President Donald Trump’s thinking inadvertently poses a triple threat to America.

Trump understands the need to make the highly inefficient U.S. government more efficient and, in the process, save hundreds of billions, even trillions, of dollars. He also believes that a “big, beautiful bill” to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent can be passed by Congress. He sees tariffs as the means to make the international trade system fairer for the U.S. and bring in trillions of dollars to make America even richer.

But reality must intervene. Despite the honorable intent of these three initiatives, instead of improving and advancing American interests, their effects will be detrimental and possibly destructive to our citizens' lives.

Trump ignores or dismisses these looming consequences only because of an excess of confidence and hubris and an inability to accept criticism.

Trump's first goal is to be accomplished by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE is staffed by America’s best and brightest, meaning that brain power, imagination and........

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