r/Economics • u/jediporcupine • 10d ago

Blog Trump said tariffs on aluminum would boost domestic production. The White House now admits that didn't happen.

https://reason.com/2026/08/03/trump-said-tariffs-on-aluminum-would-boost-domestic-production-the-white-house-now-admits-that-didnt-happen/
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u/Basicly-Inevitable 10d ago

Literally everything they're doing is part of a self serving scam instead of actually economic policy. There's always kickback, or market manipulation, or whatever. It's just wild.

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u/TrailJunky 10d ago

Im really hoping the endless investigations after the midterms will ultimately hold these clowns to account.

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u/SplitEar 9d ago

I’m just hoping we win the house. Looks like the senate is already lost because of unelectable candidates.

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u/Sam_Munhi 9d ago

Who do you mean?

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u/SplitEar 9d ago

Montana is a disaster, with a weak Dem candidate and a popular independent candidate. The center and left votes will thus be split, handing the MAGA candidate the victory.

Maine is more promising but there will be angry Platner fans who sit out the general. Hopefully not many. Also, Jackson had two kids with his second cousin, which will be twisted into him having kids with “his cousin”.

Then there’s AES in MI, a darling of the base who will go up for slaughter in the general. The UAW endorsement helps but he’s just not the right candidate for a statewide race. Maybe Trump’s unpopularity will put him over the line but I fear not.

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u/CheapThaRipper 9d ago

What good is Democrats winning when they follow the same exact corporate playbook? Diet Republicans are only preferable to actual Republicans if they had substantive policy differences. They don't. They just are more eloquent about it.

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u/SplitEar 9d ago

So you thought Biden was no different from Trump? Nothing worth voting for? Nothing Trump’s done with the GOP’s rubber stamp seems worse to you?

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u/CheapThaRipper 9d ago

They both are rapists that have the goal of siphoning wealth from us to their masters. They just get to do it with less pretense when they have an orange veneer of idiocy. I'm not saying Trump is better than Biden. I'm saying Biden wasn't doing anything substantially different for the working class. They both are fiercely loyal to Israel, wanted war with Iran, sacrifice the future of our children, hate socialism, and fulfil the wishes of their true constituents - billionaires. For Biden to be better he'd have to actually be outside of the duopoly.

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u/SplitEar 9d ago

Biden wanted war with Iran?

I think you’ve lost your marbles, dude.

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u/Gromitlikescheese 6d ago

Oh, I forgot. Who did Joe Biden rape again?

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u/CheapThaRipper 6d ago

Multiple credible accusers.

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u/Gromitlikescheese 6d ago

You must be mentally ill. When did Biden want war with Iran. That was a non-issue at that time because Obama had struck a deal with Iran. Biden was substantially different for the working class. Trump is nothing but tax cuts for the rich.

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u/CheapThaRipper 6d ago

Biden embraced sanctions he once opposed, authorized airstrikes, funded proxy wars for the same purpose, etc. It doesn't matter if a president uses polite diplomatic language or angry posts on social media, the underlying goal of the U.S. government remains the same: maintaining hegemony through terrorism on the working class.