Josh Barro

I mean, lots of administrations have done trade policy like this around things like aluminum and steel, which the Trump administration is doing, but so did George Bush. Democratic administrations also have taken this position that it's— The shrimpers.

And so the idea that you would impose a tariff to protect a specific U.S. industry from foreign competition is a bad idea. But that's actually one of the trade ideas that Trump does that isn't really unique to him. What's unusual with him is these vast tariffs across all kinds of products, across all kinds of countries that are not aimed at the protection of specific industries.

And so the idea that you would impose a tariff to protect a specific U.S. industry from foreign competition is a bad idea. But that's actually one of the trade ideas that Trump does that isn't really unique to him. What's unusual with him is these vast tariffs across all kinds of products, across all kinds of countries that are not aimed at the protection of specific industries.

And so the idea that you would impose a tariff to protect a specific U.S. industry from foreign competition is a bad idea. But that's actually one of the trade ideas that Trump does that isn't really unique to him. What's unusual with him is these vast tariffs across all kinds of products, across all kinds of countries that are not aimed at the protection of specific industries.

Now, I don't think we should be using tariffs to protect specific industries because I care about the U.S. consumer. And this has been a long running dispute about the tomatoes. This is one of the things that Trump is doing on trade that is actually kind of within the set of bad things that other presidents might do. That's comforting.

Now, I don't think we should be using tariffs to protect specific industries because I care about the U.S. consumer. And this has been a long running dispute about the tomatoes. This is one of the things that Trump is doing on trade that is actually kind of within the set of bad things that other presidents might do. That's comforting.

Now, I don't think we should be using tariffs to protect specific industries because I care about the U.S. consumer. And this has been a long running dispute about the tomatoes. This is one of the things that Trump is doing on trade that is actually kind of within the set of bad things that other presidents might do. That's comforting.

It's another reason to take away the president's tariff authorities. I don't want tariffs on tomatoes either. But this is, you know, in a way, this is like one of the least norm breaking parts of the tariff stuff that he's doing.

It's another reason to take away the president's tariff authorities. I don't want tariffs on tomatoes either. But this is, you know, in a way, this is like one of the least norm breaking parts of the tariff stuff that he's doing.

It's another reason to take away the president's tariff authorities. I don't want tariffs on tomatoes either. But this is, you know, in a way, this is like one of the least norm breaking parts of the tariff stuff that he's doing.

I don't know what to make of it. I've sort of been wondering, you know, what would life be like right now if we had Gary Cohn and Steve Mnuchin and Jared back? in the Oval Office, giving the president good advice. I think people should realize, by the way, that as much as you may not like Jared, it's actually worse with him not there than it was with him there.

I don't know what to make of it. I've sort of been wondering, you know, what would life be like right now if we had Gary Cohn and Steve Mnuchin and Jared back? in the Oval Office, giving the president good advice. I think people should realize, by the way, that as much as you may not like Jared, it's actually worse with him not there than it was with him there.

I don't know what to make of it. I've sort of been wondering, you know, what would life be like right now if we had Gary Cohn and Steve Mnuchin and Jared back? in the Oval Office, giving the president good advice. I think people should realize, by the way, that as much as you may not like Jared, it's actually worse with him not there than it was with him there.

I think the worse the better is almost never true because you assure yourself worse and then you have a theory of how that might produce better.

I think the worse the better is almost never true because you assure yourself worse and then you have a theory of how that might produce better.

I think the worse the better is almost never true because you assure yourself worse and then you have a theory of how that might produce better.

I mean, it's kind of amazing watching what's happened over the last three months that the first Trump administration went as well as it did, especially on the economy. Um, where you saw like a broadly, basically competent economic policy from the first Trump administration, which is why he was, you know, popular enough to almost win again and then to win four years later.

I mean, it's kind of amazing watching what's happened over the last three months that the first Trump administration went as well as it did, especially on the economy. Um, where you saw like a broadly, basically competent economic policy from the first Trump administration, which is why he was, you know, popular enough to almost win again and then to win four years later.

I mean, it's kind of amazing watching what's happened over the last three months that the first Trump administration went as well as it did, especially on the economy. Um, where you saw like a broadly, basically competent economic policy from the first Trump administration, which is why he was, you know, popular enough to almost win again and then to win four years later.

I think that, you know, if he didn't have that economic record, I think you're right that he would have been less competitive. Um, I don't know whether that's because the personnel was better or because he was more inclined to listen to them. I mean, when Steve Mnuchin was picked in 2017, or maybe he was announced in 2016, he looked underqualified for the Treasury Secretary job.