A Class of Its Own
Bravo Dani. Soldier on! Francis
Francis Bator, Professor of Political Economy Emeritus at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, was Deputy National Security Adviser under US President Lyndon B. Johnson, and has consulted for the US Treasury, State, and Defense Departments. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the US Treasury Department’s Distinguished Service Award.
Less than two months into his second presidency, Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on America’s three largest trading partners, with much more to come. This strategy not only lacks any credible theoretical foundations; it is putting the US on a path toward irrevocable economic and geopolitical decline.