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		oceanplexian on July 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate > Other than promoting coal, what has Trump done for rural America’s economy? Protectionist tariffs, particularly those imposed on Chinese imports were so popular that the Democratic party has silently endorsed and continued them through the Biden presidency.

LargeWu on July 22, 2024 [–]

Protectionism is only meaningful if we are protecting our own manufacturing, which has already largely disappeared.

The CHIPS Act is one of Biden's crowning achievements and is more truly protectionist than anything Trump every got done.

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