Why Reagan is winning the tariff war against Trump #Trump #Reagan #Tariffs

15 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this opinionated monologue, TJ Walker argues that former President Ronald Reagan, despite being deceased, is effectively 'winning' the current U.S. tariff conflict with Donald Trump. Walker references Reagan's 1987 warning that tariffs harm American workers and consumers, an Ontario advertisement that quoted Reagan, and Trump's angry reaction that led him to halt trade talks with Canada. He highlights the Wall Street Journal's criticism—calling the trade war the "dumbest" in history—and notes the February Supreme Court decision that struck down most of Trump's tariffs, even with two of Trump's own appointees voting against him. Walker frames these events through a life‑coach lens, suggesting the judges' dissent is an "intervention" rather than a conspiracy, and concludes with a sarcastic image of Reagan digging his own grave with an imported shovel.

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Donald Trump is in a fight with Ronald Reagan. Reagan has been dead for 22 years, and Reagan is winning. In 1987, Reagan warned that tariffs hurt every American worker and consumer. Last year, Ontario ran an ad of Reagan saying exactly that, and Trump got so mad he ended trade talks with Canada. He rage quit an entire country over a dead man's radio address. And I get the appeal. Tariffs sound tough. Making China pay feels fantastic. Except China doesn't pay at the register. You do. Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal called it, quote, the dumbest trade war in history. Rupert Murdoch. The man owns Fox News. And even he said, too far. Then in February, the Supreme Court struck down most of Trump's tariffs, 6 to 3, including 2 justices Trump appointed himself. As a life coach, I can tell you when your own handpicked judges vote against you, that's not a plot, that's an intervention. Trump's response? A brand new global tariff. Reagan isn't rolling in his grave, he's trying to dig out and the shovel is imported.