting Trump doesn’t really tell the full story with adequate justice.

Who else is at fault?

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