“Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits,” he said. “It’s one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and the Senate, $5,000 to every adult. And we can do it and the Democrats can’t, because the Democrats don’t have any income, and they’re gonna drive us in[to] a depression. They won’t have any money.”

Bitch you already promised us a tariff refund check.

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    How do people actually fall for this shit? How?!

    Many people “Reason” emotionally. The words don’t matter so much as the feelings.

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      It’s like the people going on vibes toward the end of 2024 and deciding that voting for donnie would improve their lot. Even though virtually every economic indicator was pointed in the right direction at that point.

      Meanwhile, lots of the chattering class kept flogging anyone pointing this out, saying it negated people’s feelings to point out the facts of an economy that was on the right track.