Trump's Next Trade War Could Be With Congress

Trump’s tariffs are unpopular, and lawmakers want to claw back their authority. Trump’s Next Trade War Could Be With Congress. By Keith Johnson, a staff writer at Foreign Policy covering geoeconomics and energy.

People gather on a stage behind a podium labeled "Fighting for an Affordable America," with a woman clapping on the left, two men smiling toward each other in the center, including Jeffries, and two people embracing on the right in front of a blue backdrop. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (second from left) celebrates alongside other Democratic leaders during an election night watch party in Washington on Nov. 3, after Democrats won the House of Representatives.

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Get audio access with any FP subscription. President Donald Trump’s disastrous, expensive, and self-defeating trade policies were a big reason for the sweeping Democratic victory in the U.S. Midterm elections—and may turn tariffs and trade into one of the crucial battlegrounds of the next Congress.

Trump announced he was cutting off Israel’s $4 billion in annual aid by the end of the year. The post What Trump’s Drastic Reduction Of U.S.

Military Aid To Israel Could Mean. What Trump’s Drastic Reduction Of U.S. Military Aid To Israel Could Mean.

Will stop providing Israel with billions of dollars in annual assistance, President Donald Trump proclaimed Tuesday morning. The announcement was delivered as both Washington and Jerusalem are mulling plans for a new wave of attacks on Iran and amid increasing American voter antipathy toward the Israel in the wake of the Gaza war and America’s involvement in the war with Iran.

While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu has openly discussed weaning his country off direct U.S. Assistance in favor of more cooperation on weapons development, the Trump announcement still caught many there by surprise.

It also raises a lot of questions about Congressional authorization and the impact on future sales of advanced arms from U.S. Manufacturers, many of which are planned, that still have to be answered.

“As far as paying Israel, Bibi Netanyahu and I have made a deal that – we give Israel $4 billion a year – and we made a deal months ago that we’re stopping,” Trump told Fox & Friends Tuesday morning during his message to American voters going to the polls for the midterm election. “And they’re fine with it because you know they have become a very successful country.