Tariff chaos isolates the U.S. and erodes trust globally

Tariff chaos isolates the U.S. and erodes trust globally

U.S. President Donald Trump's erratic tariff strategy has isolated the U.S., damaging trust and alliances while raising suspicions of market manipulation.

Just hours after Trump introduced tariffs, he announced that they would be paused for 90 days – for countries that had not responded with counter-tariffs. The administration's rapid turnarounds create great uncertainty, says Felinda Wennerberg, investigator at the Swedish Board of Trade: “It affects the willingness to invest among companies and trade, and ultimately affects the economy.

Any attempt to decipher by reason Donald Trump’s behavior in the current trade war during which he has imposed tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica, including some tiny penguins alone, is doomed to failure. Trump is, above all, the “showman in chief” of the United States, and his art is to interest and excite everyone with what he says and what he means and to make guess what he will say next. He is a narcissist who competes tirelessly…

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We know the US president is an unhinged narcissist, totally dedicated to attention-seeking and saying and doing whatever is necessary to get the cameras and microphones focused upon him. He is also a man who is untouched by shame, so he wasn’t humiliated by the climbdown from his global tariffs that was forced upon him on Wednesday. This is a man who has such an enhanced opinion of himself that he believes he can get away with anything. He has b…

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Home Opinion Editorial Cartoons Editorial cartoon for Friday, April 11, 2025 Graeme MacKay/The Hamilton Spectator U.S. President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff strategy has isolated the U.S., damaging trust and alliances while raising suspicions of market manipulation. Editorial cartoon animation by Graeme MacKay for April 11, 2025 Opinion articles are based on the author’s interpretations and judgments of facts, data and events. More details …

President Trump's trade policies are characterized by protectionism and his break with the global economic order.The purported redesign of the world economic order has led to a global trade war, although Trump has recently had to take a relative step backwards.Trumpist policies stem from several factors.On the one hand, there is the dissatisfaction of the president and his most loyal group of advisers with the trade deficits of the United States…