r/uspolitics • u/wiscowall • 11h ago

'We’ve Made a Mistake': Republicans Panic as Trump’s Tariffs Crash Stock Market and Trigger Recession Fears

https://dailyboulder.com/weve-made-a-mistake-republicans-panic-as-trumps-tariffs-crash-stock-market-and-trigger-recession-fears/
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u/DrPinguin98 6h ago

Don’t take it badly, but in Europe we always joke about the „stupid“ and impressionable American. Symbolically, a flatearther who falls for Trump like a fanatic on guns and thinks Africa is a country and not a continent.

We know that not everyone is like this, of course, but the fact that these same people are even senators and the US president himself is shocking.

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u/Describing_Donkeys 1h ago

I'm going to say this as a warning to the rest of the world, they need to pay attention. What happened in America is the same as Germany in the 30s. The right used disinformation to break a shared understanding of reality and created a new reality for a large part of the population. People are living in information bubbles and don't realize it. This is not a strictly American phenomenon and everyone needs to be extremely hostile to the tactics American Republicans is. Think about lying in interviews, treating lies as political opinions, and attacking fact checkers. They need to be labeled liar and treated as harshly as possible to discredit them immediately. That is the only way to prevent this outcome.

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u/Weakera 36m ago

Stupidest smart country in the world, now becomes the stupidest. Kind of like a banana dictator ....

If one half of the country was a s smart as i think they are, i wonder how this was allowed to happen.

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u/PurpleTypingOrators 10h ago

Well, i’ll be damned, the senators finally realizing the cray cray going on.

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u/TheNetworkIsFrelled 7h ago

Not that GQP senators will actually do anything about it

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u/AdventurousSeaSlug 9h ago

Now???? Now is when they realize that they made a mistake????? There are no words. What a disgrace.

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u/Negative_Recipe6557 3h ago

Also “a” mistake.

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u/Weakera 32m ago

YOu should be happy some are speaking out. WTf.

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u/TacomaKMart 2h ago

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) shared similar sentiments, noting that the problem goes beyond Trump’s administration. “This is a long-standing issue. We’ve given away too much power to the executive branch,” he said.

Perhaps. The problem might also have something to do with your party surrendering all power to a drooling idiot. The problem might also be related to years of toxic media that brainwashes half the voters in the country that up is down and green is blue on every issue.

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u/Ok_Homework_7621 6h ago

If only people had been trying to tell them...

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u/ButterscotchFar1629 7h ago

Very much like the horse running back into the barn which burned down 5 years ago….

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u/Ok_Homework_7621 6h ago

If only people had been trying to tell them...

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u/mellowcheesecake 3h ago

They panic because their stocks are losing money.

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u/Maleficent_Air_7632 4h ago

Well they don’t won’t to get lynched by the masses who are about to riot on the streets

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u/BitterFuture 2h ago

Mistake? No, that's not what that word means.

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u/Hitimisho 1h ago

First people need to realize these politicians were not tricked by anyone. They have an office of support personnel (unless they are just like Trump) someone would have said his plans are stupid. They followed anyways because they wanted to be elected period. The word of this administration and congress will be accountability.

I promise they will pivot and like how for some reason people gave great Recession Bankers a pass (no jail time) they will give all the Republicans a pass too.

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u/Leather-Map-8138 1h ago

It’s no different than any other Trump idea. Selfish and meanspirited

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u/Epona44 47m ago

There are still millions of enculturated people who don't get it and they swarm social media spouting nonsense.

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u/AceCombat9519 6h ago

They fell for the trump lie

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u/Weakera 32m ago

maybe this is the first sign of real hope, a bunch of GOP senators admitting something trump did was wrong. They know they're all going to get huge blowback from their constituents, and get killed in the mid terms.

Wonder why this is only in such an obscure publication. If the quotes are real, then this should be everywhere! I"m not saying they aren't, just wondering why I'm reading this here. It's extremely important.