Eric Levitz

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But that's not what Trump is doing. He's putting tariffs on absolutely everything, you know, clothing from Vietnam and Bangladesh, coffee, which we can't even grow at scale in the United States, from South America. He's putting them on everything, and especially industrial goods, including low-value industrial goods like T-shirts, kitchen mitts, etc.,

But that's not what Trump is doing. He's putting tariffs on absolutely everything, you know, clothing from Vietnam and Bangladesh, coffee, which we can't even grow at scale in the United States, from South America. He's putting them on everything, and especially industrial goods, including low-value industrial goods like T-shirts, kitchen mitts, etc.,

But that's not what Trump is doing. He's putting tariffs on absolutely everything, you know, clothing from Vietnam and Bangladesh, coffee, which we can't even grow at scale in the United States, from South America. He's putting them on everything, and especially industrial goods, including low-value industrial goods like T-shirts, kitchen mitts, etc.,

That is not a policy vision aimed at America thriving in the industries of the future. It's a policy vision aimed at bringing America decades backwards in our economic development. The explanation for this can't be a rational economic one, but more of an emotional one, a nostalgic longing for an America that no longer exists.

That is not a policy vision aimed at America thriving in the industries of the future. It's a policy vision aimed at bringing America decades backwards in our economic development. The explanation for this can't be a rational economic one, but more of an emotional one, a nostalgic longing for an America that no longer exists.

That is not a policy vision aimed at America thriving in the industries of the future. It's a policy vision aimed at bringing America decades backwards in our economic development. The explanation for this can't be a rational economic one, but more of an emotional one, a nostalgic longing for an America that no longer exists.

The Nationalist Right has this narrative in which we used to have these really tight-knit communities anchored by stable families in which the male breadwinner worked in a factory. And this not only allowed for

The Nationalist Right has this narrative in which we used to have these really tight-knit communities anchored by stable families in which the male breadwinner worked in a factory. And this not only allowed for

The Nationalist Right has this narrative in which we used to have these really tight-knit communities anchored by stable families in which the male breadwinner worked in a factory. And this not only allowed for

working class wage growth and upward mobility and the achievement of the american dream but also for these really healthy family arrangements stable two-parent homes and generally a form of communitarian life that the religious right really values and then there also is this gender element to it

working class wage growth and upward mobility and the achievement of the american dream but also for these really healthy family arrangements stable two-parent homes and generally a form of communitarian life that the religious right really values and then there also is this gender element to it

working class wage growth and upward mobility and the achievement of the american dream but also for these really healthy family arrangements stable two-parent homes and generally a form of communitarian life that the religious right really values and then there also is this gender element to it

where a manufacturing economy puts a premium on brute physical strength, or at least the manufacturing economy of the mid-20th century. These were predominantly male jobs.

where a manufacturing economy puts a premium on brute physical strength, or at least the manufacturing economy of the mid-20th century. These were predominantly male jobs.

where a manufacturing economy puts a premium on brute physical strength, or at least the manufacturing economy of the mid-20th century. These were predominantly male jobs.

And, you know, this connection between the nostalgia for manufacturing and the nostalgia for a kind of different set of gender relations was made really explicit by a speech from Republican Senator Josh Hawley in 2021, where he said...