Other Countries Seem to Like Tariffs. So Why Are People Opposed to Trump’s Tariffs? Victor Davis Hanson

But here’s my question.  - Victor Davis Hanson@VDHanson

• And yet, the world seemed to erupt in anger. It was very strange. Even people on the libertarian right and, of course, the left were very angry. The Wall Street Journal pilloried Donald Trump.

But here’s my question. 

• China has prohibitive tariffs, so does Vietnam, so does Mexico, so does Europe. 
• So do a lot of countries. 
• So does India. 

But if tariffs are so destructive of their economies, why is China booming? 

How did India become an economic powerhouse when it has these exorbitant tariffs on American imports? 

How did Vietnam, of all places, become such a different country even though it has these prohibitive tariffs? 

Why isn’t Germany, before its energy problems, why wasn’t it a wreck? 

It’s got tariffs on almost everything that we send them. 

How is the EU even functioning with these tariffs?...