Shapiro: Tariffs Go Against “Centuries Of Knowledge”

“What is the goal of all of this? Seriously, I don’t understand. What is the goal? I want President Trump to succeed. If President Trump is to succeed, we need a thriving economy. Declaring a trade war on Canada under the terms of the USMCA, which he himself negotiated in Trump term one, is not going to be a productive move for his administration.

“And there’s more to come, by the way. I mean, President Trump is expected to issue a bunch of new tariffs come April 2. I mean, he openly said that in the State of the Union address. If there is a plan here, the markets would love to hear it. Because, again, the markets are simply looking for some sort of predictability here. The markets are simply looking for some sort of understanding of what’s coming next and why it’s coming next and what the plan is.

“I’m gonna need some clarification as to how this is actually going to, in the short term, medium, and long term, benefit Americans. If the idea is that tariffs themselves enrich the American people, that is against pretty much all economic knowledge for the last couple of centuries or so.” – Ben Shapiro, on today’s podcast.