Note to Gov. Doug Ducey: Did your pal President Donald Trump give you a heads up before he announced – on Twitter – he was about to do something that could wreck Arizona's booming economy?

As in:

Yikes.

(Hint: You can skip to the end for a response from Arizona's fearful leader.)

I recall the governor saying not too long ago, "I am no fan of tariffs. I am someone who supports free trade."

I recall as well the governor touting our partnership with Mexico. Saying in part, "Arizona’s international relationships have never been stronger, and the increase in trade between our state, Mexico and Canada only provides further evidence.”

Ducey made that remark while proudly boasting the release of data from United States Census Bureau that said Arizona’s bilateral trade total of $16.7 billion with Mexico in 2018 was 7.7 percent higher than it was in 2017.

I'm no economist, but even my very, VERY limited knowledge of such things tells me that big fat tariffs are not good for bilateral trade. Or the economies that depend on them.

Like, for instance, Arizona's.

Gee, governor, all that sucking up you've been doing with the president, and this is what we get?

Not just from Trump, either, but from the governor himself, who tweeted out a three-tweet thread that, instead of outrage, can be roughly translated into: I submit to your will. I submit to your will. I submit to your will.

Reach Montini at ed.montini@arizonarepublic.com.