US EditionTrump says Great Depression would never have started if tariffs continued
- President Donald Trump claimed that the Great Depression would not have occurred if the U.S. Had maintained its tariff policy, despite expert disagreement.
- Experts note that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 worsened the economic decline during the Great Depression.
- Trump announced a 10 percent tariff on all countries and a 25 percent tariff on foreign-made cars.
- Trump argued that the good times ended abruptly in 1929 due to the lack of tariffs, stating, 'it would have been a much different story' if tariffs had continued.
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perspectivemedia.comThe last time this led to Great Depression, Irish money minister warns
An Irish Cabinet minister has compared US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime to the circumstances which precipitated the Great Depression.
Trump says Great Depression would never have started if tariffs continued
President Trump on Wednesday said that the 1930s Great Depression wouldn’t have happened if tariffs had continued, while announcing his massive tariff plan to hit trading partners. The president argued that before the income tax on U.S. citizens was established in 1913, the U.S. leaned into tariffs and was collecting money from other countries. Then…
Bizarre moment Trump declares Great Depression wouldn’t have happened with tariffs
Donald Trump has declared that the US could have avoided the Great Depression with tariffs. The president made the remarks in front of the White House on Wednesday (2 April), when he announced a 10 percent baseline tariff on all imports to the US. During his speech, Trump suggested the economic decline in the country began in 1913, when income tax was introduced. “Then in 1929, it all came to an abrupt end with the Great Depression,” the preside…
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