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SunSeeker

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2. She apparently was there to show they share common ground on tariffs.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 05:20 AM
Apr 2025

But I don't understand why she supports Trump's inane tariffs. They are deeply unpopular. https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3922 And knowledgeable economists agree that these tariffs will NOT bring back manufacturing to Michigan or anywhere else. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-tariffs-entice-companies-expand-us-manufacturing-economic/story?id=120635951

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"Disaster" seems like an understatement. madaboutharry Apr 2025 #1
She apparently was there to show they share common ground on tariffs. SunSeeker Apr 2025 #2
Post removed Post removed Apr 2025 #3
Just wondering how many of her own toes she blew off . . . . hatrack Apr 2025 #4
I see this as groveling to the king alarimer Apr 2025 #5
She and her team have been exposed as total lightweights BeyondGeography Apr 2025 #6
Ughhh RJ-MacReady Apr 2025 #7
Well, if she had been planning to run for higher office she just deep sixed it. Vinca Apr 2025 #8
Being made to stand there while he signed those EOs of Attainder was a career killer Prairie Gates Apr 2025 #9
Whitmer lost her mind and went Fetterman. Hey Gretch, no one likes Fetterman anymore. Wingus Dingus Apr 2025 #10
+1000. Enough of these wimpy, trump-accommodating "Democrats"! (nt) Paladin Apr 2025 #17
She was not wrong. Passages Apr 2025 #11
No, she's not wrong technically. Tariffs have their limited place. harumph Apr 2025 #16
I don't agree. Corp media is predictable on this kind of thing and then Dems Passages Apr 2025 #18
Didn't his goons try to kidnap her? malaise Apr 2025 #12
Trump will thank her tomorrow newdeal2 Apr 2025 #14
Can't believe I read something about this yesterday and missed yorkster Apr 2025 #13
Weird. jalan48 Apr 2025 #15
Disaster is an understatement pinkstarburst Apr 2025 #19
When she got on the plane, Depression 2025 was on. Kid Berwyn Apr 2025 #20
I have generally approved of her, in particular her views on energy, which are consistent with my own, but... NNadir Apr 2025 #21
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