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fromemptywheel
18 hours ago

Rent-Seeking: Trump Sells Patriotic Fraud to Boost His Tariff Lies - emptywheel

This historic trend will continue. Already, I've secured a record-breaking $18 trillion of investment into the United States, which means jobs, wage increases, growth, factory openings and far greater national security. Much of this success has been accomplished by tariffs, my favorite word, tariffs, which for many decades have been used successfully by other countries against us, but not anymore. Companies know that if they build in America, there are no tariffs, and that's why they're coming home to the U.S.A. in record numbers.
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fromPoynter
6 days ago

Trump says the US secured at least $18 trillion worth of investments this year. That's wrong - Poynter

Reported foreign investment commitments ranged from nearly $3 trillion to claims of $22 trillion and exceeded White House-documented and verifiable totals.
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