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It's so painful watching this administration be forced to react to their preventable mistakes in-real-time with no repercussions.

One thing is throwing and seeing what sticks, but at the seat of the presidency, it seems like such an antipattern for leadership. And yet, the support is unwavering. It's exhausting.

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oh, they'll be repercussions. We, as a nation, will be paying for this for years and years to come.

My partner just canceled her trip where she'd have easily spent 4-5k in the US economy due to uncertainty in the border governance.

A lot of my friends are rethinking sending their children to US for college education while Trump is in power and are considering European schools. That's probably a few million dollars over next 2-3 years potentially lost from the US economy from just people i personally know. And no one is coming from China.

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