A Completely Pointless Tariff War

And other things you'd get from a US president who is an enemy agent

Mar 04, 2025

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If I were the president of the United States and secretly in the pay of an enemy power like Russia, China, or Iran, what would I do? That’s right! I would start a tariff war for no conceivable reason.

Tariffs are among the most studied of economic tools, and the history is clear: They can sometimes be effective if part of a carefully structured, long-ter…

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