Trump is an Economic Arsonist Playing Firefighter

President Donald Trump’s victory lap after the stock market mostly rebounded Wednesday shows he’s an economic arsonist who likes to cosplay as a firefighter. After Trump announced his so-called Liberation Day tariffs on scores of countries last week, global markets tanked to levels previously seen at the onset of major economic recessions. Americans (most of whom don’t have pensions) saw their retirement accounts ravaged. And companies laid off thousands of manufacturing workers. But Wednesday — shortly after posting to his social media site that “this is a great time to buy!” — Trump abruptly reversed course and announced that those tariffs would be paused for 90 days. How can one person legally cause all this chaos?!