Jasmine Wright:
I think, if you are a Trump supporter, it is promises made, promises kept. So I think that it is gratifying. They feel that he is doing exactly what he said and that what he said is working.
Obviously, we haven’t seen this enormous downturn of the economy, which I think a lot of economists projected would happen by now. Of course, to your point. We don’t necessarily know if the full effect of the tariffs have kicked in. We were actually doing a review at NOTUS.
And we found that of the U.S.’ 15 largest trading partners, we only have a deal right now with eight. And that does not include Mexico, and that does not include Canada, two huge partners. With Mexico, we asked the White House official what happens if they don’t get a deal by Friday. Again, the clock is ticking. They said that USMCA, that original trade deal that he negotiated back in his first term, that would kick in and protect a lot of goods from tariffs.
But, still, there are a lot of questions. And, of course, you’re getting really close to that deadline. And even though Donald Trump says that those letters are deals, they’re not necessarily deals.
