President Trump sure does like his trade wars. And very few people, including me, agree with him on that issue.

Last Friday, Trump hit China with $50 billion in proposed tariffs. Beijing retaliated by putting tariffs on US goods imported into China.

It’s hard to keep up with this, but the president seems to have placed higher tariffs on everyone except the Vatican. But if Pope Francis doesn’t behave himself, the crucifixes could be hit next.

I’ve seen Trump in negotiating mode before. It goes something like this: Stir things up with outlandish proposals and then back off to something more reasonable.

And that seems to have worked for him in business.

But it’s yet to be proven as an effective negotiating tactic against countries. And since China’s puppet, North Korea, just gave Trump what could be the president’s biggest victory, it’s hard to understand why the hard line on trade with Beijing is coming now.

I questioned Trump about his thoughts on tariffs just months before he became president. He shrugged off my concerns about trade wars.

I hope he’s right, but I think he’s wrong. The stock market — which has been declining partly because of the tariff news — seems to agree with me.