In recognition of Donald Trump’s self-declared “Liberation Day” today — a politispeak phrase used to make his trade wars and tariffs sound “beautiful” instead of economically destructive — I am reposting parts an article I wrote just four short months…
Despite the spin coming from Con Inc. and the cult, Donald Trump’s first term in office wasn’t the economic success they claim it was, thanks mainly to the trade war hell he created by imposing massive tariffs waged against most…
One of the major failures Donald Trump’s first term in office was his economic policies and the trade war hell he created by imposing massive tariffs waged against most of America’s trading partners — policies he is promising to use…
As the post-COVID economy continues to struggle and inflation remains at some of the highest levels recorded in decades, Donald Trump has tried to place the blame for recent bad economic news squarely on the shoulders of Joe Biden and…
As inflation remains at some of the highest levels recorded in decades, Republicans have tried to place the blame for the bad economic news squarely on Joe Biden’s shoulders while conveniently leaving out the fact that Donald Trump is primarily…
In June 2018, his trade war wasn’t going very well so Trump and then–Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin gave us the Foxconn Hustle, a $10 billion scheme that was supposed to result in a 20 million-square-foot factory on outskirts of…
Donald Trump made many promises in 2016 about how he would fix the economy, including a promise to shrink the trade deficit. But according to a new Department of Commerce report, Trump’s ill-advised economic policies and trade wars have caused…
