Tariffs could cost them. They're still standing by Trump.

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/11/tariffs-trump-maga-base/

Tariffs could cost them. They’re still standing by Trump.
President Donald Trump’s tariff rollercoaster shows the remarkable faith of his base.
April 11, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. EDT
By Hannah Knowles

Kathy McConnell vented about inflation last fall as she waited in line to attend one of Donald Trump’s final rallies in Pennsylvania. Grocery store prices were ridiculous, she said, and she hoped Trump would fix things.

Now Trump’s tariffs threaten to raise prices again. The stock market rebounded somewhat this week on the news that Trump would pause many levies for 90 days, but it’s been a wild ride: McConnell watched her invested pension money drop by 8 percent at one point and wondered if she might have to delay retirement.

She wasn’t upset.

“If this is what it takes to make other countries treat us fair,” the 64-year-old said, “then I am okay with that.”

Trump’s roller coaster tariff policy poses one of the starkest tests yet of his ability to defy political gravity, dividing his allies but also showcasing the remarkable faith of his die-hard base. The politician who campaigned on lowering prices spent the past week asking Americans to accept serious economic pain in the hope of reordering global trade. And many supporters were happy to sacrifice — even before Trump changed course amid financial panic and put many tariffs on hold.

MAGA influencers who once condemned inflation under President Joe Biden told Americans they could make do with less. GOP voters once irate over the cost of groceries said they are willing to give Trump a long runway to figure things out.

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[Bettie]

1. What that says to me

is that the hate is the overriding factor. They hate something (probably multiple somethings...usually people who don't look or think like them) more than they love ANYTHING.

These are the people who would excuse him for anything.

[bearsfootball516]

2. It's a cult. And you can't fix stupid.

[newdeal2]

12. They are sheep with no critical thinking skills

I’m not sure how you can reach out to these people. I think we are better off trying to energize our base and any thinking independents.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Are Americans smart enough to keep their democracy?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. When their son loses his job they might reconsider. . . .nt

[Aristus]

5. If she gets any stupider, she's going to forget how to breathe.

I'm not saying that's a deal-breaker...

[Happy Hoosier]

6. It was NEVER really about inflation,

Weknowdis.

[Norrrm]

7. If Trump raises prices, it's just fine with his cultists.

[BeyondGeography]

8. In Trump We Trust

Said no one who has ever actually dealt with him.

[marble falls]

11. Just because they trusted him, it didn't mean he could be trusted. They are in shock over the ...

... fact he's been promising this crap for YEARS.

[SamKnause]

9. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid fucks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If the U.S. has been getting fucked over by all the other countries on this planet, how did the U.S. become the richest country in

in the world ???

Do you know how many countries the U.S. has fucked over, I mean really fucked over ???

I suspect you don't.

Just keep believing every thing your cult leader tells you.

Your ignorance nauseates me.

[marble falls]

10. Their choice is sinking ship or fighting it out with the rest of the rats over a cracker on a piece of a mast.

[Swede]

13. Some will abandon him, eventually.

The rest will line up to drink the koolaid, one last time.

[Solly Mack]

14. I'm OK doing without, losing money, and paying more for food because it means other countries will treat the US better?

We're number 1! The greatest nation on earth!

But we're being mistreated by other nations?

Immigrants are taking advantage of us becomes other nations are taking advantage of us.

Always the "other".

McConnell and the rest will make sacrifices - don't you just love how the unnecessary harm being done to them is now a willing sacrifice on their part.

Trump could beat them daily and they would tell the rest of us why it was their fault.

That's how sick it has become for them. They're in an abusive relationship and have been convinced it will lead to better things - because their abuser told them so.

[Efilroft Sul]

15. I wish the Washington Post and New York Times would stop it with their Cletus Safaris.

We know what these people are all about, and they aren't the good guys. If Trump were one of the 9/11 hijackers and they were the passengers, they'd be slitting the throats of the flight crew with box cutters.