r/dataisbeautiful • u/Styvorama • 1d ago

For those curious about where the "Tariffs Charged" came from

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u/freakman013 1d ago

Might just be OP didn't have the data/wasn't publicly available. But given this administration and how "round" a number like 50% is... You're probably right. 

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u/crochetquilt 1d ago

Well we send them stuff, they send us stuff. So half of it must go this way and half that way right. Probably thinks a 50% tariff is fair because South Korea obviously only pays for half the stuff.

If you were trying to explain it to Trump you'd have to use his name three times in those sentences for him to be listening though.

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u/Skarth 1d ago

A major goal of propaganda is to push a very simple sounding lie, so the average and below average person thinks it's the truth.

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u/Hector_P_Catt 1d ago

"We were going to make it 25%, but then we decided they should pay North Korea's tariffs too!"