Trump tariffs are extortion. It's orthogonal to whether it's a good policy for the US, but nobody outside the US has any doubt about it being extortion. It's

Trump tariffs are extortion. It's orthogonal to whether it's a good policy for the US, but nobody outside the US has any doubt about it being extortion. It's not even a back room deal kind of stuff; "Give America your money or I'll raise tariffs" is how Trump is openly talking to every country.