'Going to get worse': Conservative says Trump's biggest power now 'slipping away from him'

[justaprogressive]

The same power that helped put President Donald Trump in the White House in 2016 and 2024 may now be out of his grasp, according to one conservative commentator.

During a Tuesday interview with MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, journalist Charlie Sykes — a prominent Never Trump conservative – opined that Trump's ongoing trade war with China has exposed what could be a fatal flaw for the president. When Wallace pointed out that Trump won a second term based on his promises to rein in costs for basic needs and restore "manliness and masculinity" for young men, Sykes agreed, arguing that voters are starting to notice Trump has fallen short of what he promised last year.

"It's astonishing on so many different levels," Sykes said. "Donald Trump's main appeal is that he's promising prosperity, safety and strength. And what are we actually getting? ... He's undermining all of those things that he ran on."

Sykes went on to suggest that Trump's attempts to "bully" Amazon and Walmart into not displaying the added cost of tariffs and insisting they eat the cost of the new trade duties is backfiring, and showing that Trump is betraying his conservative credentials. And he posited that one of Trump's biggest strengths as a politician is now quickly eroding.

https://www.alternet.org/trump-power/

[yellowcanine]

1. Trump is going to be "the Grinch who stole Christmas"

Talk about a “War on Christmas”!

[Blue Full Moon]

2. We are getting another Great Depression.

McKinley and Hoover's tariff taxes caused depressions so why would it not do it a 3rd time. Companies are failing. Layoffs are occurring. It happens during Bear Market. The closures and layoffs spiral out and cause more closures and layoffs.
The cherry on top is the drought conditions mud rain and dust storms. The removal of migrant farm workers. The fact that most of our food is from Canada, Central America and South America. The cutting of SNAP and stopping food from going to food banks has the makings man made famine. The delusional dementia addled old man says prices are down and that gas is 1.99/ gallon.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. While I Generally Agree...

...you should purge the notion that "most of our food comes from Canada, Central America, & South America" from hour statements.
The fact is that a bit under 15% of food consumed domestically is produced anywhere other than domestically.
It's closer to 1 in every 7 pounds of food is imported from any other country.
A statement that removed from fact undermines the rest of your opinion.

[Blue Full Moon]

6. Almost all food that isn't grains are from other countries.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Meat?

You're digging yourself deeper.
Barely over 9% of beef is imported. 4.4% of pork is imported. Under 1% of poultry is imported. 30% of tomatoes are imported
80-85% of lettuce is domestic. 82.5% of potatoes are domestically produced
You said "most". Under 15% is not most by any definition.
And the numbers all suugest you are wrong.
Quit digging.

[Ursus Rex]

4. Charlie Sykes a rarely right about anything before everyone knows it.

This is more waiting on history to happen, instead of being the leader that makes history. There are 1000s of people waiting for a chance to do better than him and every other pundit and politician.

[Blues Heron]

5. Charlie- psst, its a con... pass it on!

[dutch777]

8. Why doesn't Schumer, Jeffries whoever hold a press conference and show simple charts on inflation?

Show from start of Trump presidency to now...eggs, basic clothing, whatever the average person cares about. Maybe also highlight drop in tourist travel to the US and projected impact to hospitality industry and GDP. And then close with real increase to the national debt. The cost things that so many voters used as excuse to elect Trump and GOPers, toss back in the GOPs face. Focus on painting the GOP as tone deaf, don't focus on Trump, and use it to win in 2026 and retake Congress and stymy the Trump agenda.