AMERICA WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE A FREE-TRADE ZONE BEFORE THE COMMERCE CLAUSE WAS WEAPONIZED TO ALLOW WASHINGTON TO REGULATE WHATEVER IT LIKED:

Shortly after the election I was invited to speak to a group of French CEOs to explain Trump's economic policies. I was asked to summarize them in a sentence.

Here's what I said: "He's going to raise the barriers around the country, and he's going to remove the barriers inside…

— Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry (@pegobry_en) April 3, 2025

Still, as today’s stock market implosion shows, the changes won’t be painless.