Trump's tariff actions are destroying the American economy. Interested in seeing what people think his primary motivation is for doing so.
Poll: Why is Trump Destroying the American Economy?
- Thread starter Katscratch
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US adds 228k jobs in March.
Eggs decreased 44% since 1 Jan.
Current unemployment at 4.2 percent.
Feb month over month inflation 0.2 percent.
Eggs decreased 44% since 1 Jan.
Current unemployment at 4.2 percent.
Feb month over month inflation 0.2 percent.
I think he motivation is to laugh at whiney lefty libs like yourself.
Maybe your dumb lefty take should have waited until the market closed today.
I guess you didn’t take his advice.
Trump urges calm, says "great time to buy" as markets convulse over tariffs
Stock futures were sinking again in premarket trading on Wednesday after massive U.S. tariffs against China kicked in overnight.
www.newsweek.com
Poll update:
“Arrogance” is the leading cause of Trump’s economic embarrassments so far. “Ignorance” and “Stupidity” not far behind.
Get your votes in!!
“Arrogance” is the leading cause of Trump’s economic embarrassments so far. “Ignorance” and “Stupidity” not far behind.
Get your votes in!!
I was hoping someone would have been paying attention when Trump was campaigning. Instead of listening, the Dems were listening to boo-hoo propaganda. Trump said our economy was in terrible shape, and he would implement tariffs, which would initially hurt the economy, BUT it would bring back jobs and manufacturing.
We had four years of hearing the economy is strong, the border is secure, and Biden is as sharp as a tack. However, don't vote for Trump because he is a liar.
We had four years of hearing the economy is strong, the border is secure, and Biden is as sharp as a tack. However, don't vote for Trump because he is a liar.
I agree with Trump on these democrats should be tried for treason on the border issue. Long term effects are in play as they will never get all the bad apples out.
LOL:
"You know those tariffs Donald Trump announced last week that sent stock markets crashing and caused a global financial tailspin and sparked intense backlash from his own supporters on Wall Street and in the Republican Party and shattered American alliances and used made-up numbers and put tariffs on penguins and caused his own advisers to engage in a public war of words in which one of them called the other a moron and forced Trump to issue a statement telling everyone to be cool and hang tough, except he accidentally wrote the words, “Hank tough” — which sounds like the name of a fake adviser he would invent to blame for his stupid tariff plan. “Don’t blame me. Blame senior White House adviser Hank Tough and his buddy, the lemonade kingpin Mike Hard” — well, this might shock you, but today Trump paused most of those tariffs for 90 days, one day after his White House said he would not pause tariffs, and about two months after he announced then paused and announced then pause and announced tariffs on Canada and Mexico, then left them out of the tariff announcement, then said he wouldn’t pause them, then paused them?
Well, I mean, at least we’re two years into the Trump presidency, right? WHAT?! It’s only been 80 days?
All right, don’t freak out. Just be cool, everybody. Hank Tough."
"You know those tariffs Donald Trump announced last week that sent stock markets crashing and caused a global financial tailspin and sparked intense backlash from his own supporters on Wall Street and in the Republican Party and shattered American alliances and used made-up numbers and put tariffs on penguins and caused his own advisers to engage in a public war of words in which one of them called the other a moron and forced Trump to issue a statement telling everyone to be cool and hang tough, except he accidentally wrote the words, “Hank tough” — which sounds like the name of a fake adviser he would invent to blame for his stupid tariff plan. “Don’t blame me. Blame senior White House adviser Hank Tough and his buddy, the lemonade kingpin Mike Hard” — well, this might shock you, but today Trump paused most of those tariffs for 90 days, one day after his White House said he would not pause tariffs, and about two months after he announced then paused and announced then pause and announced tariffs on Canada and Mexico, then left them out of the tariff announcement, then said he wouldn’t pause them, then paused them?
Well, I mean, at least we’re two years into the Trump presidency, right? WHAT?! It’s only been 80 days?
All right, don’t freak out. Just be cool, everybody. Hank Tough."
"For weeks, President Trump has repeatedly boasted that his administration had managed to bring egg prices down. But new data on Thursday showed that egg prices at the grocery store continued to climb in March.
Egg prices rose 5.9 percent over the month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They climbed at a slower rate, though, after rising 10.4 percent in February and 15.2 percent in January.
Compared with a year earlier, egg prices are up 60.4 percent.
Egg prices have reached record highs in recent months as bird flu outbreaks have hit poultry farms and forced producers to cull tens of millions of hens. But Mr. Trump, who had vowed to bring down grocery prices while on the campaign trail, has continued to claim victory on egg prices. This month, Mr. Trump said that egg prices had dropped 59 percent, and on Monday, he said that egg prices were down 79 percent.
Consumers might not be feeling relief because the president is not referring to retail egg prices. He is instead pointing to the wholesale price of eggs, which has fallen by roughly half since the beginning of his second term.
Wholesale egg prices dropped from a national average of $6.55 a dozen on Jan. 24 to $3.26 on April 4, according to data from the Agriculture Department. Wholesale egg prices are also down from a peak of more than $8 a dozen at the end of February.
But the average retail price for a dozen large eggs reached $6.23 in March, up from $5.90 the month before, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
It could take several weeks for the decrease in wholesale prices to pass through to retail prices, said David Ortega, a food economist at Michigan State University. “All indications are that there’s some relief coming for consumers,” he said. “Even then, there are a lot of other factors that determine the price of eggs.”
Wholesale egg prices have come down significantly as poultry farms report fewer bird flu outbreaks, supply has increased and consumer demand has weakened, economists say. But it is difficult to know exactly how much retail egg prices could come down. New avian flu outbreaks could continue to put pressure on egg prices. And even though a drop in wholesale egg prices typically translates to lower prices at the grocery store, retailers do not necessarily have to pass all of the savings to consumers.
This does not refute what I said. Learn to econ noob.
"For weeks, President Trump has repeatedly boasted that his administration had managed to bring egg prices down. But new data on Thursday showed that egg prices at the grocery store continued to climb in March.
Egg prices rose 5.9 percent over the month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They climbed at a slower rate, though, after rising 10.4 percent in February and 15.2 percent in January.
Compared with a year earlier, egg prices are up 60.4 percent.
Egg prices have reached record highs in recent months as bird flu outbreaks have hit poultry farms and forced producers to cull tens of millions of hens. But Mr. Trump, who had vowed to bring down grocery prices while on the campaign trail, has continued to claim victory on egg prices. This month, Mr. Trump said that egg prices had dropped 59 percent, and on Monday, he said that egg prices were down 79 percent.
Consumers might not be feeling relief because the president is not referring to retail egg prices. He is instead pointing to the wholesale price of eggs, which has fallen by roughly half since the beginning of his second term.
Wholesale egg prices dropped from a national average of $6.55 a dozen on Jan. 24 to $3.26 on April 4, according to data from the Agriculture Department. Wholesale egg prices are also down from a peak of more than $8 a dozen at the end of February.
But the average retail price for a dozen large eggs reached $6.23 in March, up from $5.90 the month before, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
It could take several weeks for the decrease in wholesale prices to pass through to retail prices, said David Ortega, a food economist at Michigan State University. “All indications are that there’s some relief coming for consumers,” he said. “Even then, there are a lot of other factors that determine the price of eggs.”
Wholesale egg prices have come down significantly as poultry farms report fewer bird flu outbreaks, supply has increased and consumer demand has weakened, economists say. But it is difficult to know exactly how much retail egg prices could come down. New avian flu outbreaks could continue to put pressure on egg prices. And even though a drop in wholesale egg prices typically translates to lower prices at the grocery store, retailers do not necessarily have to pass all of the savings to consumers.
Eggs US - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News
Eggs US decreased 2.57 USD/DOZEN or 44.27% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This page includes a chart with historical data for Eggs US.
tradingeconomics.com
.This does not refute what I said. Learn to econ noob.
Eggs US - Price - Chart - Historical Data - News
Eggs US decreased 2.57 USD/DOZEN or 44.27% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This page includes a chart with historical data for Eggs US.
Like Trump, you cited wholesale, not retail prices and not what consumers are paying, which are still inordinately high per the same statistical site you are linking. All you need for additional proof of that is a trip to the Kroger.
It's all a crock of crap used for political talking points anyway; the crazy egg price spike last year was largely caused by bird flu. The current continued price spike is a residual effect of that which will go away soon. Not the fault of Trump or Biden policies, and didn't need to get solved by policy. So claiming this is an example of Trump economic success (or failure) is simply not accurate.
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I went to Krogers a few days ago and they were $3.49. That is lower than they have been.
Good lord I miss Indiana grocery prices.
Eggs were $5.10 at Aldi this week near me. Last year when I was in a Bloomington Kroger pretty much everything was quite a bit cheaper than where I live.
$5.29 a dozen? Yup, that sounds about right, though there aren't Giant Supermarkets near me.
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