For respective weeks now, American eggs have been under peculiar supervision. Although their prices are not straight linked to Trump's economical revolution, they have in a sense become a symbol of the current economical fluctuations. In fresh days the eggs have been cheap, even though the bird flu, which killed millions of chickens, has inactive not been completely contained. Meanwhile, Trump's agricultural secretary, Brooke Rollins, advised the Americans to start raising chickens in their backyards.
The University of Michigan's popular index, exploring social sentiments, has seen a major decline in assurance among American consumers – it has been the lowest since the end of 2022. Although the price of petrol is inactive in place, there is concern that the fresh duties will shortly begin to rise. The Americans have difficulty knowing about tariff changes. It's hard to blame. The duties on aluminium and steel from abroad entered into force on 12 March, and the European Union responded to the introduction of fresh duties, with a full value of 26 billion, to US products, which will apply from 1 April. Trump in retaliation threatens with 200 % duties on European alcohol if European duties include whisky.
The changes concerning customs duties on products from Mexico and Canada, which were to apply from 4 March, were suspended at least until 2 April. Additional 20% duties on Chinese products prompted Beijing's consequence – 15% duties on poultry and pork from the US entered into force on 10 March. Trump planned additional duties (50%) on another metals from Canada, but changed his head after Canada announced the same taxation on electricity imports from the US and a number of another U.S. products.
Is there a recession?
The uncertainty about the future of the American economy is growing. It is inactive unclear whether advanced tariffs will lead to crucial price increases, which could affect Trump's popularity among voters. States specified as Michigan, Minnesota, fresh York, Texas, Arizona, and California will be the strongest and fastest affected.
Grocery stores already evidence losses and have plenty of extra work to do, trying to keep customers and taking on any of the costs. The value of the dollar is melting, which could call into question its function in the global economy. People are afraid of the recession, and the national Reserve is trying to stay calm. It is not peaceful, of course, that the stock market, which is harmed by the uncertainty of the situation itself – last week there was a 10% decrease, but the situation slow returns to normal.
Tesla Elona Muska's stock has been falling for weeks, to the point that president Trump became active in the company's advertising campaign, holding a desperate action during which he chose a car from the tesla parked outside the White House. Musk besides loses billions due to the fact that U.S. citizens are not satisfied with his DOGE activities, founded in January by the Department of Government Efficiency. Boykot is peculiarly noticeable in Silicon Valley itself, where protesters march with posters like “Mars misses his idiot”. Tesla sales outlets throughout the country are besides besieged. Musk has origin for concern, especially as after another unsuccessful launch of the SpaceX rocket on March 6, this company's listing besides falls.
DOGE's questionable “savings”
The government now claims that DOGE is not managed by a billionaire from South Africa. There are 2 names with which we do not know what to do – Amy Gleason, who is the agency's boss only by name, and the Padańska Muska of SpaceX, Steve Davis. According to ProPublica's investment platform, Musk himself sends orders from the Cabinet of the Minister of War alongside the White House.
At the same time, DOGE continues to clean up agencies and release national workers, although courts block these efforts and no case has yet been settled. any of the reasons for the cuts prove to be pure fantasy – we are talking about expected millions for condoms “for Hamas” or transgender mice. There was even the first push between Vice president J.D. Vance and Elon Musk. Vance admitted that DOGE was making mistakes, for example by firing possibly needed people, but assured that everything could inactive be corrected.
Also problematic are irregularities in the mathematics grown by DOGE, presented on the agency website. If you believe published data, the United States has now saved $115 billion. However, this amount is being questioned by journalists and economists, who point to gross errors – for example, adding zeros, which of the 8 million make 8 billion. DOGE congratulates itself on its savings in programs that ended years ago. erstwhile the authoritative sum was 50 billion, only 2 billion were saved. The sum of “saving” grows with the number of errors, repaired quietly or not at all. An example may be a cutback program in the USAID, where, despite noisy declarations, only a fewer percent of the planned full was saved – 8 million of the $2.5 billion promised.
What does the opposition say?
There are grassroots protests in cities and towns across the country, but their scale is not adequate to force Trump to reflect. In fresh days they have been held in Boston, Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) and Cincinnati (Ohio). Although opposition to Musk's actions is increasing, the problems of exempt bureaucrats and government contractors will not shake the society, most of which can only dream of stable, national work with retirement and wellness insurance. MEGA voters may be satisfied with the fact that people released will gotta face up to the conflict for a private sector.
Recently, the region where I live – Monterey County, California – was shaken by the information about the planned gathering of people who participated in the attack on Capitol in January 2021, and which Trump acquitted and released from prison. The event, organized by the Monterey Bay Conservative Association, was to be held at a golf club in Seaside. Local media contacted him, pointing to the organizers' association with the arrogant Boys group. The club canceled the event, besides under force from net users. So liberals have any victories – but only in democratic states specified as California.
Student protests are surely weakened due to the past of pro-Palestinian protest leaders at Columbia University, fresh York. With a green card, Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and taken to Louisiana and his position as a permanent resident was revoked, possibly illegally. The national justice blocked the man's deportation, but it's hard to tell how this communicative ends, which increases general anxiety. The university has already lost millions of national resources and is sitting quietly like a mouse under a broom.
Democrats in legislature find themselves in an highly ungrateful situation – if they did not aid push the Republican draft budget through the Senate, the government would be shut down, which would hit the same national workers and contractaries they are trying to defend against the Trump and Musk battles. So they helped – which shows the helplessness and powerlessness of the party, which at the minute is able to lead the nationwide opposition.
