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Screenshot from the 1980s Transformers cartoon: Optimus Prime, a giant red and blue robot, raises a fist under a stormy sky above two construction workers in yellow hard hats. Yellow subtitle text reads: "Tariffs not only impose immense economic costs but also fail to achieve their primary policy aims and foster political dysfunction along the way."

Optimus Prime Explains Why Tariffs Don't Work

A Transformers cartoon screenshot of Optimus Prime gets subtitles delivering a dry economics verdict on tariffs, mixing 80s Saturday morning cartoons with political commentary.

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Screenshot from the 1980s Transformers cartoon: Optimus Prime, a giant red and blue robot, raises a fist under a stormy sky above two construction workers in yellow hard hats. Yellow subtitle text reads: "Tariffs not only impose immense economic costs but also fail to achieve their primary policy aims and foster political dysfunction along the way."

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