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The US did vote for this.


Well, they voted for Trump but I'm not sure the random tariff generator was mentioned as part of the platform.


He definitely yelled the word tariff a lot and has a reputation for being an rng.


Trump has been spewing financially illiterate nonsense about tariffs for literally 40 years, and was very explicit that he wanted to do this in the election campaign.


I don't think Trump was known for being an exceptionally stable candidate.




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