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He literally said he was gonna:

"Trump vows massive new tariffs if elected, risking global economic war"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/22/trump-tra...

(https://archive.is/20231125045858/https://www.washingtonpost...)

EDIT - Found this after my post, a MUCH better "he said it":

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-president-tru...

>>mmh000+(OP)
And he did it last time too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_first_Trump_adm...

“Living under a rock” is the technical term, I believe.

>>throwu+H
Yep, in his first term he was called "tariff man" (among other things).

>>throwu+H
Yeah, I find it curiously delusional, but the reality seems to be a segment of the population just refuses to accept the drastic change in pace to political change.

>>mmh000+(OP)
No, knowing that Trump really likes tariffs is not enough to know specifically how he's going to do it. (And which laws he's going to break to get there.)

>>throwu+H
He didn't do it the same way last time. Trump's second term is significantly different.

>>mmh000+(OP)
Well yeah, but the man is also a pathological liar. I would not blame anyone for not believing he was going to do anything that he said he would do.