Tyranny of Trump's tariffs

Before the November 2024 presidential election, we offered this cynical (but true) assessment: After the votes are counted, all we really do when we replace a Democrat with a Republican in the White House, or vice versa, is trade one autocrat for another. One president’s and political party’s versions of interfering in our lives and taking away liberty versus the other president’s and party’s versions.

They both stink.

Nevertheless, when the choice was Trump versus Harris, we sided with closing the borders; banning men from girls’ sports; no electric-car mandates; less regulation; lower taxation; no DEI military; and emptying the federal swamp.