Trump’s Second Term: Executive Power, Tariff Turmoil, and the Shifting Investment Calculus
“Appellate court rulings against these tariffs fundamentally undermine the President’s ability to conduct diplomacy and safeguard the nation.” So stated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, encapsulating the high-stakes legal and economic battles defining Donald Trump’s second term. This period, characterized by aggressive assertions of executive power and a recalibration of global foreign policy under the “America…