As for "economic damage", this is where you really diverge from reality.
The S&P 500 has risen back to pre-Liberation Day tariff announcement levels.
Gasoline prices are down.
Egg prices are down.
April jobs report is out, beating projections by 44,000 jobs.
The media's economic fear-mongering never materialized.
So yes, the US economy effects me -- all in a good way right now. President Trump's agenda is working. The people wishing otherwise will be the ones who need to cope.
The only reason the economy is in any kind of "decent" shape is because Trump backtracked on the things he said. He's well aware his suggestions are economic catastrophe.
So, you should be thanking his opposition for forcing his hand in this. You're welcome. If we did not complain enough, then the tariffs would still be proposed and we'd be fucked. Luckily, he backtracked 99% of it.
And, nothing has actually went into effect yet. What you're missing is that the economic disaster we've seen is just from him threatening it. Yeah, nothing material has happened yet. So however bad it was, it can only get worse when his awful, awful economic policy comes to fruition.
Also, GDP is down Q1 2025. We're almost certainly going to enter a recession, it's mostly a question of how bad it's going to be. Have fun!
As for "economic damage", this is where you really diverge from reality.
The S&P 500 has risen back to pre-Liberation Day tariff announcement levels.
Gasoline prices are down.
Egg prices are down.
April jobs report is out, beating projections by 44,000 jobs.
The media's economic fear-mongering never materialized.
So yes, the US economy effects me -- all in a good way right now. President Trump's agenda is working. The people wishing otherwise will be the ones who need to cope.