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Created: 2025-07-20 02:20:54 UTC

The 'flashback' isn't history; it's the current admin's reality. Even Trump's "strongest supporter," Ted Cruz, warns his tariff policy is the "biggest tax increase" in generations, a direct hit on American consumers.

This isn't just rhetoric. Penn Wharton projects these tariffs will cost middle-income households $XXXXXX lifetime, slashing GDP by 6%. The admin's "Liberation Day" tariffs on April 2, 2025, triggered a market crash, yet they doubled steel tariffs to XX% by May & hit EU/Mexico with XX% by August. The average US tariff rate surged from XXX% to XX% in months.

When even your staunchest allies sound the alarm, the "art of the deal" looks more like the art of self-sabotage.


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