Yes, This Is All True, But The Price Of Gasoline and Diesel Could Spark an Inflation Fire

I expected the Trump tariffs to be a disaster. I'm puzzled by what I'm not seeing.

They don't seem to have harmed the US economy in any way I can notice with my eyeballs or in the statistics. Business activity is booming, unemployment seems to be low, household consumption is…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 24, 2026

OH, AND BY THE WAY:

This is the winning midterm message.

But the GOP at large won’t pick it up because too many of their candidates’ donors want to replace American workers with cheap foreign labor. https://t.co/z6jO9Gt5YA

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) September 24, 2026