Donald Trump’s claim that “jobs and factories will come roaring back” due to his steep tariffs has been welcomed by some right-wing commentators who have argued that it will be a needed improvement for American workers’ masculinity.
The sentiment began to bubble up online after Trump announced a sweeping set of tariffs last week on nearly every other country in the world, sparking a colossal market selloff that continued into Monday.
Fox News host Jesse Watters—who regularly gives advice on what he thinks it means to be masculine—endorsed the argument on The Five Monday, explicitly mainstreaming a number of ideas that had so far been relegated to the right-wing fringes of the internet.
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