(CBS) Trump tariff plans bring concern about prices, financial impact, but GOP base sees jobs long-term — CBS News poll

[Chomsky]

Trump tariff plans bring concern about prices, financial impact, but GOP base sees jobs long-term — CBS News poll

President Trump's approvals on economy and inflation dip, as Wall Street has one of its most volatile weeks in recent years.

www.cbsnews.com

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a big majority of Americans think new tariffs are going to raise prices, and many think that's the case in the long term, too.

a growing number think Trump's policies are making them financially worse off, not better, and most think that tariffs will make the economy worse more immediately, too.

in turn, Trump's ratings for handling inflation and the economy have become more negative.

in the public mind it is Donald Trump's economy now. A majority say his policies, not Joe Biden's, are responsible for it.

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This is the first major poll I'm aware that includes most of the recent tariff events (thru 11 APR), as well as focuses on the tariffs.

Consequently, I believe there's a lot of up-to-the-minute data to be mined.

My take-aways:

1] Americans do not do not want the tariffs
2] Americans believe the economy is getting worse
3] Americans hold Trump responsible for the economy
4] Republican respondents' thoughts run counter to the above

 

[aociswundumho]

It is shocking that 42% support Trump's idiotic tariffs. Democracy is such a clown show.

 

[Bullseye]

Trump tariff plans bring concern about prices, financial impact, but GOP base sees jobs long-term — CBS News poll

President Trump's approvals on economy and inflation dip, as Wall Street has one of its most volatile weeks in recent years.

www.cbsnews.com

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This is the first major poll I'm aware that includes most of the recent tariff events (thru 11 APR), as well as focuses on the tariffs. Consequently, I believe there's a lot of up-to-the-minute data to be mined.

My take-aways:

1] Americans do not do not want the tariffs
2] Americans believe the economy is getting worse
3] Americans hold Trump responsible for the economy
4] Republican respondents' thoughts run counter to the above

Not surprising given the unrelenting shit tsunami the MSM is blowing on every outlet.

 

[Chomsky]

Additional data:

 

[SCrider]

Trump tariff plans bring concern about prices, financial impact, but GOP base sees jobs long-term — CBS News poll

President Trump's approvals on economy and inflation dip, as Wall Street has one of its most volatile weeks in recent years.

www.cbsnews.com

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This is the first major poll I'm aware that includes most of the recent tariff events (thru 11 APR), as well as focuses on the tariffs.

Consequently, I believe there's a lot of up-to-the-minute data to be mined.

My take-aways:

1] Americans do not do not want the tariffs
2] Americans believe the economy is getting worse
3] Americans hold Trump responsible for the economy
4] Republican respondents' thoughts run counter to the above

Just shows how ****ing stupid his base is what was our unemployment when Trump took office?
We would be a better country if these morons would all just jump off a cliff like the lemmings they are.

 

[Chomsky]

Current RCP Presidential Job Approval:



Source:

(RCP) President Trump Job Approval

 

[SCrider]

Not surprising given the unrelenting shit tsunami the MSM is blowing on every outlet.

You believe that Trump's trade war is a good thing?

 

[ataraxia]

Just shows how ****ing stupid his base is what was our unemployment when Trump took office?
We would be a better country if these morons would all just jump off a cliff like the lemmings they are.

They died it 3 times the rate of everyone else during Covid. They thought it was great and were nostalgic for more pain. So here ya go.

It’s a death cult. They will get themselves killed and hurt, and everyone else too, and like it.

 

[Hatuey]

I am excited for America's children to one day aspire to be like Chinese single moms working in factories. Working overtime hours without parental approval needed. This will make America Great.

The Golden Age!

 

[Bullseye]

You believe that Trump's trade war is a good thing?

As opposed to the other choices it's acceptable. By the numbers of countries joining or on the verge of joining his cause - it ain't much of a war anyway.

 

[Chomsky]

It is shocking that 42% support Trump's idiotic tariffs. Democracy is such a clown show.

If you go deeper into the data and graphs in my OP link to the poll, you'll see party segmentation where the bulk of the tariff support comes from Republican respondents.

Dems are nearly universally against tariffs, and Indies are strongly against them too. In fact Indies support Congress stopping the tariffs by a 2:1 ratio.

It seems to be largely Republicans in support. That's good news for Trump though, as his party - and thereby Congress - are solidly behind him in his endeavors.

Check it out:

 

[Mr Person]

@Chomsky, I suspect those poll numbers are going to shift drastically once all the tariffs are built-in at the consumer level (that is, before every last seller decides to raise prices across the board even on things that were imported before tariffs kicked in).

Or maybe it's a blind hope.

****ing hell... I run - at at least a 7 min/mile pace, but usually faster - at least 12 miles a week. I spend at least 4-8 hours a week in the basement lifting heavy. I do not have meaningful heart disease in my family (apart from uncles on my mother's side who induced it by being 300lb+). And yet I've been walking around with BPM and blood pressure well above what they used to be for months . . . .

It is shocking that 42% support Trump's idiotic tariffs. Democracy is such a clown show.

Know what's an even bigger clown show? Your pretend wet dream of not having a formal government. Not only because it's impossible, but because if you got rid of formal government those with the most resources fill the power vacuum and become your new government in every sense of the word that matters.

 

[Chomsky]

Not surprising given the unrelenting shit tsunami the MSM is blowing on every outlet.

I'd argue the media is pretty much in concert with Americans' larger thoughts on the matter. Look at the poll numbers. Look at the economic & financial numbers.

We are seeing unprecedented economic upheaval, and in a capitalist society that touches every citizens' life. No one escape it. It's front, center, dominant.

 

[Lex Talionis]

As opposed to the other choices it's acceptable. By the numbers of countries joining or on the verge of joining his cause - it ain't much of a war anyway.

Wait, what countries are joining?

 

[Chomsky]

Just shows how ****ing stupid his base is what was our unemployment when Trump took office?
We would be a better country if these morons would all just jump off a cliff like the lemmings they are.

Actually, there's poll data that speaks directly to that!

(there's tons of data I wanted to post, but it would have inundated the thread!)

 

[Callen]

It is shocking that 42% support Trump's idiotic tariffs. Democracy is such a clown show.

I dont think they really understand them and the impacts. It's just noise to a lot of people...for now.

 

[Callen]

As opposed to the other choices it's acceptable. By the numbers of countries joining or on the verge of joining his cause - it ain't much of a war anyway.

Got anything to back that up other than administration mouth pieces? Has any country said they have reached a deal or even an agreement?

 

[Chomsky]

I am excited for America's children to one day aspire to be like Chinese single moms working in factories. Working overtime hours without parental approval needed. This will make America Great.

The Golden Age!

Amazing, isn't it? It's the perfect tsunami in how to lay America in waste & ruin.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Not surprising given the unrelenting shit tsunami the MSM is blowing on every outlet.

Does the MAGAverse get different Dow Jones information than the MSM viewers? Tanking markets are a red flag of worse things to come, unless some don't care about that canary in the coal mine anymore.

 

[aociswundumho]

@Chomsky, I suspect those poll numbers are going to shift drastically once all the tariffs are built-in at the consumer level

Holy shit we actually agree on something.

Know what's an even bigger clown show? Your pretend wet dream of not having a formal government.

Private cities are coming whether you like it or not. For example:

Próspera - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

There are others and there will be more because there is a demand for them.

Not only because it's impossible, but because if you got rid of formal government those with the most resources fill the power vacuum and become your new government in every sense of the word that matters.

Technology is moving us into a world where that might not be worth doing.

not having a formal government.

As I've pointed out to you before, most bills are written by lobbyists with negotiations over who gets to f over the taxpayer the most taking place in backrooms. That's the opposite of formal.

 

[Callen]

Dems are nearly universally against tariffs, and Indies are strongly against them too. In fact Indies support Congress stopping the tariffs by a 2:1 ratio.

I think it may be more accurate to say universal, indiscriminate tariffs. They are supportive of targeted tariffs.

 

[Chomsky]

As opposed to the other choices it's acceptable. By the numbers of countries joining or on the verge of joining his cause - it ain't much of a war anyway.

What "other choices"? And why must there be "a choice"?

I suspect your presenting a false dichotomy.

 

[forn]

Does the MAGAverse get different Dow Jones information than the MSM viewers? Tanking markets are a red flag of worse things to come, unless some don't care about that canary in the coal mine anymore.

The market is down because of the tariffs. But those same tariffs are what is bringing other countries to the bargaining table. I'm sure it's fun for Democrats to declare all this a failure, but until those deals are made with other countries, you can't really know what the results are going to be. Presumably we will have much better deals with virtually all countries than we have right now. And if that is the case, that is far from a bad thing, as much as the left wants to portray Trump as a clown and a failure.

 

[Callen]

The market is down because of the tariffs. But those same tariffs are what is bringing other countries to the bargaining table. I'm sure it's fun for Democrats to declare all this a failure, but until those deals are made with other countries, you can't really know what the results are going to be. Presumably we will have much better deals with virtually all countries than we have right now. And if that is the case, that is far from a bad thing, as much as the left wants to portray Trump as a clown and a failure.

What exactly are you going to get from better deals when you are, maybe soon to be were, the greatest economy in the world?

 

[ElChupacabra]

As opposed to the other choices it's acceptable.

Can you quantify what the actual economic problem was before Donnie Boy started his whole "they're treating us unfair!" spiel? I ask this because in the context of what he campaigned on, it's an odd shift. I thought the main issue was high prices and inflation, both of which were supposed to be addressed on day one, yet the main disruptor has been a trade war against the world. Everyone expected some kind of ramp up with China in this regard, but less so with the rest of the world.

Is there some magic number the MAGAverse has that will be gained from whatever deals are with whatever nations are in talks (WH is keeping quiet about who) to help you determine whether the market (stocks and bonds) makes this "acceptable"?

By the numbers of countries joining or on the verge of joining his cause - it ain't much of a war anyway.

We don't even know who they are, let alone whether what's negotiated is worth anything. It's odd anyone would place hopes on a process lacking basic transparency. I mean, the Heard and McDonald Islands have 10% tariffs on them, so what will they be negotiating and which of their penguins will lead the talks?