President Donald Trump has signed a measure to have tariff rates match what other countries charge, which could cause taxes on imports to soon go up. The White House has treated these tariffs as a tool to negotiate new trade deals and raise government revenues.
The world will continue to exist and some portion of mankind probably will survive too. At some point, historians will dissect the current crisis – whatever the outcome – with the same scrutiny as today’s historians examine other past events.
And I hope they won’t face the same issues as today’s historians, who have to watch as their departments are cut down one by one while their cries of alarm go unheard.
Future histories of the collapse of the US will include a section on the utter failure of checks and balances.
Future?
The world will continue to exist and some portion of mankind probably will survive too. At some point, historians will dissect the current crisis – whatever the outcome – with the same scrutiny as today’s historians examine other past events.
And I hope they won’t face the same issues as today’s historians, who have to watch as their departments are cut down one by one while their cries of alarm go unheard.
Well said