I’m surprised his tariffs didn’t have a bigger impact, I fully expected them to crater the US economy.

mandeepj a day ago | parent | next [-]

The economy toppled the regime; At least, what Red leaders are saying. You are missing out.

	▲	SoftTalker a day ago \| parent [-]
		Always does. They forgot the organizing principle of Bill Clinton's campaign: It's the economy, stupid! A lot of people liked Trump's brash and swaggering personality but not to the point that they stopped caring about their pocketbook.

jpadkins a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

is it possible you were mislead?

selectodude a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The American consumer might be the most resilient thing on the planet. Blows my mind but there you have it.

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UltraSane a day ago | parent | prev [-]

They were basically just a national sales tax.

	▲	sagarm 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nope, because it was also a tax on inputs. Worse, supply chains that crossed the border multiple times would be taxed multiple times. The chaos also made it impossible to plan.