"BRANDISHING TARIFF THREATS AND IMPOSING THEM RECKLESSLY UNDOUBTEDLY GIVES (TRUMP) A SENSE OF POWER. THE ABILITY TO ACT AS GATEKEEPER TO THE WORLD’S LARGEST ECONOMIC PLAYING FIELD GETS EXERCISED WITH THE OFFER OF DIFFERING JUSTIFICATIONS FOR DIFFERENT TARIFFS. MEANWHILE THE WORLD AND US ECONOMIES SLOW."
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
THE MERCATUS GROUP,
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY; TWO MONTHS LATER COVID-19 APPEARED IN CHINA AND HIS INABILITY TO MANAGE OR LEAD WERE ON A TRAGIC DISPLAY.