The Rupert Murdoch–owned Wall Street Journal has blasted Donald Trump for suggesting that voters are idiots for rejecting his tariff plans while pushing his far-fetched proposal to give Americans a $2,000 tariff rebate.

The paper’s editorial board questioned why the president needs to float a “Hail Mary” $2,000 dividend to “blunt the harm” of his sweeping tariffs if the tariffs are supposedly beneficial, while also noting that the rebate proposal undercuts Trump’s claim that his tariffs are not taxes passed on to Americans.

“We’ve advised Mr. Trump from the beginning that tariffs would do economic harm, and so they are. They’re also doing political damage to the GOP, which is why he’s floating rebates that contradict his other tariff claims. One other suggestion, Mr. President: It’s neve

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