Summary
Trump’s trade wars and tariffs are hitting his own voters the hardest, with retaliatory levies from China, Canada, and Europe targeting industries in Trump-supporting states.
A New York Times analysis found that nearly 8 million Americans, mostly Trump voters, work in affected sectors like farming, steel, and manufacturing.
While some remain loyal, others are voicing frustration over job losses and economic strain. States like Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Indiana are particularly vulnerable.
Cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security could further impact Trump’s base.
They’ll wait till the next administration and blame them.
Bold to assume there will be a next administration
I’m so happy to see them get what they voted for, I’m also sad that all of us have to be onboard with them for the car crash.
Don’t forget the people that didn’t vote.
I hope so. If you voted for Dorito Mussolini you deserve everything that’s coming to you.
Actions should have consequences
They’ve gotten away for a very long time with not having any direct consequences. Oh no that was the previous guy, oh no that was COVID, oh no no one could do any better.
It’s pretty damn clear at this point which stage of the FAFO everyone is in
Yeah but these people FAFOIR: Fuck around. Find out. Ignore results.
That’s just nested FAFO
FA -> FO -> FA about results -> FO
The bell tolls for them eventually, maybe their great grandkids are nice people
If I were American I would worry more about the US turning into a fashist autocracy. Everyone can handle 4 years of economic hardship, but once you have the autocrats in power you can’t get out of that shithole for generations. Just asked the North Koreans, Chinese or Russians.
I think there are many people who can’t handle 4 years of economic hardship. A lot of folks are barely making ends meet as-is.
Even so, endless fascism is still even worse. They won’t go willingly, and they won’t respect election results. Leave it too long and it will be as difficult as overthrowing Hitler or the USSR. Actually more difficult, because those regimes faced actual opposition from abroad, whereas now it feels like the whole world is going fascist.
We lost that battle when we let corporations become people. Since then corporations are the only people that matter. The rest of us are only consumers. This is capitalism cannibalizing itself.
If corporations can’t survive a period of incarceration, like zero operations or sales, they are not people. Stupid that Citizens United was passed.
Everyone can handle 4 years of economic hardship
I believe that’s what most Trump voters are thinking about. They’re willing to make some economic sacrifices to get the country to change in a way they agree with. And the fact that their liberal neighbors will also suffer economically, and more than them psychologically makes this sacrifice more palatable.
Many people cannot handle 6 months of economic hardship. Did you even think before writing that?
Did you even read my comment to the end before writing that?
Yep. I agree with the idea that autocracy is worse, but I couldn’t disagree more that “anyone can handle 4 years of economic distress”
Or Palestinians
Musk literally said that Americans will suffer but that has to happen to “pull through this”
The leopards are eating good tonight.
At this rate the leopards are going to need to speak with a nutritionist about how to better balance their diet and daily exercise.
I have a really hard time feeling sympathy for them. Like lots of people who didn’t want this are getting hurt a lot more now, so anything that comes to them is well deserved
Most of us aren’t hurt yet, but we will be.
We are planning for a huge downturn in July at work. I expect something between a recession and a complete shit show. Hoping for the former.
I’m so worried about the fascism that I can hardly bother to worry about the economic consequences.
Honestly I’m hoping the economic consequences are so severe that it cripples fascism. Basically if everyone’s unemployed and angry the ability to control folks becomes questionable at best.
I don’t know… The fascists are much better at controlling the narrative, the most likely and by far the scariest scenario is that they find a scapegoat somewhere and unleash the unruly mobs on them.
Folks are just as likely to go after those in power, also we are talking about Americans here. The Feds have been a boogie man for decades it’s entirely possible that the fascists lose control because they can’t hold the narrative to protect Trump and the centralization of power.
Remember Trump didn’t gain more voters between 2020 and 2024, he has reached market saturation for voters. I suspect that that is true for total support as well.
This is where my fears are turning. I had ‘hoped’ things would get so bad we’d have mass revolts. I’m not sure anymore, starting to put together an exit plan, we’ll have a much better idea come this summer.
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Don’t buy stuff made from those states whenever possible.
Food is the one the one thing I buy regularly, that I directly purchase and can know the source on. So I’m sitting here with my little local CSA farm-share all lined up, and a tiny garden set up out back. There’ll be things I’ll have to buy, but I’ll either get them at the farmer’s market, or I’ll make sure to purchase imports. I’m absolutely determined to avoid red-state produce.
As long as the nation becomes racist and homo/trans phobic they won’t care.
