Dear John,
Donald Trump is playing economic roulette with American livelihoods.
After announcing a sweeping 10% global tariff on imports, Trump sent the markets into a tailspin. In just two days, the Dow dropped a staggering 2,200 points, and the S&P 500 lost 10%. That’s real money wiped out from retirement accounts, small businesses, and working families’ futures, all thanks to Trump’s ego-driven trade war.
Even worse? Trump’s tariffs aren’t just targeting major economies. He’s imposing tariffs on remote territories like Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, places with no exports whatsoever. Whether it’s sheer ignorance or a performative stunt, it’s clear there’s no real strategy behind it. His own Commerce Secretary admits it’s not about trade, it’s about making sure “no countries are left off.”
Translation: MAGA only cares about causing chaos.
Trump had the audacity to tell the American people to “hang tough” this weekend, downplaying a market crash that was a direct consequence of his own reckless tariff policy. As if Americans should simply endure the fallout of his decisions, while he refuses to take responsibility for the chaos he unleashed. While families watched their retirement accounts shrink and small businesses braced for rising costs, Trump was nowhere to be found, except on the golf course.
Meanwhile, his economic advisers were left to spin the disaster on national television, claiming the tariffs won’t impact consumers. MAGA Republicans are still clinging to the myth that this trade war is a strategy, when in reality, it’s reckless economic sabotage, and everyday Americans are going to end up paying the price.
This is what Trump’s leadership looks like: reckless decisions, economic instability, and a Republican Party too afraid to stop him. We need to be the voices calling this out, join us today.
In Solidarity,
The No Dem Left Behind Team
