Trump's tariff strategy is multifaceted

The scariest thing about Trump’s tariffs is not the numbers, but the underlying message. We are all living inside Trump’s head and nobody knows anything. The title of this article is Donald Trump, who described with these words the term “tariff” in a meeting with Republican Party congressmen. I imagine a good part of the readers will be questioning each other since last Tuesday, April 1, when Donald Trump solemnly announced his tariff policy fro…

Trump's tariff strategy is multifaceted

After being criticized for saying in an October speech to the Chicago Economic Club that “‘tariff’ is the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” Donald Trump puckishly acknowledged his critics had a point about his priorities.

Trump barricaded himself that Monday in the White House, which has become a bunker in the literal sense: it is fenced and isolated by the visit of Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu, as the president prepares the final phase of his trade revolution. With markets falling and businessmen supporting him in baffled campaign, Trump continues to go ahead with his massive tariffs, convinced that he can bend the world. Contrary to the evidence around him, Trump…

Trump Stands By Tariffs, ‘Beautiful Thing to Behold’ - Geller Report

“Oil prices are down, interest rates are down (the slow moving Fed should cut rates!), food prices are down, there is NO INFLATION, and the long time abused USA is bringing in Billions of Dollars a week from the abusing countries on Tariffs that are already in place. This is despite the fact that the biggest abuser of them all, China, whose markets are crashing, just raised its Tariffs by 34%, on top of its long term ridiculously high Tariffs (P…

The Most Beautiful Word in the Dictionary

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Trump Stands By Tariffs: ‘A Beautiful Thing To Behold’

President Donald Trump said Sunday night that the tariffs he put in place on countries around the world were already having a positive impact and were a “beautiful thing to behold.” In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that the tariffs were bringing in billions of dollars from countries that have taken advantage of the ...