April 6, 2025
The Fruits of Trump’s Audacious Policies
By Clarice Feldman
The two biggest stories of the week, as I see it, are the effects of demanding reciprocity in barriers to trade and the Supreme Court putting the leash on out-of-whack federal district court judges.
It’s my personal belief that the strongest nations have a large, productive middle class. In recent decades, domestic fiscal profligacy and unfair international trade practices have hollowed out countless working-class communities, emptied middle-class pockets, and steadily eroded middle-class lives. Both the Administration’s ordering of reciprocal tariffs and cutting wasteful and corrupt use of tax revenues seem to me an effort to return these people and communities to once-commonplace normal, decent, and dignified living. Both efforts have substantial national security benefits as well.
I’m not sure how the reciprocal tariff policies will be administered. I believe nations individually will negotiate the exact terms. Argentina has already agreed with the President that neither country will impose any tariffs on products from the other. Vietnam has sought an appointment to negotiate terms with us, as have, according to the President, many other nations. Yes, there’s been some tough talk by leaders of countries who have benefited from the present system, but the U.S. is the largest consumer market in the world, which is the most significant bargaining chip. We have also been very generous donors and lenders. French President Emmanuel Macron yapped that French companies should stop investing here. Ric Grenell, presidential envoy for special missions, responds that we should cancel the $5 billion loan we made to France’s TotalEnergies African LNG project.
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