Trump: 'Trade Wars Are Good'

by | Mar 2, 2018

Yes, that’s apparently a real quote from President Trump.
This is likely the worst economic position he has staked out so far.
On the plus side, if he puts his trade war optimism to the test and thus sparks the next recession, perhaps we won’t have to hear contrived arguments about how tax cuts cause recessions…

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