Trump changes his melody to the economy

President Trump changes his attitude to the economy and suggests that the Americans should buy less and probably pay more and will carry the main burden of an uncertain economic landscape because its far -reaching tariff policy comes into force.

Trump and his business team said for weeks that the tariffs would only have short -term pain and the tumult on the stock exchange.

But the news of the White House developed from Trump on the campaign path that promises to reduce prices and make America “wealthy” again, which indicates that the United States needs a cultural change in consumer expenses and at the same time accept that its tariff plan will increase prices.

Trump was asked by Kristen Welker from NBC on Sunday whether he would recognize that his tariff plan would lead to higher prices.

First of all, the president suggested that the tariffs “make us rich” – similar to the expression of his economic policy, which he has expressed. But in the next curve, he suggested that American children do not need so many toys, for example, and that the Americans do not spend so much money for “garbage that we don’t need”.

“I just say that you do not have to have 30 dolls. You can have three. You don’t have to have 250 pens. You can have five,” said Trump and recognized that the prices of such articles could also rise.

In contrast to candidates Trump, who spent a large part of the 2024 railing against inflation as part of the former president Biden and promised to reduce costs when they are elected. In an ABC news interview last week, Trump said that his economic policy was what the voters had registered for.

Trump has recognized a “small disorder” in the economy in recent weeks that appeared when his tariff plan was introduced. When he campaigned, Trump often spoke of tariffs in China, the European Union, Canada and Mexico, but his politics ultimately imposed tariffs to almost every country in the world and sent the US and foreign stock markets into chaos.

Douglas Holtz-Ekin, President of the Center-Light American Action Forum, described Trump’s messaging “Pivoting” for unpopular politics.

“It feels deaf deaf for me. This is: ‘You are too materialistic. You don’t need as many dollars as you think.’ And he is a very strange messenger for this message, and I don’t think it will sell, ”said Holtz-Ekin.

Marc Short, who was a top adjutant of the former Vice President Mike Pence during Trump’s first government, warned that Trump alienated people when he continues to talk about dolls, and described them as “harmful message”, which “indicates a little from an elitism perspective”.

High tariffs in China and other important trading partners will have most of the effects on Americans who rely on less designated goods, not on those who can buy 30 toys, argued Daniel Hornung, deputy director of the National Economic Council in bidue management.

“People with low and medium -sized incomes should simply buy less or buy more expensive things that missed an important point,” said Hornung. “We have large parts of the country that do not make enough money to buy expensive things, and it is very important for them whether or not 5 percent or 20 percent or 100 percent more.”

Trump imposed the 90-day break for “mutual” tariffs who imposed the standards of 10 percent, which were imposed on all countries-under increasing pressure from Wall Street and the Republican. A tariff of 10 percent remains in all countries, as is a massive tariff of 145 percent for China, the second largest economy in the world.

The markets are still with turbulence because the future of tariffs and trade relationships are still unclear, although the white house insists that some shops are close to support.

The use of tariffs as a negotiating instrument, while Trump also asks the Americans to get used to buying less, are opposing ideas, argued Kathryn Anne Edwards, a work economist and political consultant.

“They are in complete conflict with each other, because if it is only a negotiating current, they do not try to bring domestic production production home at all. They only try to achieve a better price for their consumers here,” she said. “When it comes to domestic production, the negotiation is off the table because I don’t care what they offer me, then it’s about jobs at home.”

A number of projections from Wall Street, which see a potential recession on the horizon, also contribute to economic fears.

As a Welker Trump asked if he was in order with the prospect of a recession, he replied at least at short notice: “Look, yes. Everything is okay. What we are – I said this was a transition period.”

Trump allies in the congress meanwhile support the president. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WIS.) Published the possibility of a recession on Sunday and added that “they have to act courageously” when it comes to the tariff agenda.

Edwards said that the possibility that the United States headed into a recession could actually prevent companies from opening production facilities in the United States and to go against one of Trump’s own intentions.

“What would a company prevent at the moment, says: ‘Hey, if there is a tariff, will I start making something at home at home?

The guidelines also lose some support from the public. Almost 6 out of 10 US people said that Trump’s guidelines are deteriorating the economy in the past week, and a recent survey showed that 89 percent of US respondents believe that the tariffs will increase prices.

An indicator of whether Trump’s message about the economy is a profit will be how the Republican legislature deals with it in its re-election offers in 2026, said Holtz-Cankin.

“I don’t know that he has ever loses its base, but the basic question is: When does he lose the Republicans in the congress who have to run for re -election?” Holtz-Ekin said. “If the President becomes unpopular enough … try to distance yourself, and when you see that, you know, Trump is lost.”

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