Victor Davis Hanson: Donald Trump’s Tariff Diplomacy Is Working

President Donald Trump is not using tariffs for their historical purpose, which is to protect and promote domestic industry. Instead, Trump, as Victor Davis Hanson argues, is using tariffs to hold countries, like Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and China, accountable.

And it’s working.

On this edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson dispels the Left’s hysteria over President Trump’s tariff policies:

“So, if you take Venezuela and Colombia, he's saying that ‘you people deliberately emptied your jails and you sent them to the United States—sent them being felons—violent felons. And you're not going to do that anymore’.

And they said, ‘we're not taking them back’. He said, ‘you're going to take them back, or I'm going to put a tariff’. So, it was a lever of diplomacy, and it worked. They backed down completely.”

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00:00 Introduction to Tariffs and Trump's Policies
00:42 Countries Targeted by Trump's Tariffs
02:08 Diplomatic Leverage with Venezuela and Colombia
02:33 Panama and the Canal Treaty
03:16 Trade and Defense Issues with Canada and Mexico
05:37 China and the European Union Trade Disputes
07:38 Conclusion: Tariffs as Diplomatic Tools
08:04 Closing Remarks and Further Resources