Kuala Lampur, July 19 -- Whether or not Malaysia secures a lower tariff rate from the United States is, in the grand scheme of things, likely immaterial. President Donald Trump's tariff crusade is not about fairness, economic logic, or even coherent strategy. It is about asserting dominance through disruption. Vietnam and Indonesia may have obtained a framework to trade with the United States at 20 and 19 per cent tariff rates respectively, but even those so-called preferential rates are neither safe nor durable. The Philippines, a longstanding security ally of the United States, has also seen its export tariffs pegged at 20 per cent. This reveals the internal incoherence of Trump's trade doctrine: loyalty earns no economic reprieve; size...