“Tariff Man” is back at it. In a mid-August Fox Business interview, former president Donald Trump said he likes the idea of a 10 percent tariff on all U.S. imports. As experts have argued, it’s a crazy idea.
In that same interview, Trump also proposed something he called a “matching tax.” It came across as being a second tariff and is especially troubling because Trump spoke about “retribution” in explaining how it might work.
I’m loathe to read too much into an interview. But as the Wall Street Journal editorial board put it: “Donald Trump exaggerates…
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