Summary
Donald Trump lashed out at China for retaliating against his new tariffs, calling the country the “biggest abuser” of U.S. trade.
After Trump imposed an additional 34% tariff on Chinese goods, China responded with its own 34% tariff on U.S. products and suspended key imports.
Financial markets in both countries plunged, with U.S. economists warning of a potential recession.
Despite backlash, Trump defended his strategy, urging the Fed to cut rates and calling the tariffs a path to long-term gain. Critics warn of global economic instability and rising protectionism.
We live in a completely different information environment than Trump fans.
Spend some time watching the MAGA media ecosystem, and you can see why people hang on his every word. I blame them, influencers profiting off MAGAland, more than any supporter consuming it.
I have. I have family, some of whom I lived with during some of the MAGA years.
He’s no less pathetic there.
At some point, you have to accept that people legitimately love the bullshit spewing out of his mouth. The people who go to his rallies and watch him live, no intermediaries, fall over themselves with adoration.
I’ve watched fox news try blame a crash 1 day after tariff announcements as somehow Biden’s fault. Not a very convincing argument for why i shouldn’t blame Trump for thousands of dollars in personal investment losses.
Am i missing some step, like turning off my brain? Will I then be able to happily vote for someone who is personally fucking me with almost surgical precision?
You’re just a totally different base than Fox’s. They’re telling viewers want they want to hear, which has always been this, for decades. They have to, as otherwise they’d switch channels and lose engagement blaming non-liberals for anything.
And if you want to disrupt the pipeline of shit that eventually leads to Trump, that’s where to start.