by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve been very critical of Trump’s protectionism. I explained why he was wrong before the 2016 election and I’ve continued to argue he is misguided ever since he became President. Most recently, I even expressed hope that Congress would overturn his new taxes on...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 8, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wrote last month about the risk of Trump harming American workers, consumers, and producers by pulling the United States out of NAFTA. That’s still a danger to the U.S. economy, but it’s been pushed to the back burner by a more immediate threat – the President’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
I sometimes sardonically comment about Democratic politicians playing Santa Claus, but Republicans can play that game as well. Trump and his allies in Congress recently agreed on a big-spending budget deal that lavishes more money on both the Pentagon and domestic...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
Since I called Trump a big-government Republican during the 2016 campaign and just condemned his capitulation to a spendaholic budget deal, it goes without saying that I’m not a huge fan of the President. Heck, I also recently criticized his protectionism, warning...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
On the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, I graded Trump’s overall record on economic policy and specifically observed that his trade rhetoric was worse than his trade policy. But I added a caveat about the North American Free Trade Agreement. …he’s been doing...
