https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/trump-tariffs-recession-pollAmericans are increasingly concerned about Donald Trump’s effort to overhaul the US economy with sweeping tariffs on foreign goods, according to an exclusive poll for the Guardian, despite the US president’s efforts to downplay the risks of his strategy.“Have no fear, we will WIN everything!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday, claiming that tariffs were already “pouring money” into the country.But fears are growing. When given a list of issues including inflation, healthcare and immigration, 72% of Americans said they are concerned about tariffs.The survey was conducted by the Harris Poll in early March. When it conducted the same survey in mid-January, 61% of those polled said tariffs were a concern.A lot has changed since then. Since returning to the White House, Trump has pushed for tariffs against many of the US’s key trading partners. He tacked on an extra 20% tariff on Chinese imports and hiked tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports.
The president has also threatened to go further next month, promising sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on all imports from across the world and universal tariffs on all products imported from Canada and Mexico.Amid widespread concerns, Trump and his cabinet have spent the last few weeks arguing that this strategy will bring jobs back to the US and ultimately lead to higher wages. The commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, conceded last week that a recession was possible, but suggested this would be “worth it”.But so far, most Americans seem skeptical of this vision: 66% believe the US economy will take years to recover from Trump’s tariffs, according to the survey.The country remains divided. As shown in recent polling, how a person views the economy under Trump depends on their political party. Republicans were less likely than Democrats and independents to be concerned about the economy and inflation, a potential recession and tariffs. 90% of Democrats and 69% of independents said they are concerned about tariffs, compared to 57% of Republicans. 89% of Democrats and 75% of independents said they are concerned about a otential recession in the US, compared to 65% of Republicans. 85% of Democrats and 62% of independents said it will take years for the US economy to recover from the tariffs, compared with 52% of Republicans.
It’s a sudden flip from how Republicans and Democrats viewed the economy last year while Joe Biden was president. Last May, 70% of Republicans said the economy was worsening, compared with 26% who indicated the same last month. Comparatively, 69% of Democrats now say the economy is getting worse, compared with 36% who said the same in May.This is also reflected in whether someone believes the tariffs against Canada and Mexico are justified. The vast majority of Republicans believe that the tariffs are justified – 79% for tariffs against Mexico, and 75% for tariffs against Canada – while just over 30% for Democrats and about 40% of independents believe the same.
I get a laugh over midwest farmers raising hell during town halls. YOU VOTED FOR THIS, MORON
>>1392813Those are the same farmers who will end up getting stimulus/buyout checks from the government because they can't sell to foreigners anymore, like what happened the last time Trump made a bunch of harmful tariffs.
>>1392813>>1392821Daily reminder for the retards in the back:Trump is trying to crash the stock market at least 20%, causing a flight into treasuries, this will cause the fed to slash interest rates so he can refinance the debt to near 0% and cause a deflationary spiral which will lower the cost of everything.He also intends to use tariffs as an incentive for companies to build in the US to avoid having to pay them. The Tariffs and the resulting global trade war will also force American Farmers to sell more of their goods in the US (due to retaliatory trade measures by other countries) which will directly lower the price of groceries in the US.More than 94% of all stock is owned by just 8% of the US population. Trump is literally taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor.This is why Trump is playing a game of Hokey Pokey with Tariffs. One day he has 25% Tariffs on Mexico and the next he doesn't. This is to cause extreme volatility in the markets and a desperate need and demand to flee towards treasury bonds which are much more stable but offer much lower potential return.This is also why eggs are cheaper now than they were under Joe Biden.
>>1392946so this is the new script huh shill. you're a faggot
>>1392946>The Tariffs and the resulting global trade war will also force American Farmers to sell more of their goods in the US (due to retaliatory trade measures by other countries) which will directly lower the price of groceries in the US.Wait how? Farmers will sell for... cheaper, when they can't sell to foreign markets in addition to local ones? That's... not how business or farming works.
>>1392821they can sell their farmland though, and they are doing so in record numbers not seens since the late '70s.China is buying up the farmland, in general. Forecloased farms nearer to the cities are bought up by US real estate developers.
>>1392961Imagine having to sell the family farm passed down from five generations through the Great Depression and now because of Trump's tariff ploy it's over.
>>1392787No they aren't the average american are retards who don't even know how tariffs work. I have 0 faith in americans to be able to do any research at all. this is fine america is self-sufficient it will produce all the steel aluminum foodstuff oil machine parts minerals eletronics all by itself. Hell we've even got so much lumbar to spare there's a wildfire every few weeks
>>1392970>this is fine america is self-sufficient it will produce all the steel aluminum foodstuff oil machine parts minerals eletronics all by itself.If we can, why haven't we?
>>1392972because we haven't implemented the slave class yet, We just need to designate enemies of the state to have their citizenships forfeited then repossess their belongings and ship them to a manufacturing city to work.Most of them are middle-class nepochildren so it'll help pay off most of the american debt.
>>1392981oh wow, you really are a russian shill aren't you. that's right out of their playbook
>>1392982sacrifice yourself for america stop being selfish.
>>1392989yet again, spoken like a true russian. https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/international-flights-from-russia-selling-out-after-putin-mobilizes-reservists/vi-AA1B2568
>>1392991you're such a selfish asshole, america's given you everything your families spent generations being pampered and getting everything they want with minimum effort or labor its time to pay it back with your body for the sake of the future inhabitants and the rich
>>1392992your grammar is atrocious, shill
>>1392993nepobabies like you deserve to go through some real life experience and i hope you suffer painfully.
>>1392994you know, you could get a real job instead of trying to drag everyone down to your level. just a thought
>>1392995know who doesn't need a job? far-left nepobabies like u!
>>1392998i love my job anon, i can't imagine swapping places with your miserable ass
>>1393002you're a nepobaby that got the easy life lol you don't need to do an actual job.
>>1393006you're just upset that i accurately pointed out the fact that you're a shill. you have no idea who i am and everyone knows what you are. get a new job already, sad sack
>>1393008whatever you say nepobaby
>>1392998>>1393006>>1393019looks like a new shill narrative just dropped
>>1392789>The vast majority of Republicans believe that the tariffs are justified – 79% for tariffs against Mexico, and 75% for tariffs against Canada – while just over 30% for Democrats and about 40% of independents believe the same.Stupid idiots. Trump created the trade agreement he's breaking now.
>>1393242Their memories don't go back further than two weeks in the past. Conservatives are mentally retarded human goldfish. Their entire ideology is vibes-based.
>>1392946You realize refinancing the debt counts as a default which destroys one of the underpinnings of world finance and a "deflationary spiral" would actually crash the economy, right?
>>1393412No of course he doesn't realize it, or comprehend what you're talking about, or understand why deflation is bad. Trump said it's a win and so it's a win, and that's final.
I voted for deporting illegals and limiting H-1B visas to increase my chances of getting a job and drive wages up for everyone based upon simple law of supply and demand for labor. Instead, King Redditor Elong swooped in at the last minute and now we have a Brahmin occupied government using H-1B math to lock us out of the world economy.
