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Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You
Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 115 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/13/trump-has-a-bridge-he-wants-to-sell-you/
Jonathan Chait says President Trump’s closure of a trade route from Detroit to Windsor will help a billionaire and hurt basically everyone else.
“This episode is a prototypical demonstration of Trump’s economic worldview. Faced with a policy choice that pits the interests of millions of people against the wealth of a single rent seeker, Trump has intervened in a way that benefits the billionaire.”
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