Trump’s malignant nonsense on trade undermines our economy

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President Trump on Friday placed significant taxes on American consumers, effectively invited Chinese retaliation against American exporters, and weakened China’s economy in a way which in turn will reduce American and worldwide economic growth. Then Trump had the ignorance or chutzpah, or both, to tweet that “tariffs will make our country much stronger” and, truly bizarrely, that “tariffs will bring in FAR MORE wealth to our Country.”