SURPRISE — THOSE DIRE PREDICTIONS OF TRUMP ‘CRASHING’ THE ECONOMY WERE WRONG. Six weeks ago, the Democratic talking point was that President Donald Trump was “crashing” the economy with his tariff policy. You heard it over and over, both from party leaders and their allies in the media.

Fast forward to today, and the Washington Post headline is “Trump economy shows surprising resilience despite tariff impacts.” Taking note of a number of encouraging indicators, the paper said that Trump’s various trade wars may have rattled corporate boardrooms — they could have mentioned media commentators, too — but “the U.S. economy so far has kept humming along.”