Editorial: Trump's dumb move on tariffs
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Mar 05, 2018
3 minutes
A day after his comments about imposing stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum caused the stock market to plummet, President Trump took to Twitter on Friday morning to calm investors. "When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win," the president counseled.
Economists across the country reacted by spewing their coffee in horror.
At least Trump
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