Trump’s tariffs are backfiring.
“Real families are being crushed by these tariffs right now." U.S. papers around the country are running stories about how local businesses are being hurt by Trump's tariffs. One from Wisconsin: https://t.co/lc01yituPG
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 10, 2018
Tariffs against European automobiles sold stateside could cost 195,000 U.S. jobs. Retaliatory tariffs against American cars could cost more than triple that https://t.co/ON84bKXO7h pic.twitter.com/GRiF8eKPsv
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 22, 2018
500 employees in one of the poorest counties in Missouri are about to lose their jobs because of Trump: https://t.co/21w02r4D1h
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 22, 2018
There are lots of stories like this. How Trump's tariffs on European steel will hurt the Mack Truck factory in Pennsylvania completely aside from the retaliatory tariffs: https://t.co/ubPmdlConN pic.twitter.com/wDso9ReSSV
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 22, 2018
A Trump supporting soybean farmer whose farm has lost ≈ $250k in value due to tariffs: “This isn't just numbers on a sheet or percentage of trade or dollar value. This is multi-generational American families, your base, that you are now squarely putting into financial peril." https://t.co/Ti2PNNEKmQ
— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) June 22, 2018
In response to Trump's tariffs, the European Union is imposing tariffs on $3,400,000,000 in American products, from whiskey and motorcycles to peanuts and cranberries. https://t.co/Bg221LvDT9
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 22, 2018
"Trump’s tariff on steel imports…has caused a southeast Missouri nail manufacturer to lose about 50% of its business in two weeks…. The company…has laid off 60 temporary workers. It could slash 200 more jobs by the end of July and be out of business around Labor Day"
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) June 22, 2018
Thanks to Bedford County farmers for hosting me last week for a listening session on the new tariffs. Farmers around TN have spoken loud & clear–they're concerned about these retaliatory tariffs. It's like taking an ax to a problem that needs a scalpel. https://t.co/kI00CErqga pic.twitter.com/7GHVXJoAl8
— Phil Bredesen (@PhilBredesen) June 22, 2018
In comments at odds with his home state's whiskey distillers, Kentucky's Republican governor is downplaying fears the EU's retaliatory tariffs could disrupt the booming market for the Bluegrass state's iconic bourbon industry. https://t.co/31usLva661 pic.twitter.com/qX9tLDBaDj
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 22, 2018
Tariffs Stir Unrest Among Whiskey Producers, reports @AP https://t.co/T7n1T5Vq5D pic.twitter.com/5HC0bJlVMS
— Distilled Spirits (@DistilledSpirit) June 22, 2018
Peanut farmers in Mississippi love Trump, but they don't love his trade war. European peanut butter tariffs are about to bite. https://t.co/iRq2uDILUF pic.twitter.com/umIjDV3W3w
— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) June 23, 2018
Trump's tariffs are damaging Missouri's economy and making Claire McCaskill look conservative https://t.co/LWLh3j3zzB by @PhilipWegmann pic.twitter.com/30QWl6M5UZ
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 22, 2018
Sad! 