Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy

Donald Trump’s bizarre trade war brings the Western age to its end

For nearly a century the United States oversaw the greatest empire in history. Now with Donald Trump’s tariffs all of its old friends will seek new partnerships

Donald Trump’s Trade Parity ‘Golden Age’ Explained

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. April 3, President Donald Trump announced it as “Liberation Day.” And by that he meant we were going to be liberated from asymmetrical tariffs of the last 50 years. And it was going to inaugurate a new what…

Today’s frivolity has made Trump look like a genius who knows what he’s doing, when he’s rather a mixture of pride, cruelty and deep stupidity, bitter because his time is running out. He wants to leave a mark and faith that he’s going to leave it. Even through his clones sown by the world Donald Trump has launched a meteorite on the world economy with enough power to devastate lives and estates. And there’s an added factor to the multiple alarm …

Donald Trump has all caps meltdown as economy implodes

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Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy

Susan Glasser: “Amid the chaos of eviscerated retirement savings, blown-up supply chains, and pissed-off allies, perhaps it’s a mistake to linger on just how wrong America’s business establishment continues to be about Trump. But, wow, has this been a case of near-catastrophic wishful thinking. And I think it speaks to much of what we are still not understanding about the ways in which Trump’s second term is off to a darker, more dangerous start…

Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy

Susan B. Glasser writes about Donald Trump’s tariffs and the unaccountable power he holds over such a large swath of the world economy.