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America’s tariff-loving president could learn the wrong lessons from international burger prices
President Donald Trump likes fast food almost as much as he loves tariffs. During a government shutdown in his first term, he laid on a banquet of burgers and “many, many French fries” for a visiting American-football team. During the 2016 campaign, according to one aide, he would often order two fish burgers and two Big Macs (although he removed the buns).
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