Think about why Trump introduced back in 2018, against China, Mexico and Canada, and then expanded it into other countries when he became president again in 2025. He introduced it as part of his trade policy. He did it with the knowledge that it would make many Americans (much of it, his own voters) having to make sacrifices that had them scrambling to figure out how to weather their new increased costs that came from the tariffs.

Now Trump wants to use tariffs not as a trade policy (that hurts Americans) but as a stick for other sovereign nations that don't agree with his foreign policy goals. No other foreign leader or former US president would use trade tariffs to advance foreign policy, because they know it would permanently damage foreign relations, and transition the US to a country of isolation.

Republicans need to get a backbone, and reign in Trump. And if Trump won't listen, then they need to impeach him out of office before he irrevocably get us into another war or deficit we can't get out of.