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Trump’s trade policies laid bare the entrenched inequalities within both American society and the global economic structure. While his administration aimed to rectify systemic imbalances, the actual outcome of such aggressive measures remained to be seen.
Both investors and the general public alike reported growing disparities, with wealth increasingly concentrated among the upper echelons of society. The policies designed purportedly to protect American interests instead risked destabilizing long-held global economic orders.