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I somehow was not aware of exactly where and how Trump got the idea that tariffs were a solid idea. Behold (youtu.be)
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In short: Trump told his son-in-law to find him an economic advisor, Jared went on Amazon and started looking for economic books on Amazon with titles that sounded badass. Jared found “Death by China” by a random nut job named Peter Navarro. In it, Peter Navarro extensively quoted an economics expert named Ron Vara who explained in detail how good an idea tariffs were.

Now, think about this: If this were a bad fantasy novel with a mysterious villain, who would Ron Vara during one particular big reveal turn out to be?

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I cheated and looked up the answer:

“The economics expert that Peter Navarro has long cited to explain why he's so gung-ho on tariffs, this person, Ron Vara, is a made-up person. He is a fictional person. Peter Navarro invented Ron Vara as his expert source, so he could quote this expert source over and over and over again in his crackpot books.”

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

And he even made the fake economist an anagram of his own last name.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Reality is so fucking dumb. Ughhhh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

John Barron and Ron Vara are friends.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They're best friends!
https://youtu.be/QGu0m08Etm8