“Tariffs are taxes. They are bad for business, and even worse for consumers. These tariffs are disrupting supply chains. They bring uncertainty for the economy.”
—Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President
#trump #tariffs #usa #eu

“The U.S. administration is once again inserting disruption and disorder into an incredibly successful trading partnership and raising the costs of everyday goods for Canadians and American households alike.”
—François-Philippe Champagne, Canada's minister of innovation, science, and industry
#trump #tariffs #usa #canada

“With the stock market falling and business leaders begging Trump to stop the trade machinations that are creating the volatility that is wrenching the economy downward, Trump said yesterday to reporters: “[L]ong-term, what I’m doing is making our country strong again.””
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#trump #tariffs

“In 2025 the Republicans in charge of the United States of America are not the conservatives they call themselves… They are abruptly dismantling a government that has kept the United States relatively prosperous, secure, and healthy for the past 80 years. In its place, they are trying to impose a government based in the idea that a few men should rule.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#trump #republicans #usa

“…yesterday, 34 army leaders from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the European Union, Japan, and Australia met in Paris without inviting the United States.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#nato #eu #japan #australia without #usa

“The wholesale destruction of the U.S.A.’s advanced medical research … seems unlikely to leave Americans healthier than before.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#trump #usa #medicalresearch

“…Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cast doubt on the safe, effective measles vaccine as the disease continues to spread across the Southwest.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#usa #measels

“…Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin boasted that the administration is taking 31 actions to roll back environmental protections.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#usa #environment

”…the United States Department of Agriculture…announced it was cutting about $1 billion in funding that enables schools and food banks to buy directly from local farms and ranches.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#usa #agriculture

”In place of the system that has created relative stability for almost a century, Republicans under President Donald Trump and his sidekick billionaire Elon Musk are imposing a government that is based in the idea that a government that works to make people safe, prosperous, and healthy is simply ripping off wealthy people.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#trump #donaldtrump #musk #elonmusk #usa

”…Musk has overstated the savings he claims by at least 92%, with the warning that…identified cuts are illegal and unconstitutional…”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#musk #doge

“…the administration…attempts to hide what it is doing. It has taken weeks for courts to get the administration to say who is running the “Department of Government Efficiency” and what the body actually is. The White House has tried to characterize Musk as a senior advisor to the president to shield him from questioning.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#trump #musk #doge

“On Tuesday, remaining staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) received an email under the name of acting executive secretary Erica Carr at USAID telling them to shred or burn agency records, despite strict laws about the preservation of federal documents.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, March 12, 2025
#usa #usaid #donaldtrump #ericacarr