Tariffs as statecraft: Trump's second term breaks diplomatic norms

With less than a month remaining for the completion of the first year of his second term, 'Tariffs, Trade, and Tantrums' aptly sums up the 47th President of the United States' approach to governance, an approach that continues to take him to places few could have ever anticipated.

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Donald Trump's presidency has been a whirlwind, as he took office at the White House for the second time, ruling the country in an "unpresidential manner", with some experts describing it as a "cowboy diplomatic style", with three years still left in his bag.

Breaking protocol, legally and sometimes leading him to the courts, the 47th President guided the White House through a lens of high-stakes deals, whether business, ceasefires, or punitive tariffs.