No. of Recommendations: 9
But Trump isn’t waiting. Just a day before the caravans launched and he won his election, Trump threatened massive, Funny how all of these ‘caravans’ get ready to head north, just as Donny Convict needs them for his political purposes…..
“If that doesn’t work,” he added, “I’ll make it 50, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll make it 75. Then I’ll make it 100.”And Mexico will pay for those tariffs, just as they paid for that Great Big Beautiful Wall, right?
Truth and objective reality have a weight that can only be denied for so long
If Trump succeeds in implementing his tariffs, objective reality is going to destroy the carefully constructed Right Wing Propaganda Machine in which so many right wingers have encased their brains.
Data Point #1 (there will be many more)
One of the old justifications for tariffs was that they would bring factories home, but when the $3 billion shoe company Steve Madden announced yesterday it would reduce its imports from China by half to avoid Trump-promised tariffs, it said it will shift production not to the U.S., but to Cambodia, Vietnam, Mexico, and Brazil. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson...And contrary to the religiously held belief that the cost of tarrifs imposed is paid by the country upon which the tarrifs are imposed, the cost is actually paid by American consumers. So get ready for a steady uptick in inflation, reversing the trend of decreasing inflation that has been in place for the last 2 1/2 years.
Many Americans voted for Trump because the price of everyday items and food has gone up. We should now get ready for steep price increases across the board in imported goods, or products containing parts made overseas.
My suggestion to Democratic lawmakers, as if any of them are listening:
At every step of Trump’s expanding autocracy and policy irrationality, warn Americans of the consequences, then…. Step out of the way and let America get what she voted for.
Most of the government will now be in Trump’s hands, anyway.Allow the will of the majority to hold sway.
Warn the American public about what is coming. Protect the rights of the minority when possible, especially at the state level. But other than that, get out of the way.
Reality, and not Trump, will have its way. And let’s hope there are pieces to pick up when Trump is gone and the American people are picking themselves up from the floor after being mugged by reality.
