Donald Trump spent the weekend in Florida as usual and played Golf, but the resistance to his plans is now increasing in the United States. On Saturday under the motto “Hands Off”, hands protested, hundreds of thousands of people in several cities against the attack of his government on the state, justice and business. It was the greatest demonstrations since the US President took office. And before the start of the new stock exchange week, Elon Musk even expressed criticism of Trump's tariffs imposed worldwide.
Only the multi -billionaire reacted derogatory to posts on the Internet that Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro praised. Its diploma from Harvard had no value, wrote Musk on X, Navarro had achieved nothing. Then he said in a video count in the right party Lega in Italy: “In my opinion, both Europe and the United States should ideally pass to a zero tariff situation and thus create a free trade zone between Europe and North America.”
This caused a sensation, because firstly, Trump had imposed punitive tariffs of 20 percent from the European Union last week. These should come into force on April 9; Basically ten percent tariffs for all imports from all nations have been in effect since April 5. Secondly, the entrepreneur has so far been Trump's closest confidantian when it comes to the conversion of the country.
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At the same time, Musk feels turbulence on the financial market itself, and its electric car group Tesla lost billions of dollars within days. Although the entrepreneur had almost doubled his entire assets since Trump's election victory, he is considered the clearly richest person in the world. He is currently heading the so -called Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge for short, which dissolves authorities in Trump's order and releases masses. However, the rounds make the round that Musk could soon disappear a little out of sight, because his appearances are increasingly unpopular.
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From the White House, no official reactions recently came to his advice to end the trade war at least with the EU. The Navarro criticized by Musk defended Trump's customs program and promised income of $ 600 billion. Meanwhile, Trump spreads perseverance slogans. “This is an economic revolution and we will win,” he wrote in his network Truth Social. “It will not be easy, but the end result will be historical.”
In contrast, investors experience horror how to melt their savings on the capital market. Values of more than six trillion dollars were destroyed in two days. The prospects of stable growth in the US economy have given way to Trump's maneuvers of the concerns about a recession. “These tariffs will significantly more expensive production costs,” quotes the portal Axios The economist Nina Eichacker from the University of Rhode Island. “The employees will have to pay for this while their employers try to reduce the costs.”
Many Americans still support Trump's alone. For example, carmakers have the possibly deceptive hope that American brands benefit from their protectionism. 25 percent of customs have recently been requested for foreign vehicles, but US companies must now also pay more for imports from important components, and customers could also be more economical. The mood in other parts of the population is miserable, and not only because the share prices drop and prices rise.
Last Tuesday, a judge in Wisconsin supported by the Democrats beat her Republican candidate, who had been equipped with millions of dollars by Musk, and entered the Supreme Court of the Swing States. Meanwhile, the opposition awakens, the protests on the street suddenly become louder. The demonstrators are not as numerous as in 2017 right at the beginning of the first era Trump, but the organizers spoke of “millions” participants in a total of more than 1,300 meetings on the weekend; Many people gathered in the capital. There were no official figures or estimates.
This is a nationwide mobilization “to stop the brazenest seizure of power in modern history,” said the organizers of “Hands Off”, an association of activists. “Trump, Musk and her billion -dollar crumpans stage a general attack on our government, our economy and our fundamental rights – and are supported by the congress at every turn.” The democratic MP Jamie Raskin from Maryland said at Washington Monument: “No moral person wants an economic -destructive dictator who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
