Trump believes foreigners are not to blame for America’s economic woes

Donald Trump has been fixated on what he believes to be foreigners’ “cheating” on international trading terms to the detriment of the US .

Donald Trump is a firm believer in autarky and mercantilism, which tout national self-sufficiency on the one hand and exporting more than one imports on the other.

Tucker explains that America became corrupted by its newly-found money spigot.

Tucker says that America no longer had to compete with the world because it could always simply print more money.

As long as America can inflate fiat money to pay for imports, it will do so.

Erecting tariffs, as desired by President Trump , merely exacerbates the situation.