Unprecedented definitions on Wednesday represent President Donald Trump a decisive break with decades of support from the two parties for free trade. Even some economists and assistants who support the fees-which include at least 10 % for imported goods, with some countries that are subject to much higher rates-admit that they will lead to short-term economic pain. Mr. Trump himself has supported this opinion, and brushes aside fears about the high prices of cars.
Speaking in the garden of roses, Mr. Trump promised “growth as we have not seen before”, as the growing fears of global economic shrinkage sent financial markets to a tail.
Risk embrace, and any political repercussions with him may be an advantage and not a mistake in this administration. From the customs tariff to the enforcement of immigration to changing the size of the government to collective chats to plan the war, Mr. Trump and his internal circle carried out the mixture and sometimes in following their goals. Analysts say that the spirit of the silicon valley embodied by Elon Musk and his external team – “move quickly, break things” – has been overwhelmed by a lot of management on how to form and present them on the agenda of Mr. Trump, the analysts say. In some cases, clear errors – such as the deportation of immigrants without legal procedures They make their situation wrong – It can also be considered sending a message: that all immigrants can undergo such treatment.
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From the policy of customs tariffs to combating government bloating to tightening borders, Donald Trump’s second administration appears to be sure that some errors – or even the recession – are fine if greater goals are presented to the nation.
“He will make mistakes. We will not be perfect,” said Mr. Musk. Tell Fox Business. “But when we make mistakes, we will fix them very quickly.” Mr. Trump Fox told March He could not exclude the recession this year as a result of his definitions. “There is a period of transition because what we do is very big. We are returning wealth to America … … it takes some time, but I think it should be great for us.” Likewise, the Minister of Commerce Howard Lottenic, Matthew Request CBS News On the recession caused by the tariff, he said, “It is worth it” to achieve the goals of the president.
For the frightening voters of the current situation that Mr. Trump sees as a factor of change, the aggressive approach may seem the best for an excessive deliberative process that stumbles in the bureaucracy. If errors occur, even a serious harm to the self, this is just an unfortunate guarantee.
“Most Americans want to see the government cut and make it smaller. We want to see that it becomes more efficient,” says Matt Willie, a strategic expert of the Republican Party at South Carolina.
From the 2025 project to Dog
During Mr. Trump’s first term, he repeatedly complained that some officials in his administration oppose his directives. This time, he has a more loyal team. Mr. Trump knows the ropes better in Washington. Before assuming his post in January, the governorate of the province of a detailed agenda in the project 2025, a plan to reduce the federal government and the decline in organizational supervision.
Then this plan was shipped by Mr. Musk, who divided government competence (Doug) It presides over a radical restructuring of the federal bureaucracy. Within a few months, the entire agencies were dismantled and tens of thousands of employees were launched or placed on leave.
Indeed, Dog was forced to back down from some things. Some federal employees had to be returned after the courts ruled that the government had acted illegally. In other cases, the shooting was reversed by Duj itself. Test workers were launched in the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees nuclear weapons sites, then summoned The process took some time Because Doug cut government emails and did not know how to contact them. Mr. Musk also freezed a program to prevent Ebola under the United States Agency for International Development, which it closed in January, and then claimed that it was restarted without disruption, Which officials at the United States Agency for International Development in Uganda.
RAM may reflect the personal contempt of Mr. Musk for federal employees and many of their work. On X, its social media platform, collected federal workers as ineffective or lazy. He described others as “radical Marxists” transforming money into democrats and democratic reasons.
George Thomas, a professor of American political institutions at Clairemont Makina College, says Republicans have long been hoping to reduce the federal government and make plans to do so. While Mr. Musk’s oblique and burning approach has yet achieved more than most of the anti -government Crusaders in front of him, it comes with clear risks. “It seems that he does not have an idea of what these institutions do …[and] Professor Thomas says: “Its ignorance seems virtue. He seems to be intended to destroy American institutions,” says Professor Thomas.
On Monday, the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services began to lay off several thousand workers in agencies that oversee the approvals of medicines, medical research, addiction services, and other jobs. Minister Robert F. Kennedy Junior. He said on x Discounts will not affect “basic health services” and will reorganize the department with its mission to focus on prevention.
Mr. Trump said that the discounts of employees are the specialty of the Cabinet secretaries, who should use a “scalpel” to remove low artists from agencies. “I want the cabinet members to maintain good people, and people who do not do a good job, they cannot be relied upon, do not appear at work, etc., these people can be cut,” The president told reporters last month.
Dog’s approach, which has already drew a flood of litigation, It may only result in modest financial savings. Martin Giels, professor of public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, says, but the biggest influence will not be known until the future, when hollow agencies are trying to respond to a crisis. “Many of the consequences will be slow to develop,” he says. Republicans have argued that countries’ ability to respond to crises must be strengthened so as not to rely on federal agencies.
Give priority to speed on deliberations
Unlike Mr. Trump’s first state, when it is an experienced administration Not a lot of important achievements have been promotedIt is likely that his second term, at least in the year and a half, before the middle of next year. Professor Gillens says that the success of the administration may highlight its fall. “This time it seems that the problems they will face are not able to do what they want, but the problems that result from doing what they want.”
This includes the imposition of a comprehensive tariff on the allies and the main commercial partners, a policy until recently was a curse for most major Republicans, as a traction on growth and investment.
Mr. Trump said on Wednesday that the definitions, which are scheduled to enter into force next week, will stimulate investment in American factories. “If you want the customs tariff rate zero, you are building your product here in America.” Analysts say that such investments take years and that uncertainty about American commercial policy – and Mr. Trump’s history of using a customs tariff to impose unrelated concessions – made it difficult for companies to plan such investments.
On Wednesday, the Senate voted for approval A democratic decision that opposes the customs tariff for CanadaWith four Republicans supporting it. White House officials said that Mexico and Canada will receive exemptions from customs tariffs under a tripartite free trade agreement.
Cautions, Robert Blazard, a Republican reconnaissance expert. “Most voters believe that the customs tariff will mean higher prices for them now and in the long run,” says. Mr. Trump and his team will need to “educate” voters on what they are arguing will be the positive impact of definitions on economics and personal financing.
However, voters also have a bleak look at how Democrats control. President Joe Biden’s classifications did not recover from the chaotic exit from Afghanistan in his first year in office.
While the definitions raise questions about economic risks, Mr. Trump’s administration has also shown caution in other areas. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz consulted Signal, an insecure application, for a collective chat about the mission of American bombing in Yemen that raised questions about efficiency. Mr. Trump defended Mr. Waltz and others in chatting, including Vice President JD Vance, who unintentionally included the Atlantic Ocean editor. (Mr. Walz also According to what was reported, I use his personal Gmail account Other weapons communications.)
“Signalgate” and the subsequent efforts of the administration to recycle it were not great in the first term of Mr. Trump. Republican voters expected a more stable ship this time, and although there is more internal cohesion, the results have been mixed so far – especially in Dog, which he calls “an excellent idea that has been terriblely implemented.”
Mr. Willie says part of the problem is giving priority to speed for deliberations, and perhaps in anticipation of mid -time losses in Congress. He also sees a strategy to overcome voters who have no time to digest all the details of the administration. He says: “Definitions and destroy Dog are side by side. The American people are not allowed to focus on what is happening,” he says.
