On October 18, the streets of the United States boiled again, with more than 2,700 cities and millions of people going to the streets protesting, raising badges and playing gongs.
In the case of civil strife, Trump's tone softened a lot. Previously, he threatened to impose a 100% tariff on China, but now he calls this policy "unsustainable".
Always tough Trump, now suddenly changed a set of gestures, it can be seen that in the situation of diplomatic difficulties, Trump is really unbearable.
Politics overwhelmed ordinary people.
It's not that the United States has never seen protests, but this battle is really rare, and it can be described as blossoming everywhere. From the east coast to the western towns, almost no state can stay out of it.
The crowd shouted slogans and raised slogans, expressing a variety of demands, but the core was one. This tariff policy was not to attack China, but to attack itself. What's more interesting is that the protesters are no longer a certain group, but people from all walks of life have stepped forward.
This shows that the problem is not a little big, many people are no longer concerned with international games, but rather feel that their lives are taken away by politics and are increasingly sad.
Especially in industries that rely on exports for a living, orders suddenly fell, but production costs rose sharply. Company bosses complained endlessly, and employees suffered even more.
There are also immigration policies, some contradictions between the federal and local governments, etc.
These problems accumulated together, erupted in concentrated concentrations, and waves of protests continued. The Trump administration had to face the reality that policies had angered too many ordinary people, and if they continued to endure, the results would only get worse.
Trump bows head
Trump has always been tough, but this time rarely changed the tone, he admitted in a television interview that the practice of imposing high tariffs on China "is unbearable."
What he said is that the economic pressure of the United States is increasing. If this policy continues, I'm afraid it's not that China can't stand it first, but that the United States itself will collapse first.
In the past few years, he has always regarded the trade war as a sign of toughness and said it with confidence. However, now not only has it failed to achieve the expected results, it has also backfired the country's economy, which makes him have to change his mind.
This is not a simple change of attitude, but a passive response to the real situation.
Because of this set of tariff policies, not only did not let China's industrial chain collapse, but instead made China accelerate the adjustment pace. and on the U.S. side, inflation pressure continues, enterprise costs soar, and people's days are becoming more and more tight.
The reality has forced Trump to “step on the brakes.”
In fact, in the past few years, the U.S. economy has seen a lot of signals, with consumers complaining about rising prices, cutting spending, and local governments having a headache in fiscal pressure.
It's just that these voices have been ignored for too long, and now they have finally merged into concrete protests. Trump relented this time more out of helplessness. He knew that if he continued to endure hard, he would not only be unable to withstand it, but might also completely ruin the election.
Especially at the point in which the midterm elections are approaching, he cannot fail to consider the changes in the mood within the party and the voters, and it is wrong to recognize that although it is bad to see, in this situation, it is already the most stable option.
The root of the problem lies within the United States
Many people point the finger at China, thinking that as long as China is suppressed, the problem can be solved. However, this storm has actually shown that the problems of the United States are not external, but internal structural problems.
In the past few years, the United States has been trying to pull manufacturing back, and the slogans are loud, but the outcome is not ideal.
Many companies find that moving the factory back to the United States is too expensive, manpower, logistics, materials are expensive, and ultimately choose to stay in Asia or move to other developing countries, which leaves the so-called "industrial return" great discount.
At the same time, the scientific and technological industry has also been facing the problem of supply chain instability, and wanted to take the initiative by limiting exports to China, which in turn prompted China to accelerate the speed of independent research and development.
The U.S. wants to use a technical card neck, but this strategy did not produce the expected effect, instead leaving itself short in the key links.
On an international level, the U.S. trade policy has also disturbed some of its traditional allies.
In recent years, the European Union and Southeast Asian countries have chosen to strengthen economic cooperation with China. The isolationist approach of the United States has not played a role in wooing, but has accelerated the reconstruction of the global economic structure.
These phenomena illustrate one problem. The United States 'challenges do not come from China, but its own ability to adapt to globalization is declining.
The fundamental contradiction still lies in the delayed adjustment of the domestic economic structure, the obsolescence of policy tools and the lack of coordination.
In recent years, Trump wanted to use tough measures to solve complex problems, only to find that it still needs to be hard to strike while the iron is hot. If the internal instability is unstable, no amount of external pressure will achieve real results.
A protest reveals the true dilemma of the United States
This nationwide protest is not only a denial of a policy, but more like an outbreak of collective emotion.
Uncertainty about the future is rising, trust in the government is falling, and from street signs to online discussions, a feeling of “we’re tired of it” is spreading.
Trump's admission of admission also forced the entire Washington to re-examine this issue. The logic of "high-pressure in exchange for concessions" in the past is no longer valid.
People are no longer blindly persuaded that “only toughness can safeguard American interests” and instead start to question that the government says it’s for our good, but why do we get worse?
The greatest significance of this storm lies not in the scale of the protests, but in the fact that it reveals the current political and economic difficulties in the United States.
Policymakers want to transfer domestic contradictions through external contradictions, but when the actual pressure becomes heavier and heavier, the transfer becomes meaningless.
What America needs to face is a more multi-polar world and a more complex domestic situation.
Basic problems cannot be solved by simple tariffs, but may be complicated, and Trump’s policy choices have begun to affect the overall direction of the country, and this cost is paid by ordinary people.
conclusion
The protests in more than 2700 cities are not only a response to a policy, but also a question of the choice of an era; Trump's admission of admission is a compromise forced by reality and a microcosm of the U.S. policy dilemma.
This is not so much a defeat in an economic war as a reflection on the past way of thinking. The challenge for the United States may not lie in how to suppress its opponents, but in whether it can adjust itself.
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