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As panic spread, pundits in the mainstream media, such as James Cramer from CNBC, took to their platforms to voice their outrage, lamenting the economic downturn while painting doomsday scenarios. Cramer claimed he felt duped, suggesting that Trump’s tough trade policies could spell doom for the American economy, invoking a near-hysteria.
The anticipation of a grim future was not confined to just the left-leaning media; even prominent figures within conservative circles, like Ben Shapiro, found themselves reacting strongly against the tariffs. Shapiro characterized Trump’s tariffs as an “unconstitutionally” massive tax increase on American consumers and suggested that the imposition of tariffs represented a fundamental misunderstanding of how international trade functions.