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Trump goes all in with bet that the heavy price of tariffs will pay off for Americans

Trump goes all in with bet that the heavy price of tariffs will pay off for Americans WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new tariffs mark an all-in bet that his economic vision will pay off for Americans. It's the realization of his decades of advocacy for a protectionist foreign policy and the belief that free trade was forcing the United States into decline. The early reviews have given Democrats some hope for a turnaround for their party.

Democratic activists are planning to participate in rallies across the country Saturday to protest Trump's policies. A leader of one of the many organizing groups says “the winds are changing.” Trump has promised that the taxes on imports will bring about a domestic manufacturing renaissance and help fund an extension of his 2017 tax cuts.



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