to admit: On the tariffs, Trump was right and the “experts” were wrong. I mean, not even in the right zip code wrong. Cataclysmically wrong.
The evidence shows that it’s time for a reckoning. The doomsaying economists who swore tariffs would trigger disaster were wrong: not just on the math but on the realities of power and negotiation. When tariffs can cut other taxes, open markets, and give America leverage, it’s worth reevaluating instead of parroting outdated talking points.
It’s time for the soi-disant “experts” to come clean and admit that they were wrong and Trump was right. And if they are honest, they will do so. Let’s just say that I’m not holding my breath…
And I have to admit that even myself, while not an economist, long bought the orthodox economist line that tariffs were inevitably bad. You know, free trade and all.
But the actual data are absolutely clear. Donald Trump was right. Almost all the economists were wrong. I think that should give us pause when some”expert” tells us something in the future. Maybe we need to be just a little more careful about what and whom we believe.
Ya think maybe?
Maybe the real world is not the antiseptic “petrie dish” environment of university professors. Maybe the world of received academic wisdom is not directly applicable to the real world. Maybe retaliatory tariffs are different than tariffs unilaterally imposed by one side on a level playing field.
In any case, it’s time to come clean.