No, President Donald Trump isn’t looking for a new “most beautiful word” in the dictionary to replace his beloved tariffs. Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesWhy Trump can’t quit tariffsTrump will press on for two main reasons. Allison Robbert/APTrump has used tariffs more expansively than any modern president, in a way that stretches far beyond economic policy. Alternative powers Trump now plans to use to maintain tariffs contain compliance requirements and more limited authorities that may mean he can’t use levies as a personal thermostat to crank up heat according to his whim. But US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told “Fox News Sunday” that Trump inherited an emergency and had already transformed global trade.

Source: Egypt Independent February 23, 2026 15:07 UTC