How tariffs ate American foreign policy

President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a trade announcement event at the White House on April 2, 2025. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump has described the ongoing Supreme Court case over the legality of his use of emergency powers to impose tariffs on more than 100 countries as a matter of “literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our Country.” Certainly the case, in which oral arguments were heard at the Court on Wednesday, has profound implications for executive power and, as my colleague Ian Millhiser explained earlier this week, will be a key indicat