Well researched and well articulated article. Needs to be circulated to the highest echelons, digested, and acted upon before the catastrophe occurs. Unfortunately, I don't have much hope this will happen.
America is under attack by Trump/Putin. Trump has displayed no allegiance to our constitution, a violation of his oath. Foreign bad actors have for years been targeting those suffering to cultivate modern day MAGA, and amplifying the voices with bots. Trump/Russia’s Disinformation warfare’s first victims were MAGA, and our entire country has been harmed. Trump is actively trying to destroy America and is working on behalf of Russia. Speak up. Be bold. Name it so we can see it for what it is and understand what is at stake. Everything is at stake. He will crash our economy - because that was his intention. He is betraying America and our allies because that is his intention. He is silencing the press and stealing our information so that he can provide it to his true allegiance, Putin and Russia. He is a Russian asset. All of the evidence is there. He is destroying our science and healthcare, purging our military, education, judiciary, removing all oversight, our FAA, accessing all of our data to use as a weapon against us, and is gutting all of the programs for the vulnerable. It is not helpful to focus on this insanity here or that chaos there. Or what this crazy sycophant, compromised, or abetter is saying - focus on Trump and that he is working with Russia. See everything through that lens and what appears incomprehensible will finally make perfect sense. He will not stop, his goal is the destruction of the USA. The carnage is the point and will be horrific until we are no longer a democracy and the health, wealth, and values of the USA are demolished and hundreds of millions suffer. We will be unrecognizable soon. DO NOT NORMALIZE THIS. The time is now. Russia is an enemy, and Trump is working for Putin. We have no time to spare. We are actively under attack. We are at war but most don’t know it due to the shock and awe and disinformation that is rampant. Say it. Speak it. Don’t get distracted by the lies and insanity. I learned having been married for years to a narcissistic psychopath that my greatest mistake was trying to understand and look for reasons thinking we had some kind of shared values, trust, compassion, or honesty. They don’t operate like the rest of us. Look at Trump’s actions. See that he works for Putin. Name it. To fight the blitzkrieg of disinformation from Trump and the attack on our country we must first be aware. We Must Name it. Don’t look away. Eyes wide open. Be relentless. Stay focused on this one thing - we are under attack by Russia and Trump. America has been attacked on our own soil. They want a new world order where democracy is dead.
"Exporters will be hurt by increased costs for raw materials, currency appreciation, and upcoming retaliatory tariffs"
This is of course true, but more important is the exchange rate effect, the mechanism by which import restrictions tax exports and subsidize non-tariffed items.
It is worth pointing out that Trump legal authority to do this could have been removed by Democrats in 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan. We reap what we sow.
Well researched and well articulated article. Needs to be circulated to the highest echelons, digested, and acted upon before the catastrophe occurs. Unfortunately, I don't have much hope this will happen.
This is terrific, and extraordinarily depressing.
America is under attack by Trump/Putin. Trump has displayed no allegiance to our constitution, a violation of his oath. Foreign bad actors have for years been targeting those suffering to cultivate modern day MAGA, and amplifying the voices with bots. Trump/Russia’s Disinformation warfare’s first victims were MAGA, and our entire country has been harmed. Trump is actively trying to destroy America and is working on behalf of Russia. Speak up. Be bold. Name it so we can see it for what it is and understand what is at stake. Everything is at stake. He will crash our economy - because that was his intention. He is betraying America and our allies because that is his intention. He is silencing the press and stealing our information so that he can provide it to his true allegiance, Putin and Russia. He is a Russian asset. All of the evidence is there. He is destroying our science and healthcare, purging our military, education, judiciary, removing all oversight, our FAA, accessing all of our data to use as a weapon against us, and is gutting all of the programs for the vulnerable. It is not helpful to focus on this insanity here or that chaos there. Or what this crazy sycophant, compromised, or abetter is saying - focus on Trump and that he is working with Russia. See everything through that lens and what appears incomprehensible will finally make perfect sense. He will not stop, his goal is the destruction of the USA. The carnage is the point and will be horrific until we are no longer a democracy and the health, wealth, and values of the USA are demolished and hundreds of millions suffer. We will be unrecognizable soon. DO NOT NORMALIZE THIS. The time is now. Russia is an enemy, and Trump is working for Putin. We have no time to spare. We are actively under attack. We are at war but most don’t know it due to the shock and awe and disinformation that is rampant. Say it. Speak it. Don’t get distracted by the lies and insanity. I learned having been married for years to a narcissistic psychopath that my greatest mistake was trying to understand and look for reasons thinking we had some kind of shared values, trust, compassion, or honesty. They don’t operate like the rest of us. Look at Trump’s actions. See that he works for Putin. Name it. To fight the blitzkrieg of disinformation from Trump and the attack on our country we must first be aware. We Must Name it. Don’t look away. Eyes wide open. Be relentless. Stay focused on this one thing - we are under attack by Russia and Trump. America has been attacked on our own soil. They want a new world order where democracy is dead.
"Exporters will be hurt by increased costs for raw materials, currency appreciation, and upcoming retaliatory tariffs"
This is of course true, but more important is the exchange rate effect, the mechanism by which import restrictions tax exports and subsidize non-tariffed items.
It is worth pointing out that Trump legal authority to do this could have been removed by Democrats in 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan. We reap what we sow.