Vice President Vance defines "lawlessness" as any limit on President Trump's dictatorial power over imports. https://t.co/1QPUrf42V3
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) February 20, 2026
Good point. I think the indignation is more intense now but not as pervasive, at least on tariffs. Trump's wacky claims on tariffs & claims that he was 'never friends' with Epstein make it more difficult to blindly worship him.
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) February 20, 2026
Press Conference on Supreme Court tariff smackdown – Trump says he is worried about “foreign interests” “real slimeballs” having too much influence on the U.S. government.
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) February 20, 2026
Trump's "Liberation Day" doesn't work if Americans discover how much of their money is being "liberated" by Trump's high tariffs. pic.twitter.com/JpN3rSiiof
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 29, 2025
Trump bragged that his new U.S. tariff regime is a glorious success because "these countries are calling us up, kissing my *ss." But U.S. "fair trade" complaints against Vietnam show the absurdity of the Trump crusade. pic.twitter.com/aAii2Jo0yx
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 11, 2025
My 1993 @nytimes tariff bash: "For members of Congress, a trade barrier is a real golden goose. The politicians are rewarded for putting up the barrier, and then rewarded again each year for not taking it down. The more uncompetitive the industry, the bigger the political… pic.twitter.com/3HQIwQDgR1
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) May 19, 2025
Trump talks like if he deserves a Nobel Prize for Economic Triumphs. But his tariffs & other policies are spurring inflation that is punishing average Americans and making their lives feel Bidenesque. my @nypost oped pic.twitter.com/Jp4hibpgiQ
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) February 1, 2026
In Iowa, Trump bragged about his high tariffs like they were holy water he splashed across the nation. But tariffs are costing Iowa importers (including farmers) almost $100 million a month, a 304% increase since Trump took office. https://t.co/lxo8a0VSi5
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) February 1, 2026
Trump is practically claiming boundless power over Americans who seek to purchase any product from abroad. https://t.co/YNEZpRN5uR
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) July 11, 2025
In The Fair Trade Fraud (1991), I wrote: "The U.S. tariff code looks like a variable value-added tax that was concocted in an lunatic asylum."
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 2, 2025
Same is true of the Trump super-tariffs announced today except they look even more arbitrary. pic.twitter.com/sxrb1bTG9b
Maybe one of the champions of Trump's Super-Tariffs should revive a cookbook from East Germany, where cabbage and potatoes were plentiful and trade was scarce pic.twitter.com/EoC5lkZ0xn
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 8, 2025
There is no reason to presume that Trump’s tariff policy is more prudent than it is honest. The concoctions used to fabricate “reciprocal tariff levels” are on par with the nonsensical assumptions about the benefits of torpedoing trade. pic.twitter.com/ccAbGFLIEm
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 3, 2025
President Trump came up with one of the wackiest definitions of fair trade ever devised to set tariffs. Via @nytimes tonight -o pic.twitter.com/TigXOaqS8u
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 3, 2025
Trump will hit Vietnamese exports with a 46% tariff because, among other crimes, Vietnam blocks the sale of used lawnmowers from America. First time used lawnmowers are a MAGA rallying cry https://t.co/GzaS5JpczK
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 10, 2025
Trump's trade war is deranged. Basing penalty tariffs on trade flow data is like a federal judge sentencing a criminal based on the weight of the defendant, not on the actual offense he committed. https://t.co/GzaS5JpKpi
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 10, 2025
Any price hikes due to Trump's tariffs should be considered "Presidential Ass-Kissing Surtaxes." https://t.co/3SZHYqbPEm
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 9, 2025
Tariff-classification disputes expose the hypocrisy of “free-trade agreements” like NAFTA that stretch for a thousand pages and include endless legal hair-splitting. https://t.co/u72yFu8LpL
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) November 19, 2024
The Greatest Tariff Speech in Congressional History
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) November 19, 2024
by Jim Bovard | Nov 19, 2024
Donald Trump is bringing his idolatry of high tariffs back to the White House. Trump proclaims that “tariffs are the greatest!” and that “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.”…
This is what you can expect to have from the rulership of the economically ignorant and the ethically bankrupt.