A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on March 3, 2025.
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March 3 looked less like a triumphant “America First” victory lap than the first visible bill for a tariff binge that was sold as painless. The costs were immediate, the political defenses were thin, and the fallout was only beginning to show.
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Trump escalated tariffs on China while keeping Canada and Mexico in the crosshairs, deepening market anxiety and handing critics a clean argument that his trade war is now aimed as much at U.S. supply chains as at foreign governments.