Well, well, well….

The Panicans were wrong again?

Color me shocked!  [not]

We kept telling you all along: LET HIM COOK!

We kept telling you: Don’t Panic!

We kept telling you: Give this about 6 months and then you’re gonna love how this ends!

And sure enough, we were right!  Now even top experts are coming out and saying not only was Trump right but it appears he was “more strategic” than anyone thought.  [except us]

Check this out:

Wall Street economist who ripped Trump admits prez may have ‘outsmarted all of us’ on tariffs https://t.co/DSSfTIdYEY pic.twitter.com/d5wNuipNCK

— New York Post (@nypost) June 27, 2025

The NY Post explained more from top Apollo Global Management analyst Torsten Sløk:

A prominent Wall Street economist who had slammed President Trump’s tariffs earlier this year now says that the president may have “outsmarted all of us” with his controversial trade policies.

Torsten Sløk, chief economist at investment giant Apollo Global Management, said that while the uncertainty surrounding trade policy has already started to weigh on the economy, Trump could lower tariffs on most of the US trading partners while using the levies to boost federal revenue.

Sløk suggested in a recently posted analysis that the administration’s approach may be more strategic than previously thought.

The optimistic outlook stands in stark contrast to his earlier position.

In April, Sløk warned that Trump’s tariffs could trigger a recession by summer, particularly harming American small businesses and potentially halting the flow of goods from China to the US, leading to layoffs and a broader economic slowdown.

This time around, Sløk suggested that one potential move could be to keep 30% tariffs on Chinese imports while imposing 10% tariffs on all other countries — offering them a 12-month window to reduce non-tariff barriers and liberalize trade access.

“Extending the deadline one year would give countries and US domestic businesses time to adjust to the new world with permanently higher tariffs,” Sløk wrote.

“It would also result in an immediate decline in uncertainty, which would be positive for business planning, employment, and financial markets.”

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Beyond calming volatile markets, Sløk notes that such a move could deliver a sizable boost to US government revenue. He estimates the plan could generate $400 billion in annual tax revenue — a figure that could help offset budget deficits without raising domestic taxes.

“This would seem like a victory for the world and yet would produce $400 billion of annual revenue for US taxpayers,” he wrote.

“Trade partners will be happy with only 10% tariffs and US tax revenue will go up. Maybe the administration has outsmarted all of us.”

Kush Desai, a White House spokesperson, told The Post via email: “President Trump was right all along? Many such cases!”

Trump announced on Friday that the US has signed a new trade agreement with China. The full text of the agreement has not been made public, and details remain limited.

Exactly. President Trump’s tariff strategy is proving to be a masterstroke, outwitting critics and showcasing his unparalleled economic foresight. Torsten Sløk, a once-skeptical economist, now admits the brilliance of Trump’s approach, which balances global negotiations with… pic.twitter.com/v2Rj0PjK1b

— Torsten Prochnow (@TorstenProchnow) June 27, 2025

You can watch Sløk on Barron’s Roundtable here if you like:

If tariffs stick; 2 possible outcomes: Earnings go down or inflation goes up. ⁦@apolloglobal⁩ Chief Economist Torsten Sløk explains on Barron’s Roundtable tonight, 7:30ET; Sat & Sun at 9:30&10:30 am. Plus: ⁦@jackhough⁩ on ⁦@barronsonline⁩ Top CEOs & scary robots pic.twitter.com/sJOs8KsD7c

— Jack Otter (@JackOtter) June 20, 2025

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