Eric Levitz
"Expressing X idea wins you votes because people like the sound of it" and "implementing X idea loses you votes because it has horrible consequences that the lay public did not anticipate" aren't contradictory claims. (Not saying this is necessarily true of Trump and tariffs)
Jake M. Grumbach
Listen, I hate it too but the fact that Trump has dramatically lost popularity by doing exactly what he said he would do underscores the importance of vibes over policy agendas in modern elections