Editorial: Americans continue to bear the cost of Trump's chaos

The Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Board - The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

Last April, President Donald Trump announced what will go down as one of the dumbest economic policy decisions in American history.

Nearly every economist told the president that tariffs imposed using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act were a loser -- with disagreement coming mostly from how bad their impact would be -- and the administration was warned the move was likely unconstitutional.