Trump’s Tariffs: A Bold Strategy That Undercuts the Critics
As we discussed in Thursday’s Breitbart Business Digest, Donald Trump took the stage this week at the Economic Club of Chicago and made a clear, unapologetic case for tariffs.
While the media has focused on Trump’s colorful claims about his love for tariffs—“To me the most beautiful word in the dictionary is ‘tariff,’” for example—few have noticed the bold innovation behind his trade strategy. It amounts to a revolution in thinking about trade that completely upends the core arguments against tariffs.
“The higher the tariff, the more likely it is that the company will come into the United States and build a factory,” Trump said to an approving crowd.
It wasn’t just applause for Trump the politician—it was recognition that his tariff strategy has the potential to shake up the stale economic…
