Trump is not good for the U.S. economy.

It's not being aimed, it's right next to your open ear, and your finger is resting on a 3.5 pound single-action trigger. I assume it's not loaded, but still poor form. Sorry, Fritz, but it just is. FWIW, I'm a certified RSO at my local club.

President Donald Trump's tariffs are unlikely to help achieve one of the president's biggest trade goals, according to a new study by the New York Federal Reserve.

Trump has repeatedly cited the US's trade deficit as a reason for starting the trade war and has pushed for the reduction of the trade deficit in various negotiations.

But a new report from the New York Federal Reserve's Liberty Street Economics blog shows that Trump is unlikely to get the targeted reduction using his favorite trade tool: tariffs.

According to the New York Fed economists, while the new duties on goods coming into the US will lead to a decrease in the amount of imports — as Trump intends — the value of exports sent out of the US will also come down.

"In this post, we argue that US exports will also fall, not only because of other countries' retaliatory tariffs on US exports, but also because the costs for US firms producing goods for export will rise and make US exports less competitive on the world market," the New York Fed said. "The end result is likely to be lower imports and lower exports, with little or no improvement in the trade deficit."

Trump is the only president in my lifetime that is actually just an average scrum.

He has many faults, but he is one of us, We The People.