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He also bragged that the tariffs bring 2 billions a day and the crowd cheered.

They do realize who pays that 2 billions?

Or that none of them will ever see any of that money and none of it will ever go towards helping them in any way?

The answer to that is far more complex than you realize. Tariffs generally force export-driven countries to devalue their currencies.

That’s not how it works.

Exhibit 1:

The US Dollar devalues against the Euro.

Some claim that is Trump‘s plan to make easier to pay the US debt.

This is about the yuan not the euro. Devaluation doesn't make it easier to pay debt. It helps foreign countries to pay down dollar denominated debt more easily. Meanwhile, the DXY is structurally way higher than average right now. The USD remains very strong compared to historical exchange rates despite its recent drop.

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