Trump’s economic problems brought the Republicans on the defensive

Washington President Donald Trump’s full-speed approach to radical change has forced his allies to explain their plans from a defensive attitude after being executed and triggered alarms in his Republican party that everything could end in a wreck.

The concerns are particularly acute when it comes to the economy, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 7% of its value this month and many economists forecast either slower growth or an upcoming recession. Trump did not prevent these fears from continuing to impose tariffs for enemies and friends – which help increase the prices for US consumers and to lower jobs, grants and contracts.

“There are worries,” said a person who was involved in discussions about the economy with officials from the White House. These effects on the markets and the economy can be felt immediately, while the guidelines that aim at growth – including taxes and regulations – will take much longer, according to this person.

In private, officials from the National Economic Council of the White House feared that it could be difficult to recover quickly from a downturn, said two familiar people with discussions of the White House.

A second person who often speaks to administrative officials said the White House attempts to represent the long -term of economic tremors. However, this approach is a considerable risk – both for the economy and the political position of the Republicans – if the turnaround does not happen. Many of these administrative officials believe that tariffs are not solid politics – and ultimately do not come into force over a longer period of time – but this person said Trump “does not want to talk to them now”.

The White House did not answer a request for a comment.

The dark economic clouds force Officials of the Trump administration in unpleasant position to explain why a president who promised to simply increase the economy by winning the elections now falls with a lack of share prices, the job losses that he created with one -sided cuts in government agencies and the increasing predictions of a sluggish economy.

“This was always part of the plan,” said Agriculture Minister Brooke Rollins on Tuesday about Fox News and forgot Trump’s campaign path. “The president focuses on – not on short -term. … he really wants to repair America.”

This is a different feeling than what Trump expressed on the campaign path when he asked for voices.

“From day 1 of my new administration we will end inflation and make America affordable again,” he said in October at a rally in Saginaw, Michigan.

The messaging complications go beyond its dealings with the economy and extend to domestic politics that were carried out without congress.

The education secretary Linda McMahon, who fired half of the workers in her department this week, said on Wednesday on social media said that the goal of the campaign “does not take any training away”.

“It should take the bureaucracy out of training,” wrote McMahon, who had the task of eliminating the entire educational department.

The layoffs that affect thousands of employees were announced when Trump urges the congress to send him an expenditure calculation that would deliver tens of billions for a department to be fully eliminated.

Senator Mike Rounds, Rs.d., said he thinks Trump has a certain scope to pursue trade wars-even this year, tariffs for Europe, China, Canada and Mexico had been imposed-but not at long-term costs.

“Look, I wouldn’t do it that way,” said Rounds about the hack of the White House. “I think you want to try something different from the previous administration. But you have to show success pretty quickly.”