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Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by magicalhippo on Friday March 28, 2025 @07:53PM (#43511174)
This quote from your source is even more direct:

TRUMP: “The tariffs have cost nothing, in my opinion. ...And we’re not paying for the tariffs; China is paying for the tariffs, for the one-hundredth time.” — remarks on Aug. 18 to reporters in Morristown, New Jersey.

Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by spacechild1 on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:10PM (#43511353)
Wow, that's pure gaslighting. Shockingly, it seems to work. This guy still has an approval rating of 47% at the moment! Seriously, what's going on with this country?
Re:2025 Tariff Impacts at Puget Systems by moshegramovsky on Friday March 28, 2025 @08:51PM (#43511682)
You should read The Authoritarians. I can give you link if you want.

But in a nutshell, a lot of people who have authoritarian tendencies believe that law and justice flow out of the leader. The leader is, therefore, literally above the law (since it emanates from him).