Playbook: “Maybe, yeah. But honestly, we don’t know, and in the political and economic sphere, it would be irresponsible to believe he is bluffing — given what’s at risk. We are told he likes tariffs because they can be enacted unilaterally and pulled back on demand. The president has left himself wiggle room: He is the sole arbiter of the standard he set for imposing the new tariffs — whether Mexico is doing enough to curb illegal immigration.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.