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title: "He seems intelligent enough to understand the arguments for..."
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# He seems intelligent enough to understand the arguments for...

*March 29, 2025 — Comment Phil Magness's post*

He seems intelligent enough to understand the arguments for unilateral free trade.  Yet he promotes tariffs.  I suspect that he knows that many voters are economically illiterate, so he caters to their ignorance and prejudices to get elected, even though he knows that tariffs are terrible.