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Peter Welch: “Let's not be deluded by a fantasy economic theory that is at…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch on Trump's Trade War These tariffs will be a dagger in the heart of Trump’s economy

Published | Video Starts at 10:59

Because. Because we know that the concentration of power leads to the abuse of power. And by the way, that's exactly what's happening right now. And secondly, Let's not be deluded by a fantasy economic theory that is at the core of this. It just makes no sense. It has no credibility, it has no intellectual foundation. Who knows how President Trump came to believe in this so much that he asserts it? (10:59–11:05)

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Asserts that the economic theory behind the tariffs is a fantasy.

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