On April 2, the White House released a ‘Fact Sheet’ to complement Trump’s so-called Liberation Day speech. The document entitled: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security, outlines various ‘facts’ about how the President’s tariff policy came to be. Buried […]
Tag: Income inequality
The US Trade Deficit is what is keeping lower-income Americans from falling further behind
“Trump is bringing jobs back to the US with Tariffs,” said James Benson Jr., a retired Michigan autoworker, whom Trump paraded out to the media on April 2 to support his so-called ‘Liberation Day’ announcement. As the token working-class supporter, used for a visual image in a press conference, Mr. Benson is unfortunately misinformed in […]