Americans now understand tariffs--and realize they'll only raise costs [View all]

Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s supporters, who believed his promise to “Make America Great Again,” are about to face an inconvenient truth: tariffs will hurt them more than they anticipated. New data from Global Strategist Group show that three in five Americans view tariffs unfavorably, oppose Trump’s tariffs, and believe that they’ll increase costs.

This comes as Google search trends showed a sharp increase in the search results for “what is a tariff” and “will tariffs raise costs” in the days after Trump's win.

World-renowned Nobel economists tried to warn us about the cost of tariffs back in October. Alas, we at Daily Kos also tried to sound the alarm in the weeks leading up to the election.

Despite growing opposition, Trump still seems determined to repeat the same mistakes in his second term.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/20/2292819/-Americans-now-understand-tariffs-and-realize-they-ll-only-raise-costs