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"Vote for the guy who would help me take over your country" is an incredible closing message

GALLUP: “.. Most U.S. adults, 89%, think the tariffs are likely to result in higher prices on the products they buy .. “.. Americans have little appetite for long-term disruption to the U.S. economy before they see any economic benefits from the higher tariffs.” news.gallup.com/poll/660002/...

Our loss will be Canada’s gain. 🤡 #EmptyShelves

Worst Dallas Fed manufacturing survey since 2020: New orders collapse. Prices paid soars.

New polling on Trump's handling of inflation:   35% approve, 64% disapprove (CNN) 38% approve, 62% disapprove (CBS)

Trump’s billionaire Treasury Secretary is ‘not worried about empty shelves’ to come www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

China Foreign Ministry spox overnight: “Let me make it clear one more time – China and the US are not engaged in any consultation or negotiation on tariffs.” Treasury Secretary Bessent on CNBC just now: *BESSENT: ALL ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENT IN CONTACT WITH CHINA Who you gunna believe?

INBOX: Billionaire not worried.

Big drop in Trump’s net approval on Silver Bulletin to -9.1% today, and I don’t think it includes ABC/WaPo or NBC News polls:

The Port of LA (the main route of entry for goods coming from China) is expecting a large drop in scheduled arrivals ... by May 4, estimates show a decline of about a third from a year earlier. (h/t Kevin Gordon) @financialtimes.com

“.. one sizable group is poised to feel the impact first: long-haul truckers.” @fortune.com fortune.com/article/huge...

Container bookings from China to the United States are nosediving. @financialtimes.com (via Kevin Gordon)

JAPAN ECONOMY MINISTER AKAZAWA: NO CHANGE TO OUR STANCE WE ARE DEMANDING FULL REMOVAL OF U.S. TARIFFS

Industry trade groups heightening their trade rhetoric: “Christmas 2025 at Risk,” says the Toy Association. 🎅🏻 (via Apollo) www.toyassociation.org/PressRoom2/N...

This is a key point. Empty shelves in plain sight will test the limits of any jawboning or misdirection. #SummerOfScarcity 🇺🇸

Hell of a 100 days for the Trump crime family

WAPO: “.. ocean-container bookings from China to the U.S. are down by more than 60 percent .. “.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’” @davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

(ABC News) - Donald Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years .. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

Wow.

Travel bookings from Europe to the US for summer 2025 are down a whopping 25%. But worse than that - American expats like me are afraid to go back. And many Americans are afraid to cross the borders to leave or return. From @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/america/...

abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

In case you were wondering why consumer staples was the only sector down this week: @fortune.com $ACI $XLP fortune.com/2025/04/25/a...

“How much injustice will Americans take? Has the arrest of a judge crossed a line you cannot tolerate? How about the taking of three small American children out of the country in the middle of the night without due process? Have we crossed the Rubicon yet?” open.substack.com/pub/america/...

New AP-Norc poll is first major poll with Trump's job approval in the 30s, 39%-59% (-20). apnorc.org/projects/100...

This line is going to stick with me for a very long time. “One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”

A headline from Hell. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

Cooper: Wow, his image is being shown on a monitor.. that's why you hear people actually applauding. They're applauding President Zelenskyy when he appeared on some of the Jumbotrons

ICYMI: Ken Griffin this week, on the creditworthiness of US treasuries: For decades, “no brand came close. And we put that brand at risk.” 🇺🇸

“Worst April since 1932” says WSJ - gift link and a few pictures of bread lines in NY from 1932 www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

"the American people are no economic fools. They understand what's happened over the past three months. They understand that back in January we had an economy that was moving along pretty well...And they've seen the enormous chaos subsequently."

#GoldenAgeOfAmerica 🥇 #UMich @byheatherlong.bsky.social

“.. consumers now expect prices to climb by 6.5 percent over the next year. It’s the largest projected spike in prices recorded by the University of Michigan since 1981, when the U.S. faced the dual threat of a recession and double-digit inflation.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Pew Research poll: Trump approval 40% approve 59% disapprove U.S. adults

(Reuters) - A 25% U.S. tariff on pharmaceutical imports would increase U.S. drug costs by nearly $51 billion annually, boosting U.S. prices by as much as 12.9% if passed on, a report commissioned by the industry's U.S. trade group and reviewed by Reuters shows. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Reuters poll: Trump approval 37% approve 57% disapprove U.S. adults

New Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Trump’s underwater on immigration: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

APOLLO: “Trade Between China and the US Collapsing .. The consequence will be empty shelves in US stores in a few weeks and Covid-like shortages for consumers and for firms using Chinese products as intermediate goods.”

* CHINA, U.S. NOT HAVING ANY TALKS ON TARIFFS --CHINESE EMBASSY * U.S. SHOULD STOP CREATING CONFUSION -- CHINESE EMBASSY @reuters.com

E-commerce software company SmartScout tracked 930 products on Amazon that have seen increased prices since April 9, with an average jump of 29%. price hikes affect a range of categories, including clothing, jewelry, household items, office supplies, electronics, toys. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/a...

SOUTHWEST CEO: “I don’t care if you call it a recession or not, in this industry that’s a recession.” @bloomberg.com $LUV www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

JPMORGAN: “.. tariffs are expected to drive US core CPI up to 6.3%ar this quarter ..”

🤦🏼 couldn’t make it up if we tried

This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.