President Trump has spent every day since “Liberation Day” trapped in an endless economic nightmare of his own creation. The fallout from his disastrous tariff policy sent the nation’s GDP tumbling 0.3 percent, and sent Capitol Hill Republicans scrambling for political cover after a cascade of rough new approval polls.

Skyrocketing consumer costs will be the topic of many a swing-state cookout as millions of Americans prepare for Memorial Day weekend, egged on by a recent viral video in which Target employees leaked details of the massive price hikes just about to hit store shelves. Meanwhile, the big brains in the West Wing seem more concerned about bug-bombing Elon Musk out of the White House than they are about fixing Trump’s mess.

Preoccupied by the drama of MAGA-land palace politics and his ethically dubious cryptocurrency fundraising scheme, Trump allowed his trade policies to steer the nation into a multi-pronged economic crisis. Now even Wall Street veterans like Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio are warning that things could get

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