They called it a trade war. Trump called it leverage. Now the clueless class is about to learn what economic warfare really looks like.
We were cruising at 32,000 feet when the conversation caught my ear. Two men in their 60s, wearing golf shirts and sneakers—no laptops, no earbuds—just confidently exchanging opinions somewhere over Georgia, halfway through their Bloody Marys.
“I don’t get it,” one said. “Trump’s going to slap tariffs on everything again? That’s just going to drive up prices.”
The other nodded, with the certainty of someone who’d never been challenged. “It’s the same thing all over—tax the American consumer and pretend it’s tough on China.”
They didn’t whisper. They weren’t unsure. They were loud, certain, and completely wrong.
I didn’t say a
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