Today on TAP: Trump’s tariffs are messing with production arrangements in ways that are only beginning to reverberate.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Tariffs Will Continue Until Morale Improves
On our live show, David and The Majority Report’s Sam Seder discuss Donald Trump’s deliberate tanking of the global economy.
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Republican Budget Madness
Today on TAP: It bookends Trump’s tariff madness, both for damage and dishonesty.
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Tariffs, Schmariffs
Today on TAP: Trump rewards the real offshorers with trillions in tax cuts.
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They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions
Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
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Trump’s Tariff Fantasy
His projection of a U.S. manufacturing boom behind tariff walls leaves out retaliation by other countries and a trade war.
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Trump’s Tariff Charade
Today is billed as ‘Liberation Day,’ as Trump plans to unveil his master tariff program at 4 p.m. The details are still obscure, even to Trump.
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Cracks in the Wall
Today on TAP: Opposition to Trump is growing. That will embolden more opposition.
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The Trade Policy We Need
Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are incoherent, but that should not discredit targeted tariffs paired with investment as a policy lever.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Schumer Surrender and Canada’s Hope
On our live show, David and Gabrielle Gurley discuss Chuck Schumer’s betrayal on the government funding bill, and the upcoming election by our neighbors to the north.