The List

Make a list of everyone who has frowned upon U.S. tariffs.

How can men who have never engaged in international trade speak with authority?

How can an armchair analyst—someone who’s never lived in multiple economies, never truly understood or documented how they function—claim to offer meaningful insight?

And yet, we’re still expected to trust the so-called experts.

Sure, they might know how to value a company.
They might even spin an entertaining conspiracy theory.

But when it comes to COVID and trade deals—arguably two of the biggest question marks in modern history—they were flat-out wrong.

And that should tell you everything you need to know about them.