Whimpsical Trump, the generator of inflationary pressures

Let's itemize Trump's whimsical actions leading to more inflationary pressures.

• the ill-conceived Tariffs have heavily impacted the rising cost of
  • electronics
  • agricultural products
  • consumer goods
• the whipsical Iran excursion has skyrocketed
  • the price of gasoline
• ICE crackdown on immigrants has increased
  • the price of agricultural products
  • restaurant food

 

Trump’s trucker crackdown drives inflation BIGLY​

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Nearly three-quarters of the nation’s goods are moved by trucks, yet the industry is facing a dire shortage of truck drivers. Estimates peg that shortfall up to 80,000 drivers — yet the Trump 2.0 is removing thousands of qualified drivers from the roads.

It’s part of Trump 2.0's effort to crack down on immigration and immigrant labor. In the West, more than a third of drivers are immigrants — mostly Sikhs from India — and immigrants make up about 20% of the national trucking workforce.

Now, the administration is forcing the California Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel the licenses of 13,000 immigrant drivers. DMV noted that, “All the individuals … had been granted work authorization by the federal government and were legally present in the United States at the time their license was issued.” But that’s not enough to appease the whimpsical 79-yr old convicted felon.

This unnecessary crackdown is not only disrupting people’s livelihoods, but could further slow deliveries and drive up the cost of products that are delivered by tractor trailer. It’s not just California, either. ICE is “targeting truck stops, weigh stations and immigrant truckers as they drive behind the wheel” throughout the Midwest.

As a result, prices surely will rise for products delivered by truck, which is precisely the opposite of what Americans want after years of persistently high inflation have made life increasingly unaffordable.

Once again, we see there’s a price to pay for the administration’s misguided fixation on immigration. And once again, we’re seeing immigrants scapegoated for political point scoring.

 

according to a study written for J.B. Hunt by Noël Perry of Transport Futures.

Amid Trump's immigration crackdown, 614,000 drivers might exit

 

as reported by the CBO,

Trump has borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months,
updated as of Feb 2026.

that is before the Iran fiasco, for which Trump 2.0 is spending ~~$891 million daily,
with the first week alone incurring around $6 billion​

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so too is his DUI hire, as pointed out by Gov Gavin NEwsom

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