With tariffs paused, Republicans dodge a fight with Trump
Many are reluctant to challenge the president absent deep economic pain
DONALD TRUMP has scrambled ideological alliances with his assault on global trade. The Chinese Embassy in Washington recently promoted a 1987 video of Ronald Reagan inveighing against protectionism. Meanwhile, an official White House account circulated a speech by Nancy Pelosi in 1996 criticising trade arrangements with China.
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April 12th 2025- Donald Trump wants to deport foreign students merely for what they say
- With tariffs paused, Republicans dodge a fight with Trump
- Trump’s tariff blitz faces strong legal challenges
- DOGE is coming for American officials’ magnetic tape
- Texas looks set to pass America’s biggest school-voucher scheme
- The unbearable lightness of being Donald Trump
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