Perhaps we should have seen this coming.
In his first term, Donald Trump was not shy about using the bully pulpit of the presidency to attack any institution that interfered with his uniquely distorted economic philosophy. He roundly criticized the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, for raising interest rates. He harangued Harley-Davidson for moving production and jobs offshore to avoid the effects of his trade war. He threatened Boeing over cost overruns in building new Air Force Ones and gave America a preview of his weaponized tariffs.
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