Is Trump leading us into a recession?

特朗普是否正在将我们带入经济衰退?

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2025-03-11

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The White House is warning that short-term economic pain might be necessary as the administration implements its agenda. But how much patience will Americans have for high prices and slowing growth?
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  • Marcie Brown lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

  • She and her family have had to make a lot of changes to their lifestyle in the past couple months.

  • They canceled streaming services.

  • Her husband has picked up extra shifts at work, and their daughters decide to live at home rather than live on her college campus.

  • They've had to make all of these changes because of how expensive it's become to live.

  • We usually buy our eggs in five dozen cartons, if that makes any sense.

  • The flat's a five dozen.

  • Our box is a five dozen.

  • And what I was paying $18 for three months ago, I paid $30 for this month.

  • Marcy hasn't just been noticing the price of eggs going up.

  • It's other things, too.

  • It's now cheaper for her to buy shrimp than hamburger because the price of beef is up.

  • Her coffee is almost double the price it was last year.

  • And now that President Trump is proposing tariffs on Mexico and Canada, she's worried that it'll just get harder for her family.

  • Look at how much produce comes into our country from Mexico.

  • I mean, there's produce you can't even get American grown anymore.

  • And you sit there and you say, oh, it's a tax on the country that gets passed on to the consumer.

  • You just made it harder for the little person to be able to afford something.

  • Marcy didn't vote for anyone for president.

  • She didn't like either candidate.