I see it exactly opposite.
I think the Federal layoffs are a huge boost to America. I work with the Federal Gov't and grew up with family that rose to the top of California's state government. The amount of waste, needless jobs, and spending that happens because they have the budget is insane. The cuts mean more money for things that actually help, and hopefully an eventual cut in spending.
The trader war was long in coming. The USA has been abused in trade by corrupt Democrats and Republicans for decades. A reset was greatly needed.
As far as the immigration "crack down" .... wow... are you wrong. It's not a "crack down"... it's an enforcement of the actual law that the Democrats chose to ignore, because they thought it would give them permanent power. The cost of illegal aliens on our schools, hospitals, law enforcement, prisons, infrastructure, young home seekers, young job seekers, etc. is in the hundreds of billions lost annually.
Trump, as a person, is not what most of us support. Some of his policies, though... A+
Border
DEI
Crime
Trans issues
Trade
Peace
Energy
A+
Truly you inhabit an alternate reality.
Firstly, even if you believe the federal layoffs are good—and for the most part, they are not, there is no trade “reset” happening, and we haven’t been taken advantage of either—you cannot just lay off hundreds of thousands of people in one fell swoop without economic impacts. DOGE should have followed the lead set by the Clinton Admin and spent time analyzing what cuts can be made, then phasing them in gradually.
If you actually look at the full report (you can download it
here), market/economic conditions are responsible for almost as many layoffs as DOGE (245K due to market, 293K due to DOGE). There’s also:
—178K due to companies closing
—128 K due to “restructuring”
—80K due to “cost cutting”
—38.8K due to bankruptcy
—7.9K due to tariffs
Donald Trump is an economic fucking failure dude, there’s no way around it.
Don’t even get me started on the other bullshit you tried to claim is good. Ending DEI programs hurts white women most, it hurts farmers as well, and people with disabilities.
Trade? His stupid trade policies are a big reason we’re in this mess, as evidenced by Trump cutting some tariffs to try and help affordability. You should be able to figure out that admitting they are cutting tariffs to help things become more affordable means that the tariff rates we had made things less affordable. And I mean, duh, because that’s how math and taxes work.
Peace lmao? His so-called Mideast peace plan just fucks over the Palestinians again and emboldens Bibi to commit more war crimes. His policies for Ukraine cripple them (an ally of ours), hurt NATO allies, and overwhelmingly benefit Putin and Russia.
Do you really think manufacturing is coming back? Can we expect to see far less added to the deficit that in Trump’s first term? Or anything less than what Biden added? Fuck no. Wake up.