Since taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump has frequently utilized the \"tariff card.\" Alejandro Reyes, a scholar at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, has observed that tariffs essentially attack American consumers rather than \"penalizing\" the intended countries. Reyes emphasized that Trump views tariffs as a crucial foreign policy tool. \"What happens after him? He probably doesn't care all that much,\" he said.
Reference(s):
Expert: Trump essentially sold the tariffs to the American people
cgtn.com
