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Trump's Tariff Lie — Again: Why is This Trump Lie Different From Other Trump Lies?

Trump's Tariff Lie — Again: Why is This Trump Lie Different From Other Trump Lies?

In Tuesday's debate with Kamala Harris, Trump once again told the easily debunked untruth that foreign countries pay U.S. tariffs. Why does he keep repeating this?

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Sep 12, 2024
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In Tuesday’s debate, Kamala Harris mostly stayed on-message and ignored Trump’s endless stream of lies. The ABC moderators “fact checked” a few, but they missed one big one that came at the opening of the debate: Trump’s endlessly repeated lie that tariffs are not a tax on American companies and, as a result, consumers, but are actually a free source of…

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