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.
Things like food, electricity and heat are surprisingly important to people. A measurable about of this comes from our allies Canada and Mexico. Trumps tariffs will make these more expensive by itself. Retaliatory action (which is completely justified IMO) from the Canada and Mexico may make these simply unavailable.
High ideals such as how we treat each other in society or even our rule of law take a backseat if you’re sitting in the dark, cold and hungry.
A quick internet search shows 15% or food imported and 1% or electricity. So yeah prices might increase a little but I feel it pales in comparison to genocide, concentration camps, environmental destruction, and nuclear war.
It’s hard for a family to care about nuclear winter when they can’t even survive March.
Your search was too quick, or you didn’t think deep enough on your query. Those percentages are against the entire country. Specific areas of the country have much higher. At the extreme, there are small communities on the border that have zero connection to the US energy grid and instead are tied to the Canadian grid. Lots of produce has faster spoilage so its imported from Canada or Mexico to border regions where its consumed fast enough. Now those supplies are gone and food would have to be shipped in from farther away, increasing spoilage and straining logistics.
Lastly, how does the USA generate the majority of its electricity domestically today? Natural Gas. Where does a lot of that Natural Gas come from? Canada.