Trump needs to ‘ignore the tariffs’ ahead of midterm elections: Tiana Lowe Doescher

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Washington Examiner columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said President Donald Trump needs to come to terms with the fact that his tariff policy is not “incredibly popular” with voters. 

Trump delivered his State of the Union speech on Tuesday evening, roughly eight months before the midterm elections. Doescher said Trump doesn’t want to be “a lame duck” president in his second term, and he has warned that the Democratic Party would try to impeach him if they retake the House of Representatives.

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