An open letter to the President & U.S. Congress; State Governors & Legislatures

Tariffs, Lies, Delusion, Collapse — Still You Pretend While America Flatlines

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President Trump recently posted: “When Tariffs cut in, many people’s Income Taxes will be substantially reduced, maybe even completely eliminated. Focus will be on people making less than $200,000 a year. Also, massive numbers of jobs are already being created, with new plants and factories currently being built or planned. It will be a BONANZA FOR AMERICA!!! THE EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IS HAPPENING!!!” and “The Polls from the Fake News are, like the News itself, FAKE! We are doing GREAT, better than ever before.” Let’s get one thing straight: your MATH ISN’T MATHING, and your REALITY ISN’T REAL. The only thing booming under your leadership is INFLATION, LAYOFFS, and DELUSION. Here’s the math you keep dodging: • 2023 income tax revenue: $2.18 TRILLION • 2023 tariff revenue: $92.3 BILLION • Gap to make up: OVER $2 TRILLION • Your solution? Slap 100%+ TARIFFS on everything and pretend it’s a gift to the middle class. Families making under $200K would be BLED DRY just trying to afford groceries, medicine, and school supplies — while your billionaire friends cheer. This isn’t economic policy. It’s ECONOMIC CRUELTY DRESSED AS NATIONALISM. And while we’re at it: your echo chamber may tell you everything’s great — but WE SEE what’s actually happening. • WE SEE THE LAWLESSNESS — the open attacks on judges, the criminalization of dissent, the willingness to BURN THE CONSTITUTION to preserve your grip on power. • WE SEE THE HATE — inflamed, encouraged, and aimed at the most vulnerable. You call any Christian following Christ’s teachings woke and anti-Christian, while praising those who act like Pharisees as “true believers.” • WE SEE THE INCOMPETENCE — leaking classified plans on unsecured apps, appointing disgraced frauds, and failing to grasp the basic meaning of DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. • WE SEE THE DELUSION — claiming a SUPREME COURT LOSS WAS A WIN, because your staff is too afraid to tell you otherwise — or because you just DECIDED IT WAS. • WE SEE THE COLLAPSE OF CREDIBILITY — allies backing away, tourists staying home, our global standing in freefall. The world watches the “leader of the free world” spout conspiracy theories and call it STRENGTH. • AND WE SEE THE LIES — the endless flood of them. About polls, jobs, tariffs, faith, history, and even your own SIGNATURE. This is not leadership. It’s a ONE-MAN SHOW where truth is heckled, law is optional, and POWER IS THE ONLY PLOT. You and the GOP that bow to you have not led America — YOU’VE HOLLOWED IT OUT. You’ve SPIT ON THE CONSTITUTION and called it loyalty. You’ve turned PATRIOTISM INTO PROPAGANDA and GOVERNING INTO GRIFT. The polls are too kind to you. The press is too careful. The pundits are too polite. But out here? I NO LONGER KNOW A SINGLE REPUBLICAN who would vote for you — or for any of the sycophants who let this happen. YOU BROKE IT. WE WON’T FORGET. WELCOME TO HELL — ONCE KNOWN AS AMERICA!

▶ Created on April 29 by Once upon a Republican

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