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![SamanthaLaDuc Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::705540042.png) Samantha LaDuc [@SamanthaLaDuc](/creator/twitter/SamanthaLaDuc) on x 64.9K followers
Created: 2025-07-13 20:02:43 UTC

🎯 These are retaliatory tariffs for sure but it’s also TARIFFS FOR ANY REASON.

More than just to “balance trade”. Tariffs finance US fiscal spending needed to grow US out of this quagmire of a debt trap!!

Geoffrey is right:  Its a way to slow/stop/reverse US CONSUMPTION OF TRADE USING DEBT.

And it is very USD bearish.


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