Wow, I’m shocked! You mean he LIED? Again?
Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Worked — They Liberated Americans From Their Jobs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s vaunted “Liberation Day” tariffs have worked — if liberating Americans from their jobs was the actual goal.
The nation’s manufacturing sector, the very one Trump purportedly wanted to help with his import taxes, has instead been losing jobs every single month since he announced them in April. In all, there are now 67,000 fewer manufacturing jobs than when he imposed tariffs on most imports.
“It’s not just tariffs,” said University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers. “It’s also uncertainty, chaos, incompetence, and a radical and idiosyncratic approach to economic policy.”
But, the news isn’t all bad. If you’re an oligarch, or one of Trump’s Big Money buddies, you’re doing VERY well….
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