Good thing he cleared that up! I foolishly underestimated him and when he signed an executive order protecting the auto industry from the executive order he'd signed 48 hours earlier, well, I thought he maybe hadn't thought things through or got panicked when the markets had one of their worst weeks in years.
Glad to know it was actually his beneficence.
I think you might be missing a few things.
First, sure there's probably some minor feedback but really, outside of luxury goods (which neither Apple or Google are at this point) more customers is seen as better by investors/the market.
Yes, the market is all theatre but amazingly, it's theatrics to which a great deal of attention is paid. The more share prices of magnificent 7 stocks drop, the more that affects those who have actual power and influence.
Heck, forget abandoning smartphones, living in a cave would be the ultimate way to not contribute to America. But most folks want to balance their morals with a functional life, which for many includes a smartphone.
If you want to slap back, instead of trying desperately to convince maybe a handful of folks to switch to dumb phones over tarrifs, much better to help a lot of people make incremental but helpful changes.
It's wild how many of trump's decisions are exactly what Putin wants.
Man, Ukraine needs to stop goading Russia by having so many innocent civilians.
/s just in case I guess?
If a Conservative President, Congress and Senate can't pass a bill and the government shuts down, I wonder whom the people will blame.