Summary

A new WalletHub poll reveals that 74% of Americans believe Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs will worsen inflation, which remains a major concern for most households.

Trump’s plan includes significant tariffs—up to 60% on Chinese goods and 20% on other imports—to protect American jobs and address issues like fentanyl production and border security.

Experts warn these tariffs could increase consumer prices, with middle-income families potentially losing $2,500 annually.

Analysts caution Trump’s plans may face political hurdles in Congress despite his economic-focused campaign promises.

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poll reveals that 74% of Americans believe Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs will worsen inflation,

Where the fuck were those people in November??

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23 points

Naval gazing, believing what they were told?

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5 points

There was also an epic campaign of Voter suppression from repubs.

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Yup, there definitely was. You could see it in the oh so unbiased BoTh SiDeS aRe ThE sAmE coverage from supposed left wing MSM, hint: there is no left MSM as there is no left in the States, it is either right of centre or full blown right wing anger politics with empty non answers.

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8 points

Voting for the leopards they were certain would not eat their face.

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6 points

Not voting. If we combine harris and non voters we get a similar number to the poll. Of course that’s a major simplification, but it still has something.

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2 points

They were told to be angry at trans kids in sports competitions, so their two braincells were busy.

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I wonder if a follow up question is in order. Like do they also expect to make even more money than prices will go up.

That’s the only vaguely plausible answer I can think of. Say hypothetically they think prices will go up 20%, but they somehow think they will be getting 40% more so it’s fine and the price increase only serves to further dissuade immigrants or something.

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If they actually think the retail price of stuff basically doubling won’t cause people to buy a lot less, they’re nuts.

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242 points

Are we going to pretend he gives a shit? He doesn’t. He got what he wanted, and he can’t be elected again (barring him fucking our systems so severely that he manages to force a third term on us). He’s going to wreck the justice system to avoid any consequences for his actions after his term, and he could very well kick the bucket while he’s in office anyway (dude’s got KFC gravy for blood).

He doesn’t care. He no longer has to. He can play his country-destroying games with impunity. He has no reason to give a single fuck what the American people want.

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I don’t think he cares as much about the tariffs, but I am quite sure tariffs on Mexico and Canada were Elonia’s idea

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I mean he enacted tarrifs on Canada and Mexico in his first term so it’s not like it’s not something he’s been thinking about.

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No, he just re-did the NAFTA, and it’s not better.

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Oh it’s deeper than that, it’s money coming out of our pockets slipping through a third party and going back into the government offers. It’s an extra tax on goods by proxy. He then has a fresh revenue stream without any earmarks on it.

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156,302,318 voters voted out of 244,666,890 eligible. 77,266,856 people voted for tRump. That’s 167,400,034 eligible voters who did not vote for tRump. So yeah…that tracks.

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And nobody gives one flying fuck about anyone who can’t be bothered to vote. If your to lazy to get off your ass and vote you have absolutely no right to complain about anything cause politically you don’t matter and you get what your lazy ass asked for.

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That’s shocking

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Non-voters don’t matter as far as the political system we’re discussing is concerned so why do we spend so much time talking about them? How many of them there are and the reasons they don’t vote are both entirely irrelevant.

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Nah, with the current political climate, if you didnt vote, you voted for trump. Meaning well over half our country voted for trump.

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and he can’t be elected again (barring him fucking our systems so severely that he manages to force a third term on us).

That’s easy, create a national crisis (massive inflation + riots) and have SCOTUS suspend the 22nd amendment

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74% of Americans believe Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs will worsen inflation

How about not voting the guy in then?

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I was told the election was about the economy.

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44 points

I was repeatedly told on Lemmy that it was about genocide.

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27 points

That’s a term I haven’t heard in a long time.

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It was and they won! Now with Trump in office no more Palestinians will suffer! The humanitarian crisis is over, god-emperor himself said he wants Israel to “finish what they started”. He must mean that war needs to end, what other interpretation could possibly be accurate? I thank Jesus personally every night for helping the man win who wants to jack inflation right back up after it’s finally started taming. Our economy is in the right hands!

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I was also repeatedly told on Lemmy that it was about BlUEMaGA.

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I was told it was about immigation

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27 points

As often as people beat that drum, it’s nothing but an excuse for most. They don’t have any actual thoughts or opinions on the economy. Just voting on vibes.

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I think it’s that and “the grass is greener” fallacy. “I’m upset with things now so I’ll vote for somebody different because it might be better.”

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2 points

The Behavioral Theory of the Firm gives me the ick.

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It was. Ruining it, that is.

Surprise!

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They voted because of “woke” and immigrants. A guy on social media told them those are the real problems we face.

I can’t believe how little we are acknowledging that social media is currently being used to manipulate voters not just in US but also in Europe. Why people think that what happened in Romania didn’t also happen in US? And is not happening in other European countries?

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8 points

half of the respondents don’t care, because it hurts minorities and immigrants more.

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If the voting public were not handcuffed to the two party system by First-past-the-post voting, perhaps they would have chosen someone else.

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Perhaps they should have thought about that before voting for a lunatic.

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You don’t understand though. They really had to stick it to minorities and women, their every day be damned.

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It’s almost like they think if those people have less happiness then they will have more. It’s the same nonsense that underlies trickle down economics, a childlike belief that things won’t be held onto by the ruling class with a vice-like grip.

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70 points

The only poll that mattered was on November 5, 2024.

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