Does Trump Know What He Wants from Europe or How to Get It

Vice President JD Vance wants to restore American manufacturing. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent intends to build a free trade coalition against China. Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephan Miran wants a weaker dollar. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wants a permanent new revenue source. Adviser Peter Navarro wants to unleash dramatic change and possibly even chaos. But none of them are the President of the Unit ed States, and the President keeps changing his mind on both the broad goals and specific instruments of his international economic policy.