SPQR<p>Much of Friedman's column is boilerplate US propaganda. However, this line is correct: "But if Trump turns out to be wrong, he will have sown the wind, and we as a nation will reap the whirlwind. But so, too, will the rest of the world." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> #<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/opinion/trump-tariffs-us-security-stability.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/03/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-tariffs-us-security-stability.html</span></a></p>