Politics

Photo-illustration of Donald Trump on a green background with a graph showing a plunging stock market
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty.

Trump Is Willing to Take the Pain

Advisers say the president is tuning out the markets and coverage and isn’t worried about the political impact of his tariffs—at least not yet.

Illustration of two torn printed pictures, singed along the torn edge, side by side: the top of Edmund Burke's head on the left and the bottom half of Ronald Reagan's portrait on the right
Illustration by Ricardo Tomás. Sources: Smith Collection / Gado / Getty; Bachrach Photographers / Getty.

I Should Have Seen This Coming

When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.