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LessAspin

(2,020 posts)
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 12:15 PM Feb 2026

Noted economist Ron Vara is the economic expert behind Trump's Tariff policy..

I had never heard this before but it does not surprise me.

If you had forecast all this crap about Trump in 2015 nobody would have believed it..


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Noted economist Ron Vara is the economic expert behind Trump's Tariff policy.. (Original Post) LessAspin Feb 2026 OP
Whoa IbogaProject Feb 2026 #1

IbogaProject

(6,074 posts)
1. Whoa
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 12:43 PM
Feb 2026

Ron Vara is not a real person or an economist. He is a fictional character and an alter ego created by Peter Navarro, a top trade advisor to Donald Trump.

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