The Art of the Shakedown

Tariffs on friends, wars in new time zones, hunger as policy, and masked raids in the rain, the chaos presidency enters its baroque period.

Good morning! Donald Trump is once again abroad pretending to be an emperor on a trade mission, but this time the robes are slipping. His grand “reciprocal trade revolution”, the one that was supposed to restore American power, manufacturing, and masculine swagger, has instead collapsed into a series of vanishing handshake deals, extortionate phone call…