Donald Trump has raised a hue and cry with his tariffs and is no doubt wallowing in the repercussions. Yet we may have forgotten he is a businessman, not an arsonist, and doing what he has always done, playing hardball for a fast buck.
Luis Carvajal Basto is a columnist for El Espectador.
Donald Trump has raised a hue and cry with his tariffs and is no doubt wallowing in the repercussions. Yet we may have forgotten he is a businessman, not an arsonist, and doing what he has always done, playing hardball for a fast buck.
U.S. President-elect Trump has tasked billionaire businessman Elon Musk with making the government cost-efficient. That may be an admirable objective, but the ideology driving it is wrong-headed… and dangerous.