Mission Accomplished? A Reality Check on Trump’s Tariffs

Source: The Daily Economy
by Caleb S Fuller & Scott Burns

“At the end of January, President Trump penned a triumphant op-ed declaring ‘Mission Accomplished’ for the signature economic policy of his second term: tariffs. Unfortunately, his entire victory lap revolved around phony numbers, cherry-picked facts, and a strawman caricature of his critics’ arguments. Trump began by claiming all the ‘so-called experts’ predicted his tariffs would trigger ‘a global economic meltdown.’ Instead, he boasts, they’ve ushered in ‘an American economic miracle.’ He’s wrong on both counts.” (02/17/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/economists-were-right-about-trumps-tariffs/