'Real War on Christmas': Trump threatens toy industry ahead of holiday shopping season

The “War on Christmas” — once described by Politico as “a never-ending cultural conflict during which traditional, explicitly Christian celebrations of the holiday season are under assault from the sinister forces of secular pluralism” — is a staple of right-wing talking points against Democratic leaders.

But Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, says the “real War on Christmas” is coming to President Donald Trump’s America — thanks to the president’s tariffs.