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Trump badly cornered at home by agribusiness and steel consumer lobbies: Trade

July 17, 2017 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and TV reality show star, as President, discovered the hard way that international trade is a much more complicated issue than he could have ever imagined. His poor cognitive abilities and his rampant nature didn’t allow him to realize that international trade is a much more complex issue, than […]

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