"But there’s a reason they’re willing to absorb the pain of a few billion in lost market value. It’s not part of some three-dimensional strategy, it’s the only way they can get what they really want: a massive tax cut. Without offsets known as 'pay fors,' the full array of Republican tax proposals could increase deficits by $9.1 trillion over the coming decade, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation."

#Musk #Trump #tariffs #TaxCuts
/7

"Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk lead companies that are part of a group known in financial circles as the 'Magnificent Seven.' On Thursday alone, Cook’s Apple lost $312 billion in market capitalization—comparable to the entire market value of Coca-Cola. Tesla, a company whose stock has already fallen because of general hatred for Elon Musk, lost about 10% of its value last week."

~ Marlon Weems

#Musk #Trump #tariffs #TaxCuts
/6

https://thejourneyman.substack.com/p/of-course-he-did-this-on-purpose

@the_etrain

>> War is peace. Poor is rich. Golf is work.

#Tariffs are #TaxCuts

"The bluster around tariffs and revenue does create a good smokescreen to divert attention from the key Republican policy, redistributing wealth from the average citizen to the wealthy.

For all their talk about the revenue that these tariffs are going to bring in, Republicans are once again proposing massive tax cuts for the rich."

~ Matt Bernardini

#Musk #Trump #tariffs #SocialSecurity #DOGE #TaxCuts #billionaires #EconomicElites
/4

https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/trumps-tariffs-how-to-lose-friends

@Pittthewelder as I said, I am not supporting the method of trying to create jobs in the #USA via #tariffs or the fact that it is really designed to bring #taxcuts to the rich. However, trying to create well paid jobs locally is not a bad thing. That said I really hate what he is doing to some very poor countries. They cannot afford to buy US goods, hence the trade gap!

"America is spinning quickly in the direction of Hungarian populism, Hungarian politics, and Hungarian justice. But that means Hungarian stagnation, Hungarian corruption, and Hungarian poverty lie in our future too."

#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #StockMarket #TaxCuts #EconomicElites #Orbán #Hungary
/12

"In fact, annual average inflation in 2023 was more than 17 percent. In 2024, the government predicted 4 percent growth; the reality was 0.6 percent. Anyone who contradicts this messaging is unlikely to be widely heard."

#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #StockMarket #TaxCuts #EconomicElites #Orbán #Hungary
/11

"MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished. ...

'Please trust us,' Orbán declared in his annual state-of-the-nation speech in early 2023. “You can bet on it: By the end of the year, we will have inflation in single digits'.”

~ Anne Applebaum

#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #StockMarket #TaxCuts #EconomicElites #Orbán #Hungary
/10

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/viktor-orban-hungary-maga-corruption/682111/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3x9sHVa0LDGR9gcTv0mlsRo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

"'The president has got a heck of a lot of analysis before him, and he's gonna make the right choice, I'm sure.'

The National Economic Council is the primary group the president uses to develop domestic and international economic policy, so the fact that Hassett appears to have no idea what’s coming is concerning."

#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #StockMarket #TaxCuts #EconomicElites
/9

"On the Fox News Channel this morning, Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett said: 'President Trump has a long run vision of a golden age of America and we’re working really, really hard to get it out there in time. But I can't give you any forward-looking guidance on what's gonna happen this week.'"

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #StockMarket #TaxCuts #EconomicElites
/8

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-30-2025

"The collapse is coming—and as [Canadian MP] Charlie [Angus] warned, it’s going to hit Americans first. Higher prices. Job losses. Isolation."

#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #StockMarket #TaxCuts #EconomicElites
/7

"Trump is a geopolitical Ponzi schemer, running a fraud on the American people and weakening our standing in the world. But he’s not just hurting Americans. He’s also making our allies reconsider everything, from intelligence-sharing to military procurement."

#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #StockMarket #TaxCuts #EconomicElites
/6

~ Ben Meiselas

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/canadian-mp-charlie-angus-on-why

"Where are we headed? A recent survey of corporate chief financial officers finds 60 percent of them agreeing that we’re headed for a recession this year. Is anyone surprised? This is what Republicans do. They screw up the economy. Later down the line, Democrats get elected and have to fix everything."

~ Michael Tomasky

#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #StockMarket #TaxCuts #EconomicElites
/5

https://newrepublic.com/article/193360/trump-tank-economy-liberation-tariffs

"The Dow Jones suffered its worst day in weeks on Friday. … Goldman Sachs yesterday upgraded their U.S. recession risk to 35 percent … and Japan’s Nikkei index fell 4 percent during early trading this morning."

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #economy #tariffs #recession #inflation #stagflation #StockMarket #Dow #TaxCuts #EconomicElites
/3

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/today-is-a-do-day-mad-donalds-tariffs