📽️What on earth is happening with US tariff policy? Could tariffs really, as Donald J. Trump hinted, replace income tax? And what does this mean for everyone else? My five minute primer. An attempt to Make Tariffs Interesting Again 👇

@realDonaldTrump Civil war was 1860s...re Tarif of abominations.

@realDonaldTrump Well done on trying to cover the madness in 5 mins Ed. You'd really need an hour just to explain how totally bonkers the idea is.

@realDonaldTrump AI should pay income tax?

𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑 𝑾𝒐𝒏 The liberal establishment has colossally failed us and ushered in a dangerous Trump administration in the process. The only answer is a bottom-up working-class movement. ★ NEW ARTICLE ⬇️

@realDonaldTrump The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was a law passed in 1930 that raised import duties on foreign goods. The law was intended to protect American farmers and businesses, but it contributed to the economic strain of the Great Depression.

@realDonaldTrump #MTIA it'll never catch on ya know 😆

@realDonaldTrump Nice piece.

@realDonaldTrump Ed you seem to have gone quiet on this matter.

I would expect to see tariffs to the CCP outstrip all the others. Further to that, the direction of travel is low barriers to allies who genuinely value free trade, higher to hostile states. A sort of informal European Community, without the political lock-in. A western trading area, if you like.