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Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different​

By WILL WEISSERT
Updated 11:02 PM CDT, April 7, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition: tariffs.

President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930, even as many economists warned that the levies would prompt retaliatory tariffs from other countries, which is precisely what happened. The U.S. economy plunged deeper into a devastating financial crisis that it would not pull out of until World War II.

Most historians look back on Smoot-Hawley as a mistake that made a bad economic climate much worse. But tariffs have a new champion in President Donald Trump.

Like Trump, Hoover was elected largely because of his business acumen. An international mining engineer, financier and humanitarian, he took office in 1929 like an energetic CEO, eager to promote public-private partnerships and use the levers of government to promote economic growth.

“Anyone not only can be rich, but ought to be rich,” he declared in his inaugural address before convening a special session of Congress to better protect U.S. farmers with “limited changes of the tariff.” ...

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Trump threatens more tariffs on China as global markets shudder over how much pain economy can take

The Republican president's threat came Monday after Beijing retaliated against his announcement of tariffs last week.
apnews.com

Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels

The administration has increased surveillance flights over Mexico as it tries to track the powerful cartels that dominate the fentanyl trade.
www.nbcnews.com

Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review

The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to use an 18th century wartime law to deport Venezuelan migrants, but says they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the United States.
apnews.com

Boasberg contempt showdown looms after Supreme Court hands Trump immigration win

President Donald Trump praised the Supreme Court’s ruling, but a contempt hearing Tuesday could upend the win as Judge James Boasberg presses officials on secretive deportations.
www.foxnews.com

Trump’s refusal to blink on tariffs raises the risks of an ugly endgame | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump doesn’t look like he’s going to blink.
www.cnn.com

Trump says he won’t pause tariff plan as global markets plunge

Despite hopes that the U.S. will back off trade policies, President Donald Trump said he’s not going to pause plans for tariffs.
apnews.com

Trump admin live updates: Supreme Court OKs Venezuelan deportations, but with due process

Supreme Court allows Trump to continue deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under the Alien Enemies Act, but says detainees must be given due process.
abcnews.go.com

Judge strikes down controversial Biden mandate to increase nursing home staffing | CNN Politics

A federal judge in Texas on Monday nixed a controversial Biden administration rule that would have required nursing homes to boost their nursing staff in coming years.
www.cnn.com

UK markets analyst comments on losses as trade war threatens to intensify

UK market analysts responded cautiously to a slight market recovery as world shares and U.S. futures advanced Tuesday. (AP Video by Kwiyeon Ha)
apnews.com

Zelensky confirms Ukraine troops active in Russia's Belgorod region

Ukraine's operations in a second region in Russia are explicitly acknowledged for the first time.
www.bbc.com

Stocks open higher Tuesday — but signs of an escalating trade war abound

Global stocks clawed back a fraction of their enormous recent losses in early trading Tuesday, but mutual and escalating threats between the U.S. and China stand to get worse.
www.nbcnews.com

Trump admin tells prosecutors to ease up on crypto enforcement

The Trump administration is pulling back its enforcement of crypto regulations, disbanding a unit dedicated to cryptocurrency enforcement
abcnews.go.com

RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide.
apnews.com

For opioid victims, payouts fall short while governments reap millions

Pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the nation's opioid crisis are paying state and local governments billions of dollars in legal settlements. But how much are victims getting?
www.cbsnews.com

Dem governors revolt against Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs

Democratic governors have rejected President Donald Trump's tariffs and tried to thwart their impact on individual states.
www.foxnews.com

Trump, Putin want Zelenskyy out. But is a vote possible in wartime Ukraine?

US and Russian leaders, united in distrusting Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy, exaggerate claims of his falling ratings.
www.aljazeera.com

Pentagon considering proposal to cut thousands of troops from Europe, officials say

Experts warn that the timing of the potential drawdown could alarm NATO allies and embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin.
www.nbcnews.com
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