Exactly, not nearly enough people have pointed out that Smoot Hawley did way worse than just "deepen the Great Depression", it was a significant factor in the rise of Hitler in Germany and imperial Japan.
It's only a matter of time (weeks, months?) before Trump starts proclaiming "red lines", much like his buddy Putin over Ukraine, threatening to nuke nations if they don't lift tariffs, unblock critical mineral shipments, etc.
If the moribund US Congress and Supreme Court don't step in and stop him real soon now this shitshow is going to get much, much worse and we're going to staring down the barrel of nuclear annihilation.
Killa Koala
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