Confused by Trump’s many tariff threats? Here’s what’s going on

Being confused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff plans isn’t a flaw — it’s proof you’re paying attention in the funhouse maze of Trump trade threats. One minute, he’s imposing massive tariffs on Canada and Mexico, then they’re delayed , then they’re proceeding March 4, then they’re not , then they are again, but it turns out he’s really talking about more targeted tariffs later . And so on. A reason it’s so confusing is Trump has made a multitude of tariff threats, like an endless geyser of economic menace. He tends to slosh these threats together, conflating them when…