"Beware the demagogues ready to declare a trade war against our friends"

[lemma]

Updates to tariffs in the past 24 hours. 

Canada
https://x.com/RealJessica05/status/1886532396817989674

Mexico
https://x.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1886460515683066351

It looks like Trump is using tariffs as a negotiation tool to get what the administration wants.

The left's POV:
Tariffs raise the price of goods and risk disrupting relations with our trading partners. 

The right's POV:
In 2022, 73,654 people died from a fentanyl overdose in the U.S. The lives of people and the safety of communities are far more important than a temporary increase in the cost of goods, such as the price of beer and avocados.

Me:

Now you guys care about drug addicts? Why should non-drug-addicts like me have my standard of living lowered through increased prices because a bunch of bored people in red states want to kill themselves with narcotics?