ALT: a woman in a green and white costume with long nails

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is being attacked by a clown in a hallway .

ALT: a man wearing a mask with the words " life is pain " below him

NEW YORK (AP) — Now, it’s Chris Van Hollen’s turn. The mild-mannered Maryland senator has suddenly emerged as a leading figure in the resistance to Donald Trump’s norm-busting presidenc…

The approach appears to punish countries based on their trade imbalances with the U.S., rather than the taxes they impose on the U.S. and a combination of other trade barriers Trump claimed the new tariff rates would be based on.