What did I lie about? All I said is, We're not free-traders either. We charge tariffs too, and some of those are also pretty steep.
Where is the lie in that?
We have one of the lowest effective tariff rates in the world. to characterize it any other way is misleading to put it mildly.
So what. The Fed gov was almost exclusively funded by tariffs for over 100 years. Free trade is a myth.