Tariffs (thread 3), Episode 4: If Brutus Could See the Tariff: Anti‑Federalists vs. Modern Executive Power

This episode imagines how Anti‑Federalists like Brutus, Patrick Henry, and George Mason would react to Donald Trump’s unilateral tariff actions, viewing them as evidence that the Constitution enabled centralized executive power that bypasses local accountability.

It outlines their distrust of national economic planning, their belief that tariffs function as taxes imposed without broad consent, and their warning that consolidated federal authority threatens local liberty and self‑government.