Trump’s take on tariffs has always been appallingly ignorant and misguided. This, however, is something new and even more wacky: he’s talking about foreigners *buying* from, not selling to, the U.S. What sort of ‘tariff’ acts as an entrance fee to the U.S. ‘department store’ ?
Trump: "We'll send a letter and we'll say 'we would consider it a great honor, and this is what you'll have to shop in -- we're like a department store -- to shop in the United States, and you'll pay a 25% tariff or we'll wish you a lot of luck.' And that's the end of the trade deal."