"If you were setting out to design a trade policy that would harm the American economy while undermining political support for its leadership, you might come up with something like the tariffs that Donald Trump just imposed on Canada, China, and Mexico."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico/681912/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico/681912/
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It’s a long way to the Midterms when Americans will get the chance to illustrate their ‘buyer’s remorse’ and take away Congress from backing this corrupt pea-brain.
I keep flashing on video of Barron Trump whispering something to Biden, who then looked as if the Devil himself had been in his ear.
DJT can drop dead at any moment, but his movement will continue and it’s up to a strong opposition to buttress our democracy.
For me there r 3 driving issues in the Trump camp: 1. Cutting income taxes and 2 allowing social media a free rein to influence ordinary working people, 3 third term
Trump blatantly bans real journalists and seeks only supportive ‘media’ (i.e. propagandists), to cover him.
Tech Bro’s have his back, because he’ll ensure their maximum profits.
Huge ongoing battle for truth.
Yesterday, ongoing AI analysis reduced the timeline for resistance to 3-6 months.
https://bsky.app/profile/cassandra6.bsky.social/post/3ljliop7ums2y