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Ben Wikler: “Trump's actions could lead to one of the worst economic…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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They hope to God that this is another thing where Trump, you know, makes a big deal out of a terrible idea and then immediately backs away, but it seems like he's just going for it. And this is the beginning of what Trump's actions could lead to one of the worst economic catastrophes of our lifetime. In 2016, Trump won in part because, on top of racism and misogyny and so much else, in part because there was a regional recession happening in the upper Midwest, especially. (24:23–24:28)

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