Fool Me Thrice September 13, 2024 Here’s Why Trump Was Forced to Say That He Only Has ‘Concepts of a Plan’ Executive summary: It’s because in the 9 years he’s been by saying he would provide “everyone” better health care at a “tiny fraction of the cost,” he was just lying. Has no plan. He never did. Dare we hope this makes his 2016 and 2020 voters angry? As George W. Bush might have said, “Fool me twice, shame on you; fool me three times . . . I’m done.” Though this two-time Trump voter offers a different reason: Harris Can Win on the Economy, but She Needs a Stronger Message If only she could get him to debate again! This time, I’d love to see her turn to him with an incredulous smile and say: Now wait. You were president for four years and you actually think that foreign governments pay the tariffs we levy? You actually think that? No one told you that it’s the importers who pay, not the exporters? That it’s our American companies that pay your tariffs, not foreign governments? And that they then pass that extra cost on to American consumers? That’s why your tariff plan is like a giant sales tax. It’s scary to me you don’t know something as basic as that. You may be the only Wharton graduate who doesn’t. But now you do. Wouldn’t that be fun? What would he say in return? That he did know it? That she’s wrong? Every fact-checker in the world, every newspaper editor, every economist, and every business, big or small, that ever imported something subject to tariffs would say she’s right. To pile on, click here. Or here, to volunteer.