What Trump says he's trying to accomplish with tariffs

What Trump says he's trying to accomplish with tariffs

President Donald Trump contends tariffs will pay for tax cuts, lower foreign trade barriers, revive U.S. factories, curb fentanyl and reduce the national debt.

Trump’s tariffs are what he says they are: weapons of blunt-force, wrong-headed protectionism

The U.S.’s trade policy will raise taxes without raising revenue, increase prices while depressing employment, and limit both imports and exports – and all that, on the basis of a fundamental misread of what trade deficits mean

Can Netflix Chill Despite the Trump Tariffs?

Can streaming giant Netflix chill or will Donald Trump tariffs cause 10 percent earnings per share downside, wonders Bernstein analyst Laurent Yoon.

The Blunt Force Trauma of the Trump Tariffs

Elon Musk and DOGE have taken a blowtorch to federal agencies. But the tariffs are a helpful reminder that it's Donald Trump who's fiddling while it all burns.

What the president says he wants to accomplish - Los Angeles Weekly Times

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order after delivering remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden on April 2, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump has cited a host of reasons to impose steep new tariffs on U.S. trading partners. Some of the justifications are at odds with each other, economists said. Trump on Wednesday announced a new 10% tariff on all imports, plus additional levies …

In my lifetime, we've seen four global economic downturns. The dot-com crash of the early 2000s, the 2008 financial crisis, the COVID pandemic, and now Trump's tariff debacle. Interestingly, a Republican has been President of the United States every time, but this is the first time we can say 100% certain that it is the fault of the American President. The fact that technology stocks are overpriced, or that banks sell rotten loans for a long tim…