{"id":22342,"date":"2026-02-01T19:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=22342"},"modified":"2026-02-01T19:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T00:24:22","slug":"my-video-on-trumps-affordability-tariff-fairy-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/01\/my-video-on-trumps-affordability-tariff-fairy-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"My Video on Trump&#8217;s Affordability Tariff Fairy Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump is boasting of his economic triumphs but his high tariffs are hammering average Americans whose lives feel less affordable than ever. From my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nypost<\/a> oped today <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nsP9wOe5KH\">pic.twitter.com\/nsP9wOe5KH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/2018074208689951157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roughly 500 views so far on Facebook&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1437\" height=\"1471\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026.png 1437w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026-782x800.png 782w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026-1000x1024.png 1000w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026-147x150.png 147w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026-768x786.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1437px) 100vw, 1437px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1437\" height=\"1471\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026.png 1437w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026-782x800.png 782w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026-1000x1024.png 1000w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026-147x150.png 147w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jpb-screenshot-video-i-made-on-trump-tariff-affordability-nypost-2-1-2026-768x786.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1437px) 100vw, 1437px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1FUCz9Kkiu\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1FUCz9Kkiu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The video is also on Facebook. The video is also on Facebook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump is boasting of his economic triumphs but his high tariffs are hammering average Americans whose lives feel less affordable than ever. From my @nypost oped today pic.twitter.com\/nsP9wOe5KH&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) February 1, 2026 Roughly 500 views so far on Facebook&#8230;. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/1FUCz9Kkiu The video is also on Facebook. The video is also on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2124,4759,134,710,3058,708],"class_list":["post-22342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-biden","tag-doordash","tag-food","tag-inflation","tag-prosperity","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My Video on Trump&#039;s Affordability Tariff Fairy Tales - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Trump claims to be doing great work on the economy but Americans are increasingly feeling hard times\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/01\/my-video-on-trumps-affordability-tariff-fairy-tales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My Video on Trump&#039;s Affordability Tariff Fairy Tales - 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