A Trade War Isn't a Real War

Joshua Geltzer  and Dipayan Ghosh  wrote for the Atlantic on President Trump incorrectly relying on national-security grounds justify his actions on trade:

When trade and commercial policies are routinely couched as national-security measures, the country finds itself on a perpetual pseudo-war footing. When the president justifies all his actions as necessary to keep America safe, the idea of actually acting to protect national security begins to lose its meaning. This is exactly the political conundrum the nation now faces.