U.S. consumer sentiment decreased in April and 12-month inflation expectations surged to the highest level since 1981 amid unease over the Trump Administration’s escalating tariff wars that have roiled financial markets and raised the risk of a recession. 🇺🇸 The survey showed the share of consumers expecting unemployment to rise in the year ahead increased for the fifth straight month to the highest level since 2009, when the economy was in the midst of the Great Recession. We can expect Americans will continue to spend less as there are more on/off tariffs which may lead the stock market to stagnation or a continued decline.
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How the Trump Administration’s tariffs could fuel China’s AI push and become a soft power nightmare for American tech 🇺🇸
“It’s going to be very hard for the U.S. to win the so-called ‘AI Cold War’ if America’s trade policies are simultaneously tanking global markets, discouraging technological investments and potentially undermining traditional alliances with key allies,” says Thierer, who testified before House lawmakers earlier this week about the threat of Chinese AI models like DeepSeek to U.S. national security.
Those policies, which are disrupting the global supply chain and creating major volatility in global markets, may have the unintended effect of driving U.S. allies into the arms of China for their technology needs.
https://fortune.com/2025/04/10/trump-tariffs-china-ai-power-nightmare-american-tech/
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It seems that one of the purposes of the Trump Administration’s tariffs is to increase revenue for the federal government so that the federal government can afford to give billionaires tax cuts without increasing the federal deficit (which would then increase inflation). 🇺🇸 Given that it’s not clear how the government can afford to give billionaires tax cuts without the tariffs will the stock market go down again when the tariffs are back on in 90 days? Or will the stock market be net stagnation for the next 4 years?
The Trump Administration claims tariffs will boost US manufacturing and protect jobs, but economists warn that the move could harm the US and the world economy, and push up prices for consumers in the US and around the globe.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn93e12rypgo.amp
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Democrats moved Tuesday to force a congressional votes on President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs . Their measure would terminate the emergency authorities cited by Trump in implementing the broad tariffs that have rattled markets in recent days and sparked recession fears. The Senate last week approved a similar measure targeting an earlier emergency declaration used to justify levies on Canada. 🇺🇸
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/08/congress/house-democrats-trump-tariffs-00278664
Contact your Republican and Democrat members of Congress at 202-224-3121 to voice your concerns, more than 80% are up for reelection next year and should hear from concerned American citizens. 🇺🇸
Democrats moved Tuesday to force a congressional votes on President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs . Their measure would terminate the emergency authorities cited by Trump in implementing the broad tariffs that have rattled markets in recent days and sparked recession fears. The Senate last week approved a similar measure targeting an earlier emergency declaration used to justify levies on Canada. 🇺🇸
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/08/congress/house-democrats-trump-tariffs-00278664