Eduardo Porter
Columnist and Editorial Writer at The Washington Post
Editorial writer and columnist at The Washington Post. Formerly of NYT, WSJ & Bloomberg. Author of "American Poison” and “The Price of Everything.”
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Eduardo Porter
The U.S. is not Venezuela — but Trump is closing the distance (washingtonpost.com) The U.S. is not Venezuela — but Trump is closing the distance By Eduardo Porter 2025042819064400 When Secretary of State Marco Rubio shuttered the State Department's office in charge of human rights — "a platform for left-wing activists," he charged, "to redefine 'human rights' and 'democracy,'" it looked at first blush like just another way the Trump administration was turning its back on the world — on a par...
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Eduardo Porter
The U.S. is devolving into authoritarianism perhaps because of what it lacks (washingtonpost.com) The U.S. is devolving into authoritarianism perhaps because of what it lacks By Eduardo Porter 2025042211300500 It's too narrow to claim that the demise of America's Trade Adjustment Assistance program three years ago is responsible for the second Trump administration. But the argument points in the right direction.
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1 month ago |
washingtonpost.com | Eduardo Porter
I think I figured out the ‘4D chess’ Trump is playing with the world (washingtonpost.com) I think I figured out the ‘4D chess’ Trump is playing with the world By Eduardo Porter 2025041413301200 I think I have figured out the four-dimensional chess President Donald Trump is playing with the rest of the world — the rationale behind the seemingly incomprehensible barrage of tariffs and other blows he has delivered to friends and foes over the past weeks.
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1 month ago |
washingtonpost.com | Eduardo Porter
Searching for a rationale to President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs is a fool’s errand. The arguments offered to justify his attack on global trade — to boost factory jobs, raise money, provide leverage and cut deals with other countries — don’t just lack sense, they contradict each other. His tariffs will impoverish the world and push other countries into the arms of America’s strategic rival: China. They will not change the behavior of penguins.
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1 month ago |
washingtonpost.com | Eduardo Porter
Trump just handed the global auto market to China (washingtonpost.com) Trump just handed the global auto market to China By Eduardo Porter 2025040210450000 Protectionists have a long history of ignoring economics when it comes to trade. Unsurprisingly, their policies often end up mugged by reality, producing awkward unexpected consequences and failing to deliver on their stated objectives: promoting domestic production and jobs.
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Could China win this war? Trump's tariffs on the world may go up or be canceled, restarted, exchanged for bitcoin, dipped in chocolate, or repositioned to fight, say, human trafficking. When the dust settles the world’s center of gravity may well have moved across the Pacific
Can Beijing look beyond its narrow self-interest and make the concessions needed to take advantage of the strategic opportunities offered by the U.S. going rogue? https://t.co/NY3QaYs5os