If Congress wants to zero in on abuses of power — using unconstitutional power to reward and punish groups at the expense of the American people — they could look at Trump’s near-daily antics with the use of the taxing power called tariffs. Again, alas.
This is not a Trump sycophant and I value his perspective. Trump however is trying his best to punish bad players in world commerce, for example France taxing our digital economy.
I actually agree with you in principle. I think the universal tariffs on aluminum, steel and solar panels could be repealed, with the exception of turkey, china and other bad actors. Also, does he need to charge French fine cheese and wine at 100% because the French are imposing a THREE percent excise on American revenues derived in France??? If that were particularly burdensome for our companies, I would just charge a 3 to 4 percent tariff on all French-made goods, in addition to other tariffs previously imposed on them.
As far as China goes, I would be fine with him immediately taking the 25% tariff he has on some Chinese imports and imposing it on ALL Chinese goods. We can call it the National Security Tax on all that junk we buy from them. And it will be fun watching Gary Kaltbaum whine about it on FOX Business.