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This is why I don't know if he will/would actually hold fast through the turbulence of actually implementing anything he's threatened.

Once we eat through inventories and stuff that left the ports & currently on the water, prices will go up.

The country went insane when inflation crossed 5%, are we really going to do it again.. when the reason for it will be so singularly obvious?

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Whilst the reason may be singularly obvious to those who consume various forms and sources of media, there's likely enough people that only consume re-published whitehouse press releases and the trump administration probably already has an alternative explanation that they'll use for these increased prices.

And their target market will eat it up and ask for seconds.

Like a doomsday cult, with each failed prediction they will just keep pushing back the ostensible payoff. So far, we've seen "I will end inflation on day one" -> "this is still Biden's inflation" -> "there will be a little bit of pain" -> "the system has been broken for decades and it will take years to fix".

> The country went insane when inflation crossed 5%

This is actually one of the few reasons I'm hopeful for the next election (assuming we still get one) - last time, regardless of the root cause, the country blamed those in power right then.

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