| tubi... | while it could have been a positive, strategic move, trump is little more than an idiot with money and has screwed it up, royally. |
| soto... | He should be focusing on how to make things more affordable instead of engaging in erratic trade wars that will not result in his desired outcome. |
| rene... | It shows a lack of a strategic plan. Border enforcement is not the real reason especially for Canada |
| brod... | Swerving wildly and careening madly with serious issues that affect the well-being of millions. |
| joyc... | Clueless. Endangering the integrity of America and our democracy |
| mari... | Trumps bully tactics will not work, but he is enabled by the orange court and thus this shit show will continue |
| lisa... | I'm still stuck on 'HOW' did this happen was back in in 2016 (obviously didnt go well) And he's back worse than ever. And so, prompt To public, wherever, whenever, of 'Do you think think this is Normal for a intelligent & thoughtful society' ? It's our civil duty to make this madness, destruction, hate stop. Does our military stand with Us the US, or are they puppets, pawns for the king? |
| timm... | You need a new set of subscribers. The people that voted negatively have obviously never been in strategic negotiations before. That's what he's doing, just on a World stage. It'll all work out and mostly in the USA’s favor. |
| apph... | He threatens, sets a percentage, walks it back. He doesn’t seem to understand that tariffs will hurt the US, too. |
| dnto... | This is a man who is either stupid or deliberately ignores advice on what a terrific means OR it is a smoke screen while he and his mates make themselves rich while distracting the masses with stupid behaviour. |
| rosy... | If you are truly trying to present this neutrally, then the poll should also be neutral. Negative and erratic is an emotional answer. I view the tariffs as negative and strategic. They are to increase the opportunity for American Corporations to monopolize business, regardless of the expense to the average American |
| mich... | He is a buffoon whomsl should be immediately kicked out of office. Let the Republicans stand up for what is right and get rid of him. What are they afraid of? How can any thinking person support this convicted felon, this insane self-serving misogynist, who know NOTHING about economics? He will drive the U.S. into the ground! Get ready for another great depression! |
| pwei... | The strategy is get companies to reshore manufacturing, allow Trump to have fun trolling people and maybe get some additional tariff revenue. This comes at a cost of less competitive industry, higher prices and weakened foreign alliances. So much winning! |
| ejh1... | STUPID EGOMANIAC HE IS A RUSSIAN OPERATIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE |
| rsta... | Trump arbitrarily assesses random tariffs with no explanation other than immigration and fentanyl...idiotic reasons!! |
| rgar... | wait and see. long term effects will be good |
| 19pi... | I believe it will hurt the economy more. |
| dawn... | He's manipulating the market for his personal gain. Every time he says he's adding tariffs the market goes down then he suspends them and the market goes back up. Put him in jail! |
| zeus... | The United States needs money it’s in a hole because people not delegating or being responsible with the power that they had I worked for the federal government. I’m retired and I saw plenty of abuse lazy people work is not doing their duty if you told them what to do they claim racism That’s unacceptable. I was born in the United States and I’m a very patriotic. My family came from Puerto Rico and Argentina, I’m a hard worker so my parents and so on my children my children have paid for their education. We don’t need foreigners here and we pay their education when the government doesn’t help us pay our children’s education no other country would allow illegal people in their country in their land telling them what to do after we are graciously allow them to come in and we’re feeding them. I understand there’s people hungry all over the world, but there’s people hungry in the United States. Also, we should take care of our own people First all these people that are out of work now because of sending things overseas well those projects were supposed to be temporary not permanently and people that are in the federal government. Yes I have called Medicare many times in over a year and you had to make an appointment or they hang up on you everybody that’s working and slacking so I think he’s doing a great job. |
| micc... | He’s a felon and a liar. He is dragging this country down |
| bune... | Describes both the policy and the President. Embarrassing, corrupt, unlawful, and frightening time for the US. |
| pwwe... | The devil is a liar |
| scoo... | Who are in their right mind think this is good? |
| ahop... | He’s taking us into a recession |
| jodu... | Good for Ontario, what else can they do when they're dealing with a fool. |
| fmge... | Trump's policies are based on emotion and retribution, not facts. |
| royc... | He is an idiot. He wants to run government like it’s his private business. But, he couldn’t even run his private businesses correctly. Besides that he is a criminal that needs to be behind bars, not trying to do his version of trades with other countries. |
| shei... | Disorder and confusion |
| mbcu... | He’s a moron. |
| rgto... | Positive and erratic. |
| pcbr... | Chaotic, totally ineffective and in Canada’s case wholly inappropriate. |
| andr... | He's reversed himself three times in one month. Markets have tanked as a result, economists are predicting stagflation, and consumer confidence is on the decline. Anyone calling that "positive and strategic" is a true believer whose read on the economy is conditioned by ideology, not information. |
| mah3... | There is no policy. He is a narcissist and a bully. If the other leaders aren’t kissing his ring or stroking his ego he throws a temper tantrum. That’s what we are witnessing. He has people believing that he is making the United States stronger but all he is doing is reneging on our commitments, destroying historical alliances and leaving a vacuum for other countries, like China, to fill. Unfortunately the US is no longer a leader in the world. It is an embarrassment |
| caro... | Strategic but LOOKS erratic. It looks negative now but he always seems to have something up his sleeve… |
| ford... | Everything about Trump is erratic and detrimental to the world order and sound functioning of the United States government. He really can’t be impeached soon enough to save our democracy. |
| rtst... | He’s insane. |
| lawl... | Absolutely makes no sense. He is an embarrassment. He is not establishing any kind of leadership policy with his back and forth threats. Now he has just kicked the can on down the road for a month so he can pull the same stunts again. |
| geor... | Erratic is a nice word for what is really happening. This looks way too much like Hitler’s first 54 days in power- scary! |
| cb10... | What a F-ing chaotic mess! |
| anne... | If tariffs worked, we ALL would have been using them for decades. |
| kern... | Trump is a psychopath that is jeopardizing America's prosperity. He is incompetent for the role of the President and should be removed from office |
| lari... | Can you add the option "needs to have more information". The thing is that everything happens so fast that is difficult to follow and make an opinion or tell a direction because "I am missing still...information". |
| ctmy... | People seem to be very short sided. We think only about today and not the future. I am proud of Pres. Trump and know that this is a temporary move. |
| pdxy... | I just wanted to see who your readers are. |
| mich... | He is a monkey with a hammer. |
| cica... | Whatever everyone wants to think of the previous administration they did have an actual plan. And it was rational. They kept in place some of Trump’s original tariffs, and they added a few more targeted tariffs meant to strengthen some of our other industries. What Trump‘s doing with the tariffs this time is basically an act of war. |
| wspe... | Talk about losing friends. Trump is making the U.S. look bad in the eyes of the world. But he must be making Putin happy. |
| bigs... | crazy man!! |
| jimm... | He’s a low grade, window licking, moron. I can’t believe a senile idiot is leading our country and a South African drug addict, on the spectrum, is helping him. WTF!!! |
| mlm1... | Horrible president & person |
| jrfu... | He is a bully and a moron! |
| rmby... | He doesn’t care about workers or middle class with his deranged trade wars. It is the everyday working people who will suffer. Certainly, not him he is finding every possible way to route money to his family & businesses. That includes cutting medicare, medicaid, social security, cancer research, veteran hospital expenses & support services, education for our children. The list keeps going to support his multi trillion dollar tax cuts for him, musk and billionaires. Everything is for power & lining his pockets. |
| patr... | He is ruining our relationship with the rest of the free world. |
| bcar... | He's destroying my meager retirement investment with his crazy non-sensical tariffs. And yet, I still have to pay federal taxes on my SS income. He doesn't care since he does not pay any taxes as far as we know. |
| dave... | No one perhaps not even Trump himself seems to know his goal. |
| perm... | You cannot correct in two months what has taken 4 years, or more, to become unbalanced. Any change that strengthens the US economically, militarily and educationally is a positive change. |
| nhen... | Too drastic to our neighbors. |
| jmic... | Bullying our Allies may produce short-term concessions but at the cost of long-term cooperation, which will hurt us in the future. |
| fran... | We give up way too much with exports being taxed into Mexico and Canada without any reciprocity here. They limit certain commodities and we do not do the same. I like the leveling aspect of this policy and we need to keep the pressure on our trading partners to level the economic impact here. |
| avaa... | Lock him up he's a felon and has no idea how to run a government with a constitution |
| medl... | I can’t determine if there is an ultimate end game that is best for the country or if the Presidents moves are purely for personal gain. Will the country be richer, stronger for it or just him. |
| debs... | Trade war is not a sensible strategy to reduce illegal immigration or drug trafficking. Look to the border deal that was negotiated last year before Trump pushed to strike it down. |
| kfhe... | After doing some intense research on the tariff strategies via economics and the goal off making th U.S. Self sufficient, I am in agreement with the policies. The ultimate goal will be worth the short term pain. |
| amy.... | He’s an idiot, period, end of story. |
| rach... | Trump reminds me of Hitler! |
| pjsm... | The King of bankruptcies knows little about governance or economics. |
| piep... | you’re hurting the manufacturing companies in this country some products we can’t even get in this country. It’s gonna cause a big problem for the small business people, and that needs to be considered. |
| mary... | Petty and vindictive. |
| to55... | He changes his mind too much , he is unstable and is showing signs of dementia , among many other disorders |
| pfor... | The man is deranged. |
| over... | I love my Canadian neighbors. I love my Mexican neighbors. We should be working collaboratively with them, not treating them like adversaries. |
| mark... | I'm afraid the US will go the way of the Trump Casinos. BANKRUPT |
| tomd... | I believe we actually have 2 BIG problems 1) Trump's erratic trade policy and other changes. They need to thoughtfully consider the unintended consequences. 2) The news media's extreme overemphasis of the possible doomsday scenarios. I can't help but think the most likely scenarios would likely come with a few very manageable challenges that we will overcome. What worries me the most is the media scaring the public (investor community, etc.) into a self-fulfiling prophecy situation. |
| mike... | Erratic at best with what appears to be a lack of homework on impacts, just sensationalism. |
| mdul... | There is no trade policy, per se. Even now, after all of this sound and fury, his goals remain unclear. It's even unclear whether he has any goals other than self-aggrandizement. In his most recent call with Canada's Trudeau, he and JD Vance said that the amount of fentanyl coming from Canada was not the metric he is using but he refused to disclose if there is any actual metric. Seeking solely to bolster his ego by having others capitulate to his every whim is not trade policy. |
| ppoi... | An opportunity for arbitrage for him and his rich friends. Since corruption act cannot be enforced by executive order, time for inside trading... Announce tariffs= stock market goes down = buy stocks low = announce auto tariff reprieve = auto stocks go up / sell = announce additional reprieve = those stocks go up / sell high. How many months in a row can they create quick money?? |
| boyd... | It will lower the standard of living for all Americans! |
| neal... | Trump is an ignorant asshole who will destroy the USA as we know it. |
| olen... | Trump is the worst President of the US. He doesn't know history, economy, politics. He is an absolute disgrace to out country. |
| reed... | I feel like there is a petulant child running the country. |
| andr... | Need i elaborate? He's siding with the Russians |
| smcc... | Bipolar |
| cait... | I work for a wholesale club retailer. The tariff situation has created chaos for our business. We've had to renegotiate offers 4x. We've never seen anything like this |
| mkeh... | He's a traitor and is taking our country back wards. I can't believe people didn't see this coming |
| dian... | Trump has no rational knowledge about economics and is ruining our relationship with our allies, something we cannot afford to have happen, especially since his foreign policy is leading to possible military confrontation. |
| dunn... | Recognizing that some of the tariff talk is a negotiating ploy, the Administration seems very uninformed about the real world impacts of tariffs and their erratic policies |
| hele... | He doesn’t appear to have a clue about what he’s doing |
| jly0... | What a scumbag psychopath that is running our country!!! |
| adel... | He’s a dangerous idiot |
| golf... | Whip lash politics is poor governing. It is also manipulating the stock market so those in the know can reap profits knowing when to buy and sell. Basicly screwing most Americans. |
| dpit... | He's an idiot. |
| babe... | He is the stupidest person ever. It is obvious his brain is scattered. |
| ehde... | His entire presidency has been erratic. That’s what happens when someone has absolutely no idea what they are doing. He couldn’t care less about anyone but himself and his billionaire friends. He is well on the way the destroying this country’s economy and alienating us from every ally we have. They are firing people in critical job positions then trying to rehire them. They should have never been let go to start with. I agree there is a lot of wasted money in our government but they are doing what’s equal to winding a watch with a sledge hammer. |
