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It offers a valuable glimpse into the potential economic priorities of the next administration—an approach that feels worlds apart from the current one. - **“Recursive Inflation”:** Inflation rarely follows a straight path—keep an eye out for potential flare-ups. - **Economic Equity:** There’s a clear focus on how inflation disproportionately impacts lower-income households, signaling a shift toward addressing this imbalance. - **Tariffs as Tools:** Rather than being rigid policy measures, tariffs are seen as flexible levers in global negotiations. - **Shared Defense Costs:** Fresh strategies for distributing military defense expenses across global partners are on the table. 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