{"id":2560014,"date":"2026-01-31T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-mocks-tariff-alarmists-in-wall-street-journal-op-ed\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T18:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:43:11","slug":"trump-mocks-tariff-alarmists-in-wall-street-journal-op-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-mocks-tariff-alarmists-in-wall-street-journal-op-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump mocks tariff alarmists in Wall Street Journal op-ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-mocks-tariff-alarmists-in-wall-street-journal-op-ed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2560014&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, President Donald Trump defended his broad tariff program, mocking critics who predicted a global economic &#8220;meltdown&#8221; and calling the results an &#8220;American economic miracle.&#8221; He cited a Harvard Business School study to argue that most tariff costs where absorbed by foreign producers and intermediaries (the study actually found costs were gradually passed on to U.S.consumers, with retailers absorbing much of the burden). Trump pointed to hundreds of billions in new U.S. manufacturing investment\u2014in autos, AI, agriculture, shipbuilding, and healthcare\u2014and to trade agreements with countries including China and the EU as evidence that retaliation fears were overblown. He credited his wider agenda\u2014tax cuts, deregulation, and support for fossil fuels\u2014for strong growth, claiming low inflation and robust GDP (4.3% in Q3 2025) compared with what he called stagflation under President Biden. The piece also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >noted lingering public concerns<\/a> about affordability, especially healthcare after subsidy expirations, an issue Democrats emphasized in 2025 and plan to press in 2026.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump mocks tariff alarmists after duties create &lsquo;American economic miracle&rsquo; instead of &lsquo;meltdown&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2489556\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> wrote an op-ed in the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> to defend his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/economy\/\">economic<\/a> policy and rebuke opponents of his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\">tariff<\/a> regime.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I imposed historic tariffs on nearly all foreign countries last April, the critics said my policies would cause a global economic meltdown,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/donald-j-trump-my-tariffs-have-brought-america-back-2248391b?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqfLJwRXRR6Ln-J_TLbyPM3bpKPfpy8qQDaFymU0ZWSbSHnCdTrdeTjLY-L5BpU%3D&amp;gaa_ts=697e8507&amp;gaa_sig=dXGHouaScM83SNPHB7qpHMDIsZDzslAhn0sQ1xafJXOgHxVbbb6H3Sn5GhAyEbGlcv5-rjZ1O5CPAz0kydAvZw%3D%3D\">wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;Instead, they have created an American economic miracle, and we are quickly building the greatest economy in the history of the world, with other countries doing just fine!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4441174\/why-trump-picked-kevin-warsh-federal-reserve-chairman-over-hassett\/\">The two Kevins: Why Trump may have picked Warsh for Fed chairman over Hassett<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4440476\/who-is-kevin-warsh-trump-pick-for-the-next-federal-reserve-chairman\/\">Who is Kevin Warsh, Trump&#8217;s pick to be the next Federal Reserve chairman?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4438120\/jerome-powell-defends-fed-independence-first-questions-doj-inquiry\/\">Powell defends Fed independence in first questions about DOJ inquiry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The president cited a Harvard Business School <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pricinglab.org\/files\/TrackingTariffs_Cavallo_Llamas_Vazquez.pdf\">study<\/a> as evidence that fears of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stock-market-and-dollar-slide-as-trump-slams-powell-again\/\" title=\"Stock market and dollar slide as Trump slams Powell again\">tariff-induced inflation<\/a> were overblown. According to Trump, the study found that foreign producers and middlemen absorbed 80% of extra tariff costs.<\/p>\n<p>However, the study said &ldquo;Tariff costs were gradually but steadily transmitted to U.S. consumers, with additional spillovers to domestic goods.&rdquo; Those costs were mostly absorbed by retailers, though slightly below what Trump said at 76%.<\/p>\n<p>Trump further defended his tariff policy by pointing to recent investments in American manufacturing, worth hundreds of billions of dollars in the auto, artificial intelligence, agriculture, shipbuilding, and healthcare industries. Moreover, he blunted critics&rsquo; fears over tariff retaliation by pointing to &ldquo;historic trade deals&rdquo; with many foreign powers, including China and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond tariffs, the president pointed to his &ldquo;entire&rdquo; economic agenda as the recipe for his success, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-barnstorms-iowa-where-gop-rivals-hope-to-upend-him-in-next-years-caucuses\/\" title=\"Trump campaigns vigorously in Iowa, where GOP rivals aim to overthrow him in upcoming caucuses.\">including tax cuts<\/a>, deregulation, and policies to promote the American energy sector. 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Now, we are the &lsquo;HOTTEST&rsquo; country anywhere in the world,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The president said the Biden administration was defined by &ldquo;stagflation,&rdquo; while the past year has been the opposite: &ldquo;extremely&nbsp;low inflation with extraordinarily high economic growth.&rdquo; U.S. GDP grew 4.3% in the third quarter of 2025, greater than experts expected.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/4440017\/trump-boom-backfire-midterm-ballot-box\/\">WILL TALK OF &lsquo;TRUMP BOOM&rsquo; BACKFIRE AT THE BALLOT BOX?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-say-ballot-harvesting-once-shunned-by-gop-now-key-to-winning-in-2024\/\" title=\"Activists claim ballot harvesting, once rejected by GOP, now vital for 2024 victory.\">people remain concerned<\/a> about affordability. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/health-care-costs-top-financial-worry-kff-poll\/\">According to<\/a> a recent poll, two-thirds of Americans said they are very or somewhat worried about affording healthcare, especially after Obamacare subsidies expired in January. <\/p>\n<p>Democratic candidates emphasized the affordability issue in the 2025 elections and are expected to make it a central focus in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says tariffs created US economic boom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3892,"featured_media":2560015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26030037625428.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[15322,50406,42205,3634,32878],"class_list":["post-2560014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-op-ed","tag-tariffs-2","tag-trade-policy","tag-trump","tag-wall-street-journal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26030037625428.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2560014"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2560018,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560014\/revisions\/2560018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2560015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}