i'll reiterate my position on tariffs.

i'm not ideologically opposed to them. but i know that they're hard and would argue that they need to be used carefully, and only by very smart people, as they tend to create unintended consequences. trump's tariffs have targeted allies like canada and germany, rather than opponents and adversaries like mexico and china, which has not made much sense and may have been counterproductive.

so, yes: the united states should be using some tariffs, and they should be using some tariffs against china and mexico, but trump is the wrong guy to write the policies around their use, and the policies he's promoted have often been flat-out confused.