The Trump Administration Continues to Expose Its Low Opinion of American Producers
Here’s a letter that I sent several days ago to the New York Times but not published there. (I offer here no opinion on the legality of the move to reopen this bidding.)
Editor:
Responding to Elon Musk’s objections to NASA reopening bidding on a contract for its Artimis III mission – a contract currently held by Musk’s SpaceX – Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rightly said that “great companies shouldn’t be afraid of a challenge” (“Musk Attacks NASA Leader Over Threat to Reconsider Lunar Contract,” October 25).
It’s safe to infer, then, that the massive tariffs imposed by Mr. Trump reveal the administration’s belief that most American manufacturers are not great companies. If the president truly had confidence in the grit and ingenuity of American companies, he would welcome these companies being challenged by foreign rivals. Instead, he coddles them like weaklings behind a wall of tariffs.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Professor of Economics
and
Martha and Nelson Getchell Chair for the Study of Free Market Capitalism at the Mercatus Center
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
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