King Trump will keep imposing tariffs, whatever voters think

• Trump’s self-inflicted policy shocks blunt his ‘roaring’ economy The court’s decision, which applies to about half of the tariffs Trump has levied, will have three consequences. First, and perhaps most important in the long run, King Trump has become President Trump, subject to constitutional constraints on his power. Second, as US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer points out, Trump will “essentially reconstruct” the tariff regime struck down by the court. Third, as Justice Gorsuch suggests, the new system will be “durable”. Indeed. Any future congress is likely to include a large number of Democrats committed to protectionism long before Trump…