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Video: What the press is getting wrong about Trump’s tariffs


This might be the only report on Trump’s tariffs that isn’t about the stock market. Why? Because, in 2024, the richest 10% of Americans held more than 90% of the stocks.
That means, for most Americans, the biggest impact of Trump’s “put-a-tariff-on-everything” policy, if it ever goes into effect, will be the rising cost of everything, including your groceries. Senior Editor Billy Ball breaks it down.

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  • Billy Ball is Cardinal & Pine’s senior newsletter editor. He’s covered local, state, and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment, and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary have earned state, regional, and national awards. He’s also the founder of The Living South, a journalism project about the most interesting people in the American South.

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