Trump’s tariff policy has the potential to solidify Republican dominance for decades.
Anyone foolish enough to take seriously the rhetoric of the Democrats concerning the reciprocal tariffs announced by President Trump on “Liberation Day” will experience two sensations — dread and confusion. This unpleasant combination was inevitable due to the strident denunciation of tariffs by a political party whose presidents have routinely deployed them in the recent past. President Obama, for example, imposed a 35 percent tariff on Chinese tires and President Biden deployed a 25 percent tariff on Chinese steel and aluminum. Yet the voters are now expected to believe the Trump tariffs will somehow plunge us into a recession or something akin to the Great Depression.
The Democrats are enraged by the tariffs precisely because they understand Trump's goals. They know they long ago lost the guts to fight for the American working class. They now fight for Wall Street, which thinks it should control the agenda because for so long, it has. pic.twitter.com/7iol8eegub
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) April 6, 2025
