President Donald Trump’s tariffs are slowing economic growth, raising prices, undermining American manufacturing, marginalizing the US geopolitically, and attracting widespread public opposition.

And future presidents may largely preserve them.

This is because Trump’s trade agenda is succeeding at one of its purported goals: The president’s tariffs are generating a lot of revenue for the US government.

So far this year, Uncle Sam collected more than $152 billion from taxes on foreign imports. So far this year, Uncle Sam collected more than $152 billion from taxes on foreign imports. That figure is set to rise, as Trump implemented sweeping new tariffs on almost all foreign nations on Thursday, including a 50 percent duty on all imports from Brazil, a 40 percent rate on those from Myanma

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