Trump is giving everyone what they want in the dumbest way possible

President Donald Trump announced a sweeping regime of bilateral "reciprocal tariffs" on almost every country in the world on Wednesday .

Julian Zelizer : The details belie any coherent logic behind the scheme.

Zelizer says it's a credit to Trump 's slapdash style and personal charisma that he managed to convince everyone that they'd get what they wanted from his second term.

The most common way politicians disappoint you is by saying they'll do the thing you want and then doing the opposite.

In large part, however, Trump has failed in a more unusual way: doing what his supporters want in the most haphazard and incompetent way possible.

Those disappointed by the results might console themselves by saying it's better than what the alternative would have been.