The new Canadian prime minister, a former international banker, can handle a crisis, but he’ll have to cope with the ups and downs of retail politics on the campaign trail.
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Donald Trump Is Going to Destroy American Manufacturing
Bidenomics created a manufacturing boom. Trump is tearing that up by the roots.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Mad King Trump’s Tariff Disaster
The president’s trade war on Canada is heating up in the dumbest conceivable manner.
Posted inTAP
The Coherence in Trump’s Incoherence
Today on TAP: You could be forgiven, based on his recent behavior, for concluding that Trump is completely incoherent. Let’s look a little deeper.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trump Depression
Donald Trump is on track to be the first president to deliberately engineer a severe depression.
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Governors Nervous About Tariff Endgame
As state leaders gathered for their annual meeting in Washington, few understood the real reasons for ramping up a North American trade war.
Posted inTAP
A Sloppy Valentine for Big Tech
Today on TAP: A new White House effort to block domestic and foreign rules on data security is at odds with the U.S. government’s long-standing efforts to shield data from China.
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Musk and Trump Are Causing the Dumbest Imperial Collapse in History
Empires have fallen before. But it’s never been this purely idiotic.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Canada’s Conservatives Crash With Onset of Tariff War
With elections upcoming, the Conservatives had started measuring the drapes, but didn’t anticipate America’s new president shattering their country’s politics.
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Trump, Man of Steel (and Aluminum)
The new 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum, directed mainly at China, are partially worthwhile, but were undercut by allowing Nippon Steel to buy into U.S. Steel.