re: Victor Davis Hanson explains Trump’s tariffs like no one else can.

But, SLOWflowpro is an expert. God you’re insufferable.

RogerTheShrubber, a resident TD contrarian, is also an expert on economics.
Irony Roger, irony.

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His arguement is sound.

You cant refute anything hes saying

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His argument is sound, but indeed, SFP successfully refuted something VDH said.

VDH made a mistake saying that we are just mirroring other countries tariffs. That’s not what happened. Trump took the position that if trade were fair all trade between countries would be balanced. Therefore, any trade deficit is the result of unfair practices. I doubt Trump actually believes that, but he’s saying it to justify putting higher tariffs on countries than they have on us. My guess is that he’s doing it to anchor negotiations and to temporarily raise some revenue.

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Therefore, any trade deficit is the result of unfair practices. I doubt Trump actually believes that,

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I hope not, because that would mean he’s a moron.

Woah. You just caused us another endless round of SFP ill-advised pomposity with that boot licking bullshite. In case you haven’t noticed, SFP’s is but one of many OPINIONS on the matter, regardless of how voluminous it may be. It may seem awesome to you, but I think differently. VDH has his own opinion too, whether you agree, disagree or neither here nor there on it. Jesus didn’t come down through parting clouds to tap Slow as the exclusively correct take on the matter. Neither did that happen for VDH. Nor anyone else. That’s sorta the essence of opinion and debate.

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That doesn't make him any authority on economics,

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You make stupid fricking posts on a stupid fricking message board.
You’re not an authority on anything to be commenting on anything anyone else says of any seriousness or import.

Not only are you not an authority on economics or anything else you’re so dumb that you put it on display constantly.

Tariffs didn’t cause the Great Depression on their own—they were just the final misstep in a long chain of policy failures. The real groundwork was laid by a decade of reckless monetary expansion, followed by a sudden tightening. Then Smoot-Hawley came along and predictably strangled global trade. And the New Deal? It wasn’t a solution—it was an economic straightjacket that prolonged the pain through wage and price controls, labor restrictions, and top-down planning that stifled recovery.

The Depression of 1920–1921 almost never gets mentioned, probably because it doesn’t fit the preferred narrative. It was severe—but short. Harding cut spending, reduced the national debt, and let the market self-correct. No stimulus, no bailouts. The result? A fast and robust recovery. He’s ranked near the bottom by historians, but anyone who understands markets knows better.

And now? We’re quite literally retracing the steps of pre-Depression America like it’s a blueprint: easy money, asset bubbles, rising tariffs, and increasingly populist politics. Don’t be shocked if after Trump we get a 2028 version of FDR—only younger, far dumber (which may be a blessing or a curse), and much angrier and more vindictive.

Complaining that VDH doesn’t have the appropriate academic credentials, then proceed to use your Community College Law degree to explain economics to us.

Oh the irony.