What a weird end to a fascinating article.

It's like I'm reading the words of a political prisoner. Everything in the first ~80% of it sets up for a conclusion of 'one-sidedly slapping a ton of tariffs on all the things and expecting this to lead to prosperity and the closing of deficits is sheer lunacy', and then ends with: "Well, what an interesting and possibly smart move, lets see how it works out!".