Trump is right to delay tighter CAFE standards

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The Trump administration’s recent decision to rescind Obama-era vehicle emission standards for cars and light trucks might be the right decision, even if it’s being done for all the wrong reasons.

President Trump has, with some gusto, made a point of undoing as much of what Obama did as possible, whether the topic is immigration, energy, welfare, national parks, cyber-warfare – you name it. To my mind, this is Trump’s object with the rollback of emissions standards. But what he ends up with is actually good policy for working Americans.

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