An easy way to understand tariffs as used by Pres Trump…

Tariffs, a form of taxation on goods, are used as economic policy by European nations to make U.S. products less affordable, and EU products more affordable in comparison.

Republicans are anti-tax, and pro-free market, which means they’re anti-tariffs.

Fine.

But there’s a difference between the EU using tariffs as standard economic policy, and President Trump using tariff threats against Europe to get them to drop THEIR tariffs.

Trump’s tariff threats are a negotiating tool…not intentional long-term policy. They drop their ‘standard economic policy’ use of tariffs, President Trump will back off tariff threats.

Intentionally conflating use of ‘tariff threats’ with ‘standard economic policy’ is deceitful.

The Left does it, because they hate him and are trying to make Trump look bad.

Why Republicans conflate the two is inexplicable.

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