We won’t know if ‘Liberation Day’ succeeds until Trump is out of office: Morning Brief

When will Liberation Day feel like freedom? It’s hard to say, because nobody but Trump knows what his tariff push will even look like. Maybe a 20% blanket tariff. The president with a knack for redefining things has set the country’s attention on a trade realignment with hazy contours and nebulous goals. If the stock market is no longer his North Star and if growth troubles and price increases are viewed as fleeting pains, how should Americans grade Trump’s job on the economy? A ramp-up of American manufacturing is one way to evaluate Liberation Day’s success. But choosing that metric…