Trump will bet everything that the heavy price of prices will be paid for Americans

Washington (AP) – Not even 24 hours after his party lost a key race for Wisconsin And Subperform in FloridaPresident Donald Trump followed the game book that defined his political career: he doubled.

Trump’s move Wednesday at Place the new steep prices On imports from almost all American trade partners mark an all-in bet by the Republican that his formerly curly economic vision will be paid for Americans. It was the realization of his four decades of advocacy for a protectionist foreign policy and the conviction that free trade forced the United States to decline while its economy passed from manufacturing to services.

The tariff announcement was the most recent and perhaps the most daring demonstration of Trump’s freedom in the second mandate to direct with his instinct after having felt his first round in the oval office, aid that did not share his vision of the world. The way it shakes could be a decisive judgment on his presidency.

The first journals were disturbing.

Financial markets I had their worst week Since the start of the Cavid-19 pandemic, Foreign trade partners retaliated And economists have warned that import taxes could stimulate inflation and potentially send the United States to a recession. It is now the republican legislators who are concerned about the future of their party while the Democrats feel newly dynamic about what they consider to be an overtaking of Trump.

Democratic activists planned to participate Rallies across the country Saturday in what was formed as the biggest events since Trump returned to functions in January. “The winds are changing,” said Rahna Epting, who runs Moveon, one of the many organizing groups.

Trump is not customs.

He promised that import taxes would lead to a national rebirth and help finance an extension of his 2017 tax discounts. He insisted on Thursday while the Dow Jones dropped 1,600 points that Things were going very well “ And the economy “would refuel”, then Past Friday at the Golf As the index plunged 2 more points.

In his first mandate, Trump’s pricing threats brought world leaders to his door to conclude agreements. This time, his actions have so far led to steep reprisals from China and promises European allies to repel.

Even some supporters of Trump have doubts.

Frank Amoroso, a 78 -year -old resident of Dewitt, Michigan, said he was concerned about increase in interest rates and inflation, although he thinks that the prices will be good for the country in the long term.

Amoroso, a retired car engineer who voted for Trump, said that he would give the president’s performance to the second mandate a C-Plus or B-Minus. “I think he is doing things too fast,” he said. “But I hope things will be careful, and the economy will survive the fall a little.”

The representative French Hill, R-Ark., In a telephone town hall with voters on Thursday evening, expressed his reservations on the general nature of the prices.

Hill, who represents a district that includes Little Rock, said he did not support prices in Canada and Mexico. He said that the administration should rather focus on renegotiation of an American trade agreement with its two neighbors.

“I do not support the prices on top of mind as a general question, and therefore I do not support them, and I will urge the changes there because I do not think they will eventually increase a bunch of income that has been asserted,” said Hill. “I want me to think so, but personally, I don’t think they will do it. But I support commercial diplomacy. “

However, a large part of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” coalition remains publicly favorable.

Doug Deason, an eminent republican donor based in Texas, said that he loved the president’s tariff plan, even if this causes an economic disruption.

“He told us during the elections that there would be pain for each American for this ship to turn around,” said Deason. “It is difficult to see our wallets deteriorate so, but we get it. We hope he will stop. “

While Trump struggles with the economy, the Democrats are starting to emerge from the cloud of misfortune that has consumed their party since their electoral beat in November.

They won a decisive victory in the elections of the Supreme Court of the Wisconsin State on Tuesday, even after Elon Musk and its affiliated groups paid more than $ 20 million in the competition. The New Jersey Senator Cory Booker then inspired a new life in democratic resistance By delivering a record 25 -hour speech On the Senate soil which focused on a call to his party to find his determination.

Booker later told the Associated Press that an important political change had started even though his party tried to learn from his mistakes in the 2024 presidential election.

“I think you see much more energy, much more determination, much more feeling than we have to fight,” said Booker. “You can no longer sit down. You cannot sit on the key. There is a larger and growing movement.”

Booker, a presidential candidate in 2020, admitted that he did not crush a 2028 race, although he said that he focused on his re -election re -election in 2026 for the moment.

There is a large agreement between Democrats – and even some Republicans, at least in private – that Trump triggered the world economy could help accelerate democratic return.

Ezra Levin, co-founder of the progressive resistance group known as indivisible, criticized the response of democratic officials in recent weeks to Trump management. But Friday, he was a little dizzy by the political consequences of Trump’s GOP after the prices were announced.

“The price increase at all elections is not popular,” said Levin. “This is the kind of thing that can lead to a total 1932 style generation of a party.”

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People reported in New York. The writers of the Associated Press Andrew Demillo in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Isabella Volmert in Dewitt, Michigan, contributed to this report.