This week revealed significant setbacks in both international and domestic fronts for the Trump administration. A hoped-for peace initiative with Russia regarding Ukraine failed, mirroring the collapse of ceasefire discussions in Israel and Gaza. The U.S.'s military actions in Yemen juxtaposed with a less favorable economic forecast from the Fed. Heightened tensions resulted in concerns over reckless foreign policy and muddled tariff strategies, exacerbated by unclear communication from the administration, which have dampened initial support amid rising trade protectionism.
...a limited ceasefire on infrastructure was immediately undermined by, well, attacks on infrastructure. The Israel-Gaza ceasefire collapsed, apparently with the consent of the U.S....
If the American people had wanted more reckless, expensive, and warlike foreign policy, they could have voted for the Democrats; fighting Iran... simply don’t align with the administration's stated purposes.
The rollout of tariffs has not been entirely happy... the failure of the administration to articulate a single, coherent message about what the tariffs are actually supposed to do...
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