Summary

The Wall Street Journal slammed Trump’s new 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada as “the dumbest” move, warning they harm allies, not adversaries.

The editorial suggested retaliation could pressure Trump to reverse course. The stock market reacted negatively, showing concerns about Trump’s economic policies in a second term.

The Journal also recently criticized Trump’s stance on Ukraine, U.S. withdrawal from Europe, and his sovereign wealth fund plans, highlighting broader worries about his policy direction.

  • @Placebonickname
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    88 hours ago

    I agree that the stuff he’s doing with Elon Musk and some of the other executive orders he signed about transgender rights and trying to take over the federal election commission has a bigger long, lasting national impact

    But reducing the price of groceries is one of the key reasons why people voted for him in my state and it’s one of the loudest statements he made (about reducing the price of food on day one anyway) that will have an impact it’s not lasting, but is most visible to the average American

    Case in point when he was elected all the in the state of Kansas had eggs at approximately 4.50 a dozen and yesterday I bought eggs at 5.98 a dozen  

    • @krashmo
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      47 hours ago

      People, specifically conservatives but this applies to more than just them, don’t vote based on consistent standards of behavior or expectations of policy direction. They choose whatever reason is popular at the moment to justify voting for the candidate that feels right to them. They don’t reevaluate things later on and see how their candidate performed against expectations. They just keep grabbing the current justification for their vote from whichever form of media they prefer and carry on living unexamined lives.