US-China tariff battle fuels questions about Trump’s endgame

Trump’s Tariff Madness Is About One Thing: His Thirst for One-Man Rule

The tariffs, the treatment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the DOGE moves—they’re all fundamentally about the same thing.

‘No exception’: Trump tariff confusion grows

Donald Trump himself has chimed in to add to his government’s mixed messaging on Chinese tariffs, which has left the business world baffled.

The Trump White House and the New Opium Wars

Today we’re bringing you the latest episode of Breaking History, the podcast where I go back in time, in order to make sense of the present. The last episode told the story of the intellectual godfather of today’s pro-Palestine protesters. This week, as the Trump administration ups the ante with Beijing, imposing vast tariffs on Chinese goods, I’m going back nearly 200 years, to the Opium War, to explain how economic wars can turn into something…

President doesn’t understand tariffs

America is the wealthiest nation in the world and our economy is largely driven by our consumption of goods. The rest of the world cannot afford to import as much from us as we import from them – their standards of living just aren’t that high.

Is it too early to talk about the mid-term elections, scheduled in more than 560 days? Not to judge the American elected officials, analysts and pronosticators, who already assume the impact of Donald Trump's customs duties on the composition of the next Congress!

Tariff Critics Have No Answer To Trump’s National Security Arguments About Chinese Manufacturing

The onus is on those whose favored policies have left us imperiled to present a better plan than Trump’s to defend America’s interests.