Of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements, which ones concern you most? What impacts do you think this will have on Delaware businesses and consumers? When do you think we will experience noticeable changes?
Tariffs don’t worry me at all. President Donald Trump knows what he’s doing, unlike the liberal media and the obstructionist Democrats, who can’t do anything right! — Philip L. Puschel
His businesses have claimed bankruptcy multiple times. I wouldn’t trust him with anything involving finances or economics. He’s a lackluster reality show character. — Wu-tin HR
Shouldn’t this question be directed at the 100 other countries that have higher and/or significantly higher tariffs in place against the USA? Not only currently but historically speaking. So, when Donald Trump levels the playing field using reciprocal means for equality, then I have zero issues. — Jon Walczak
No! Tariffs do not worry me. What worries me is the tax-and-spend mentality of our local and national Democratic Party, which allowed illegal immigrants into our country for the sole purpose of putting them on the pathway to vote, all so they could vote Democratic and Democrats could stay in power. We may all feel some short-term pain with these tariffs, but I can remember good ol’ Jimmy Carter asking Americans to accept some pain when he asked us to wait in line for gas. I think turnabout is “fair play.” And, by the way, the market crashing short-term isn’t a factor, so long as you don’t cash out now; it’s all on paper. In reality, now is the time to buy more stock! — Dennis Kirkwood
Anything and everything the felon and his people do scares me. I don’t trust anything he does or says. — Brendan Warner
Short-term pain, long-term gain. America has been taken for granted and taken advantage of for a long time. There are a lot of issues with government waste and fraud, and politicians continue to kick the can down the road. I understand mistakes are happening, but I’m excited that a politician is taking it on. Like a parent, sometimes, you have to be the bad guy because it’s the best for the country. I have hope there will be more positive things in the long run because of these controversial decisions. — Richard Kerchevall
There is no long-term gain. The thing that drives this economy is consumer confidence, and that is in the tank. His tariffs are going to destroy demand, and in turn, that is going to kill profitability. It takes huge amounts of capital and time to build a factory. There is very little evidence that high tariffs will bring back manufacturing. The calculus the CEOs are making right now is whether to wait out Donald Trump. Our work in the midterms is to put the Democrats back in power. What Trump just did was to put us on the road to a recession or, worse, stagflation. The last time these types of tariffs were put on the American people, the party in power got slaughtered. It lost 50% of its seats. I would highly suggest that you research the Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, and what happened to our economy during that time. No one signed on to this, and when everything comes crashing down, Trump is going to own it all. His treasury secretary is already talking about bailing because of this stupid decision. — Timothy P. O’Connor
Not worried. This is what I voted for. — Matthew Garbrick
The resulting higher prices worry me. Some of us older people, who are on fixed incomes and already pinching pennies, will be in even worse financial positions when the economy crashes and the prices go up, even for a short time. — William Anderson
Ask this question again in three months. — Karen Chellquist
The tariffs imposed by the other countries on the U.S. worry me. Most of our clothing, appliances, medicines and auto parts that we buy and need on a daily basis are manufactured in a foreign country. Why should we, the American consumer, pay such high tariffs? — Sandy Johnson
