[fabian2k]

Part of this might be bluffing or just for show, so we don't know if Trump will follow through on these tariffs. Though the uncertainty alone this introduces could have serious effects as companies might avoid investments that Trump could blow up at any moment.

The grant freezes are just outright insane, how bad this will get depends on how long they last. The slight silver lining is that this order might just be so extreme that it'll fail and be overturned. This is not a carefully planned attack on the impoundment control act but they just flipped the table entirely.

Your best chance is that Trump might listen to the billionaire buddies that would lose money here instead of those that just want to see the government burn.