We bring back the great economist Scott Lincicome to separate MAGA myths from inconvenient facts on trade, trade imbalances, ChatGPT math, and getting “ripped off” by our (former?) allies.
Note: watch Kmele and Moynihan (and Gerald Posner) on the latest episode of the Moynihan Report
These tariffs are dumb
Really, really dumb
Ruinously dumb
Laura Loomer is dumb
Tom Sowell isn’t dumb
MAGA’s Iraq

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