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Beau of The Fifth Column

The Roads to Trump's economy in normal language

Beau of The Fifth Column

Beau of The Fifth Column

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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The Roads to Trump's economy in normal language

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again. And welcome to the roads with Bell.

0:08.1

Today is August 7th, and today we're going down the roads to explaining Trump's economy in non-economic

0:16.2

speak, as much as possible anyway. As much as I hate to admit it, sometimes providing economic data isn't the best way to

0:25.7

get the point across.

0:27.9

And getting to that point, here's a message from one of the metal shop guys.

0:33.4

If you haven't seen any, there's been a series of videos addressing questions from a group

0:38.8

of guys who work in a metal shop, and there are various political persuasions.

0:45.3

Okay, here's the message.

0:48.1

One of the Republican guys has seen the light, at least on the economic issues.

0:53.8

Now he's running into problems talking to other Republicans,

0:57.8

who realize the economy is going bad, but don't know why. And even though I find it funny,

1:05.0

that he's now trying to talk to the brick wall he used to be, he brought up a good point and said the numbers don't help.

1:13.5

He says the cause and effect and personal connection is all that helps. Just thought you might be

1:20.5

able to do something with that because he wants help talking to them. Okay. So what we're going to do is go step by step explaining

1:32.3

cause and effect and trying to make it relatable. This might help in conversations you'll have

1:39.0

soon. So if you're thinking of buying something, do you want to know the price before you buy it?

1:47.2

You wouldn't just fill up a cart at the store without knowing the price.

1:52.1

Companies are the same way, and the constant changes in tariffs is changing the price.

1:58.8

They put an item in the cart at one price, but by the time they get to the

2:02.8

register, it's different. That level of uncertainty means they can't plan, so they can't invest.

2:11.3

That over time slows down growth. Markets hate uncertainty. When markets are uncertain, companies can't plan, which means

2:22.2

they don't know how many employees they'll need. They may not start laying people off right

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