"Why this desperate attempt to keep tariffs high? A MAGA loyalist would say it’s to preserve what those illegal tariffs have accomplished. But even before they were struck down, the tariffs had achieved none of their stated goals. In fact, they had put those goals further out of reach. ...

It has been clear from the beginning that a primary motivation for tariffs was that they empowered Trump personally."

~ Paul Krugman

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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-zombie-tariffs