Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi expressed skepticism over the direction of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs, questioning whether they would give the United States a more fair playing field on the global market.
Trump’s tariffs were announced Wednesday, which the administration deemed “Liberation Day,” with the president attempting to frame the tariffs as “reciprocal” to match the trade barriers other countries impose on U.S. products. Harsanyi contended that even though the world is not a “utopia,” the U.S. lives “a pretty good life” on the global market. He said these tariffs should be “targeted” instead of being issued broadly.
“It should be China, maybe, or something, but this is just on everyone, and it’s not even about reciprocal trade, right?” Harsanyi said on Fox News’s The Will Cain Show. “I forgot how many countries, but…
