Trump is apparently oblivious to the societal train wrecks that protectionist tariffs have caused throughout American history ...

The use of national tariffs in the US began in 1791, led by Alexander Hamilton, and grew throughout the 19th century, in what ...

One prominent Southern critic at the time referred to the 1828 tariff as the “tariff of abominations.” Indeed, opposition to elements of the American System was one of the chief policy goals ...