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How long does China string him out here?

I know there's a tendency to downplay any bad news for Trump, but I think the damage the tariffs are doing to him politically is being undersold right now... in day-to-day life, it's a lot of what people are talking about, even to the point where car dealerships are running ads mentioning their "tariff free sales".... which gives me "cash for clunkers" vibes

1000%. Pritzker learned this lesson post-COVID, it's sort of mystifying why Gretch didn't.

Mission Accomplished lol

It's difficult because the job requires you to eat a lot of **** from time to time, but even with that, it's really hard to envision what positive or achievable tangible outcome comes from meeting with the guy currently imposing chaos on the state in the first place. Maybe it's the right thing to do, but man it was poorly executed in this case.

This is what was wild about yesterday... The tariffs went from 'catastrophically bad' to 'extremely bad', yet markets + media were acting like everything was going back to square one. Just bonkers ****

I just think a stronger response to Trump is the best way for a Governor to stand up for their states interest in this case.... there's no appeasing this guy, after all these years you'd think people would understand that.

I don't know that I agree totally with this, FWIW.

I will concede she was put in a really tough spot here.... getting put into that position in the Oval Office is the main issue I have, and from what I read, that was preventable. There's no getting around the fact that it was a blunder, and from the expression on her face, she knew it.

I think you just answered your own question.... focusing on the bolded is going to be far more effective to the cause than going through optical pandering exercises that both alienate your own base while are ineffective at turning any voters. I think you can provide substantive solutions to people's problems while pushing back on Donald Trump directly. And I reject this idea that the people actually pushing back on Trump in this moment are effectively yelling 'Trump is an idiot... if you listen to JB Pritzker or Tim Walz speak, there's a lot of actual substance about the practical policy consequences of the decisions he is making for instance.