'Congratulations, America!' Trump mocked over his response to WSJ’s scathing tariff rebuke

02 February

President Donald Trump early Sunday morning responded to a scathing rebuke from the conservative leaning Wall Street Journal over the MAGA leader's decision to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

Criticizing the president's move, the newspaper's editorial board on Friday, January 31, published an op-ed titled, "The Dumbest Trade War in History."

Trump took to social media to shoot back at the board, suggesting that the result of the tariffs will inflict "pain" on Americans.

"The 'Tariff Lobby,' headed by the Globalist, and always wrong, Wall Street Journal, is working hard to justify Countries like Canada, Mexico, China, and too many others to name, continue the decades long RIPOFF OF AMERICA, both with regard to TRADE, CRIME, AND POISONOUS DRUGS that are allowed to so freely flow into AMERICA," the president began. "THOSE DAYS ARE OVER! The USA has major deficits with Canada, Mexico, and China (and almost all countries!), owes 36 Trillion Dollars, and we’re not going to be the 'Stupid Country' any longer."

Trump continued, "MAKE YOUR PRODUCT IN THE USA AND THERE ARE NO TARIFFS! Why should the United States lose TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SUBSIDIZING OTHER COUNTRIES, and why should these other countries pay a small fraction of the cost of what USA citizens pay for Drugs and Pharmaceuticals, as an example? THIS WILL BE THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA! WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!). BUT WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AND IT WILL ALL BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID. WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT IS NOW BEING RUN WITH COMMON SENSE — AND THE RESULTS WILL BE SPECTACULAR!!!"

Reason Editor in Chief Matt Welch replied, "Congratulations, America!"

Former Trump White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci commented: "This of course is nonsense. Not grounded in fact. Trump wants to isolate us even if it causes economic destruction. He doesn’t like how much America has helped the world after WW2 and he wants to reverse our course. Bad outcomes ahead without a course reversal."

Cato Institute Vice President of General Economics Scott Lincicome added: "But wait I thought this was about fentanyl"

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