Trump’s Epic Loss on Tariffs Is Even Worse for Him Than You Think

Meanwhile, the expulsions have unleashed extraordinary suffering among countless undocumented Americans and their families (although Miller might view this as a positive), while inadvertently pushing many Americans to show more solidarity with immigrants than in the past. Achieving the scale of ethnic reengineering Miller desired has unleashed violent and scalding social tensions and diverted enormous police resources toward evictions and serious crimes. He is sinking tens of billions of taxpayer dollars into creating a hypermilitarized domestic secret police and a supercharged carceral state for immigrants. Only the most fanatical anti-immigration ideologues will see these as reasonable national priorities.

Indeed, tariffs and deportations are also among the most significant causes of Trump’s deep unpopularity. Large majorities disapprove of tariffs, immigration and customs enforcement, and even the deportation of longtime residents with jobs and no criminal records. The Bottom Line: Trump Endorsement Has Far-reaching Effects on the Economy And on immigration. This has created an unusual situation: the economy and immigration are traditional strengths of the Republican Party, but Trump has managed to distinguish himself by being a deeply unpopular Republican president in both areas.

After Trump’s 2024 victory, many commentators discerned in the results a deep and lasting national shift toward Trumpist populist nationalism. But it turns out that two of the most critical elements of this ideology are at the root of its biggest political fiascos and its disastrous public reputation – in short, perhaps they constitute THE the most important reasons why his entire presidency is sinking deeper and deeper into total and monumental failure.