It’s a sneaky way of taxing consumers so he can further cut taxes for the ultra wealthy without shrinking the pot of money available for his golf vacations and luxury jet renovations, all while pretending it’s some sort of tough guy fine on foreign governments.

Not just to soften the blow but to set up a “tit for tat” defense when the truth comes out.

Or a president who hoards classified documents so he can trade them to our enemies for favors!

Of course. Trump’s main appeal to many of his voters is that he will use his power to hurt the people they hate, while they, individually, have long felt powerless to do just that.