Jamie Sarkonak: Tariffs are to Trump what DEI is to the left

Tariffs are to Trump what DEI is to the left

In an interview with Bloomberg Surveillance on Tuesday, top White House economic adviser Stephen Miran made the perfect Freudian slip:

Donald Trump's sharply increased tariffs have been described as haphazard and temporary. But according to Stephen Miran, chairman of the president's economic council, there is a clear plan - to push down the value of the US dollar.

Jamie Sarkonak: Tariffs are to Trump what DEI is to the left

In an interview with Bloomberg Surveillance on Tuesday, top White House economic adviser Stephen Miran made the perfect Freudian slip: tripping on the words “tariff rates,” he instead said something closer to “terror rates” — and that really sums up the cudgel that President Donald Trump is now waving at the world.

Stephen Miran Makes Thoughtful Case for Tariffs

Though often viewed as blunt, outdated, and inflationary instruments, tariffs may offer the United States a strategic path forward. As Stephen Miran, Chairman of Trump’s Council of Economic Advi

Trump continues to make the case for tariffs, with a little help from Nancy Pelosi

by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs on all nations … except China. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that all countries except China would go back to the 10% baseline tariff rate as negotiations take place. The pause would not apply […]

In the narrative of the pale economist with Harvard degree Donald Trump does not act erratically. The escape from American government bonds, the crashing stock exchanges and the shock that universal tariffs of ten percent and individual rates of up to 100 percent have triggered for China, Stephen Miran sells as part of a thoughtful strategy.