No surprise, liberals have been pushing war-like rhetoric against Russia and China for a while.
Tariffs aren't war-like. But it is mainly hawks who don't like that Trump will be meeting with Kim Jung Un.
Tariffs are economic nationalism, which is tantamount to declaring war, especially these targeted ones. After all, you can't declare total war if your economy is dependent on somebody else.
Tariffs that are maybe 1% of total trade with a country are equivalent to declaring war? LOL. I bet even historical anti-tariff politicians like William Jennings Bryan supported more tariffs than that.
Yeah because now we have progressive ways to source revenue - income taxes, CGT, wealth taxes etc.
If you seriously think the American establishment preparing for conflict with China is done out of progressivism, you're super naïve.
