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Bluetus

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11. I'm not sure who you mean by "he"
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:29 PM
Apr 2

The tariffs are paid by the importer and that money goes into the Treasury like any other fee. The distributor or retailer who ultimately received the merchandise pays the importer for the goods plus the tax. Then the retailer passes the whole thing plus profit margin along to the customer.

What is happening here, it seems, is that Trump is trying to use his "get out of jail free" card to divert this tariff money into his own personal slush fund, just as MBS and Putin do.

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