Why Trump Hates Trade and Loves "Deals"

Also: is the first QB picked in the NFL draft usually cursed?

Breaking news: Trump has kinda-sorta backed down on his tariffs.

More breaking news: this won't last, because Trump really, really really likes tariffs and I guarantee you he's going to do this over and over and over again for the next four years and maybe even longer if that Putin/Medvedev move he and Vance are planning for 2028 works and that's assuming there's an election in 2028 at all and oh my God we’re in Hell aren’t we

Take it away, Scott Linicombe:

Trump’s views on immigration, health care, taxes, foreign interventionism, and many other things have changed since the 1980s, but his views on trade have never wavered: It’s a zero-sum game; trade balances tell you who’s winning and losing (surplus good, deficit bad); foreign governments are cheating to win; and tariffs—beautiful tariffs!—can turn the tide in America’s favor, boosting jobs, exports, and growth along the way. He said as much in that newspaper ad; he said it again three years later in a long interview with (lol) Playb…