WEEK 142 / 337 — Trade Wars
THE GUN FIGHT FADES; A NEW WAR IS DECLARED. STEEL AND ALUMINUM, HE SAYS, HAVE BEEN BLED WHITE BY THE WORLD FOR DECADES. THE ANSWER IS TARIFFS — AND THE MARKETS FLINCH.
“We must protect our country and our workers. Our steel industry is in bad shape. IF YOU DON’T HAVE STEEL, YOU DON’T HAVE A COUNTRY!”
Alec Baldwin, whose dying mediocre career was saved by his terrible impersonation of me on SNL, now says playing me was agony. Alec, it was agony for…
Today, in the center of this great Chamber lies Billy Graham – an Ambassador for Christ who reminded the world of the power of prayer and the gift of God’s grace.
“We are on the losing side of almost all trade deals. Our friends and enemies have taken advantage of the U.S. for many years. Our Steel and Aluminum…”
THE TARIFFS ARE SIGNED INTO BEING; THE WORLD ANSWERS WITH THREATS OF ITS OWN. THE KING HAS OPENED A SECOND FRONT — AND STILL THE QUIET INVESTIGATION CIRCLES.
TO BE CONTINUED →
This week in the saga
The gun fight recedes and a new war is declared: steel and aluminum, bled white by the world for decades, answered with tariffs. His war cry is absolute — without steel there is no country — and the doctrine is thumbed out in a single morning line: trade wars are good, and easy to win. Allies reach for the phones. Between the salvos comes a solemn hour, the evangelist lying in state beneath the Capitol dome, honored as almost no private citizen before him. By week's end the tariffs are signed and the world answers with threats of its own; the king has opened a second front while the quiet investigation keeps circling.
Readers' Corner
Letters from the readership on Week 142. Pick a pen name — no account needed.
Opening the mailbag…