Trump’s tariffs are America’s self-blockade

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Could tariffs be the issue that finally separates Republicans from President Trump?

So far, conservatives have devotedly followed the president to a series of unlikely places. Evangelicals overlook his fornication; fastidious Buckleyites disregard his boorishness; foreign policy hardliners forgive his admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin; Second Amendment devotees chuckle indulgently when he suggests seizing firearms without due process; fiscal hawks look away as he doubles the deficit.

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