A Tariff-ying Threat?

Trump has officially announced his intention to permit the Euros to buy American weapons and sell them to Ukraine. Give the man credit for squaring the circle; he can tell the base that he made a hardheaded business deal that makes America money, while providing the Ukrainians with at least some of the weapons they desperately need.

Nothing Trump says has a long shelf life, so you shouldn’t take his continuing support for this program for granted. In the meantime, he is also threatening the Russians with huge tariffs if they don’t make peace in 50 days. One doubts Putin is tariff-ied by the threat; Russia doesn’t really sell anything to us except a small quantity of vodka, which can be purchased easily from other sources.