US Allies and Adversaries Are Dodging Trump’s Tariff Threats

Donald Trump has a clear, uncomplicated notion of how things should work. He tells everyone what to do, and they do it. In this world, law firms stop representing his accusers. Universities cede him control of admissions and curriculum. Europe and China swallow his tariffs. Corporations move their factories to the US. Ukraine surrenders to Russia. Denmark hands him Greenland. Panama hands him the canal.

To the president’s daily fury, the world outside his head isn’t always cooperating. Harvard University has forcefully fought back against his attempt to take charge of the school. After some major law firms buckled ...