Trump prepares his biggest bet on tariffs amid voter skepticism

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's immigration policies were deeply unpopular in his first term. Now, immigration is the area in which voters most approve of his second-term performance.Trump's advisers are betting that his gamble on tariffs will pay off in a similar way in time, rewriting the political rules, as well as global rules, to the United States' lasting advantage, they say — as Trump faces broad skepticism over the issue in current polling.Tariffs on major U.S. trading partners, including close allies, have been a defining feature of Trump's second term, and more are coming: He has declared April 2 America’s “Liberation Day”to establish reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners that have their own levies on U.S. imports, overturning decades of policy — and threatening chaos for businesses around the world.“We’ve been ripped off by every country in the world, friend and foe,” Trump said in the Oval Office, predicting that the tariffs would bring in “tens of billions” of...