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Monday, May 05, 2025

Not only are tariffs making inflation worse, but the president is also arguing that's a good thing. Our economic injury is self-inflicted. And Republicans have been cheering for it.

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President Trump says that his approach is about putting "America first," but the record of his first 100 days is clear: Trump's foreign policy has left America weak, and Americans are paying the price.

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-- Center for American Progress (@americanprogress.bsky.social) May 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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Yeah, I don't want more anymore, I'm happy with having what I have.

#1 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-05-05 02:24 PM | Reply

Inflation has gone down since the tariffs were put in effect.

#2 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-05-05 02:32 PM | Reply

The economy will be so easy to explain when we get onto the campaign trail next year. The two weeks of bad times will be so far behind us, almost no one will remember. It will be smooth sailing to re-election. The congressional races will be so easy, President Trump will not even have to come out to any districts to help rally voters to the MAGA cause...
--GOP MAGA functionaries, in their wettest dreams

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2025-05-05 02:33 PM | Reply

Inflation has gone down since the tariffs were put in effect.

#2 | Posted by fishpaw

Tariffs came out April 5th.

Inflation numbers for April aren't out yet.

We have some data but not everything. Inflation is likely up slightly but only because Shelter costs have fallen 4% for the last 12 months (Dark Brandon wins again). Otherwise it would be up even higher overall because other areas saw pronounced jumps (Trump is an idiot).

www.forbes.com

#4 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-05-05 02:55 PM | Reply

It's become depressing reading the blind subservience of republicans.

This is how nations fail. When society supports a person more than they do their country.

Trump is objectively horrible for America.

By every metric.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-05 03:02 PM | Reply

It's a cult.

#6 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-05-05 03:20 PM | Reply

It's a cult of stupidity.

America was the strongest nation in the world.

Nothing Trump is doing is in America's benefit.

It's just following in the footsteps of the 3rd Reich.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-05 03:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The GOP is a Death To The American Economy Cult.

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-05 04:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I can see Republicans' just not caring a whole lot about sending millions of illegals to camps. History shows people love wishing their enemies into the cornfield.

But deliberately destroying our nation's economy? That will affect every Republican, personally.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-05 04:22 PM | Reply

Inflation has gone down since the tariffs were put in effect.
#2 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-05-05 02:32 PM

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"You know, somebody said, Oh, the shelves are going to be open,'" Trump continued, offering a hypothetical. "Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. So maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally."

His remarks followed a defensive morning after the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.3% during the first quarter. Behind the decline was a surge in imports as companies tried to front-run the sweeping tariffs on autos, steel, aluminum and almost every country. And even positive signs of increased domestic consumption indicated that purchases might be occurring before the import taxes lead to price increases.

Trump pointed his finger at Biden as the stock market fell Wednesday morning in response to the gross domestic product report.

"This is Biden's Stock Market, not Trump's," the Republican president, who took office in January, posted on his social media site. "Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers. Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden Overhang.' This will take a while, has NOTHING TO DO WITH TARIFFS."

#10 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-05-05 05:49 PM | Reply

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