“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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    Bro, tariffs are paid by us.

    You’re promising to give us our money back? Like you can do that? Maybe just fucking do it right now?

    Nobody should vote for republicans this guy screws everyone over all the time. If republicans win they will tariff harder and take even more away because their policy approach is fuck you that’s why.

    But hey maybe we’ll get some more asshole racist ai video entertainment or whatever.

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      Yes, tariffs are paid by you, but do you believe that someone stupid enough to vote for the orange-haired monkey would understands this? For them, the farm shop or Walmart just raised prices because things got more expensive.

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      Don’t forget the massive chunk he added to the national debt. He stole America’s wallet, ran up the credit card, and now expects forgive and forget because he handed back $5.

      And the sad thing is, it’ll work on a sizable chunk of the US electorate.

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      Except those tariff refunds go back to the companies (even though taxpayers pay), like Nintendo for example, and then they can decide whether or not to refund. Most won’t.