We asked 500 manufacturing workers about Trump’s tariffs Washington Post [unlocked] President Donald Trump pitched sweeping international tariffs as a windfall to American manufacturers and workers who he said suffered from decades of free trade agreements. But American manufacturing workers are not sold.
73% of Americans are financially stressed. Two-thirds say tariff concerns are the source Stephanie Dhue and Sharon Epperson, CNBC Plurality of voters wary of CEOs' support for Trump, while a similar share say media is too critical Faith Wardwell, NBC News Decoding Misinformation: Why we fall for fake news Steeven Ye, Davide Baldo and Oliviero Marchese, Ipsos Voters Want to Make Polluters Pay Data for Progress
Washington State voters say Trump is negatively impacting their lives Laurel Demkovich, Cascade PBS
On trade, public opinion is already moving away from Trump John Sides, Good Authority
Trust Unshaken: Trump Voters Are Sticking With Their Guy Joshua Chaffin, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Why Trump Surrendered So Quickly on His Tariff Plan Dan Pfeiffer, The Message Box Democrats Shouldn’t Miss Opportunity Created by Trump Tariff Blunders Ed Kilgore, The Democratic Strategist Trump Has Handed Democrats an Enormous Opportunity Josh Barro (Very Serious), New York Times We shouldn't rely on markets to tame Trump Nate Silver, Silver Bulletin Trump finally slapped his brand on a quality product: America Philip Bump, Washington Post [unlocked]
Programmatic Populism vs. Vibes Populism Patrick Ruffini, The Intersection Democrats in a Populist Era Ruy Teixeira, The Liberal Patriot The U.S. and China Are Going to Economic War—and Everyone Will Suffer Jason Douglas, Konrad Putzier, Ruth Simon and Raffaele Huang, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Trade Wars Are Easy to Lose Adam S. Posen (Peterson Institute for International Economics), Foreign Affairs Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak Paul Krugman This Is Why Dictatorships Fail Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic [unlocked] The House: Democrats Favored on What Starts as a Small Battlefield Kyle Kondik, Sabato’s Crystal Ball How Democrats' potential presidential contenders are scoping out different paths to 2028 Ben Kamisar and Alexandra Marquez, NBC News Did Non-Voters Really Flip Republican in 2024? The Evidence Says No. Adam Bonica, Rachel Funk Fordham, Jake Grumbach, and Ernesto Tiburcio, On Data and Democracy Chart of the week: DOGE is not cutting the deficit G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers
There’s much more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Face Off in the Leopard Party with Kristen Soltis Anderson
Beyond the Polls with Henry OlsenTreating Friends Like Enemies
The David Frum Show