Comments by "" (@charliemoore2551) on "It looks like Trump is MADA – Making America Dysfunctional Again" video.

He's trying to ape McKinley, who introduced tariffs in lieu of taxation but also initiated the US's colonial empire by taking the Philippines and starting the war over Cuba. He's clearly only half understood what he's learned. The vital differences are that the US was the up-and-coming new kid on the block and was dealing with the decaying Spanish Empire, whereas it's now the decaying empire which is unable to compete with the new guys; the tariffs were specifically aimed at certain industries he was attempting to strengthen and not at everything imported from specific countries; that McKinley was a successful businessman with some understanding of economic theory and not a failed property developer who probably got his qualifications by paying someone to take his exams. The result of his ignorance and idiocy will be a severe weakening of the US and possibly its unravelling as a single entity. MADA indeed!
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