If the tariffs are for protectionism, they won't make things more affordable for Americans or generate a lot of revenue. If the tariffs are for revenue, they can't be set according to the President's whims. Trump has gone all in on tariffs as a panacea, though. It's his big 2nd term agenda. We all pay the price, unfortunately.
I am extremely critical of Trump, not because of his party, but because he is an economic ignoramus and an authoritarian. Democrats seem to think I'm an ally, but I haven't forgotten what Biden (or whoever ran his autopen) did for 4 years. I was critical of that regime, too.
I believe this is a healthy way to be. Even politicians that I really liked such as Ron Paul, had a few things here and there that I thought were a bit nuts. These days though, politics has just become "our side good, other side bad!" no matter what it is about and I kind of start to feel that people like Trump say a bunch of things just to get the media wheels a turnin' and once again the media ends up making fools of themselves.
How many politicians or pundits out there have Tweets that are polar opposites of one another depending on which side the politician in question was on?
I'm rambling now.... I'm also kind of wondering how if JD Vance or whoever gets the baton passed to them in the next election doesn't win for the R's, won't all of this stuff just get executive ordered away in the first week?