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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by oceanplexian on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:28PM (#41029325)
> Other than promoting coal, what has Trump done for rural America’s economy?

Protectionist tariffs, particularly those imposed on Chinese imports were so popular that the Democratic party has silently endorsed and continued them through the Biden presidency.

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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by LargeWu on Sunday July 21, 2024 @09:45PM (#41030140)
Protectionism is only meaningful if we are protecting our own manufacturing, which has already largely disappeared.

The CHIPS Act is one of Biden's crowning achievements and is more truly protectionist than anything Trump every got done.

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