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Jared Golden: “In Trump's first round of tariffs, we saw a pretty decent…”

Featuring: Jared Golden, Democratic | U.S. House, Maine's 2nd Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 06:31

I think it needs to be revisited. So I'm glad that's going to be happening in the year ahead. But one thing that I also started to pay attention to was that In Trump's first round of tariffs, we saw a pretty decent economy. In 2018, 2019, wages were outpacing inflation. I think, is one of the key points I would make up until about the time Covid hit and really disrupted the economy. (06:31–06:39)

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Asserts that during Trump's first round of tariffs, the economy was decent, with wages outpacing inflation in 2018-2019.

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