Any hope that U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s professed love of tariffs was a bluff vanished this week.
Less than a week after returning to the White House, Trump hammered Colombia with a 25% levy, a sanction that was quickly rescinded when that government backed down and acceded to U.S. demands about accepting deportees.
The speed with which the U.S. president reached for this tool ¡ª against an ally no less ¡ª is proof that his threats are not empty words. Trump is a pugnacious leader with no tolerance for dissent. It promises to be a wild four years.
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