'Don't believe him': Conservative warns Trump 'distraction' could destroy U.S. economy

President-elect Donald Trump is planning a huge new array of tariffs on foreign goods, in particular from China, Canada and Mexico — and he argues the charges are a "reciprocal" scheme, raising taxes on other countries' goods in retaliation for taxes they raised on ours.

But "don't believe him," conservative analyst Ramesh Ponnuru warned for The Washington Post.

In truth, said Ponnuru, many of Trump's tariffs weren't in response to anything but his own petty grievances — and, in any case...