Pakistan, April 6 -- Today is the day that Donald Trump's tariff scheme should go into effect. Possibly they shall if the president is not using tariffs for negotiations or other tools. Or perhaps the president has different motives. And tomorrow could be the day of reckoning.

Regardless, the threat and uncertainty of impending tariffs have shaken markets and rattled investors. But beyond this one area, the Trump administration in ten weeks has moved forward with remarkable speed across many areas.

Having spent last week in Paris and met with a number of old and new hands, the reactions abroad especially to the infamous Signal conference call before the Yemen strikes and the disparaging of NATO and Europe could be more negative.

How co...