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Tariffs, storytelling and the cult of personality

Tariffs, storytelling and the cult of personality

Is there a lesson about public discourse we can wrest from our current moment of intransigent bullheaded politics?

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Michael Schaus
Apr 05, 2025
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While trying to decide between an American lager or dive into my limited stockpile of Mexican Tequila to make a Paloma, I began to wonder what, exactly, I was being “liberated” from with the Trump Administration’s avalanche of new tariffs.

I decided on making the Paloma because I’m a supposedly evil globalist who revels in using foreign products. Also, b…

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