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Donald Trump Is Getting a Pass for His Catastrophic Trade War

The Supreme Court's imminent ruling could reverse tariffs, forcing refunds over $100 billion and impacting revenue and market stability, as economists largely criticize the trade war's effects.

Summary by Emptywheel
WSJ had a heavily-produced story on Sunday, “Why Everyone Got Trump’s Tariffs Wrong,” purporting to assess the claims that Trump and economists had made … at some point about his tariffs. This table includes the six allegedly competing claims WSJ assesses; I’ve added a check marking whichever side WSJ claimed was really right. For most of six paired predictions, WSJ makes a show of adjudicating who was right, giving Trump credit on two predictio…

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Progressive.org broke the news in Madison, United States on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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