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Trump Is Failing the Marshmallow Test. Again.

Trump Is Failing the Marshmallow Test. Again.

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The New York Times Opinion writer Binyamin Appelbaum has been writing and thinking about President Trump’s economic policy since his first term in office. In this episode, he joins the deputy Opinion editor Patrick Healy to talk tariffs, economic expansion and Trump’s recklessness.

Thoughts? Email us at theopinions@nytimes.com.

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Trump Is Failing the Marshmallow Test. Again.

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