Kevin Hassett Shows Basic Misunderstanding of Trade and Tariffs

Hopefully he's better behind closed doors, but I'm starting to wonder.

One of the slim hopes I had held out for economic understanding in the Trump administration’s inner circle was that Kevin Hassett, currently director of the National Economic Council, would be saying sensible things about trade and tariffs. Hassett was a very successful chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the first Trump term, and he did…