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Zakaria Draws Parallels Between Trump’s Tariffs, Failed 1930s Economic Policies

Fareed Zakaria says Donald Trump inherited a strong U.S. economy in 2017 but disrupted it with sweeping tariffs, a move he compares to the S...
Fareed Zakaria argues that Trump’s tariff policies echo the self-defeating protectionism of the 1930s, driven by nostalgia rather than economic reality. (Video Screenshot)

Zakaria Draws Parallels Between Trump’s Tariffs, Failed 1930s Economic Policies

Fareed Zakaria says Donald Trump inherited a strong U.S. economy in 2017 but disrupted it with sweeping tariffs, a move he compares to the S...

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Fareed Zakaria warned that Donald Trump's tariff reversal signals a shift toward crony capitalism, where political favoritism could undermine America’s free-market principles. (Video Screenshot)

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