Donald Trump has been “gaining unmatched American clout” through his strategic use of economic pressure. Less ambitious measures — typically called “sanctions” — lack the track record of Trump’s tariffs. The pattern is not chaos but sequencing: announce a deadline, invite concessions, then trade pressure for commitments. They forget the potential disgorgement of the peace dividend the president has derived by substituting economic pressure for force. The post On Trump’s tariffs, it’s the GUAC that matters, not the TACO appeared first on Washington Post.