{"id":2573473,"date":"2026-02-25T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ignore-the-tariffs-ahead-of-2026-elections-tiana-lowe-doescher\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:54:32","slug":"ignore-the-tariffs-ahead-of-2026-elections-tiana-lowe-doescher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ignore-the-tariffs-ahead-of-2026-elections-tiana-lowe-doescher\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ignore the tariffs&#8217; ahead of 2026 elections: Tiana Lowe Doescher"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fignore-the-tariffs-ahead-of-2026-elections-tiana-lowe-doescher%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2573473&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8211; The Washington Examiner piece features Tiana Lowe Doescher arguing that Trump\u2019s tariff policy isn\u2019t popular with voters and that he should \u201cignore the tariffs for a moment\u201d to focus on affordability ahead of the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It notes that Trump delivered the State of the Union roughly eight months before the elections and warns Democrats would try to impeach him if they retook the House; Doescher says Trump doesn\u2019t want to be a lame duck and could have a strong record if he emphasizes affordability instead of tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Doescher contends Trump can run on a record if he shifts the narrative away from tariffs toward cost of living and affordability, and remarks that Biden\u2019s economy has created wage losses that Trump must address.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece mentions trump\u2019s new economic proposals, including an agreement for tech firms to develop their own energy sources for data centers, and calls for a second budget reconciliation with targeted tax cuts not included in the 2025 package.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >covers tariff-related developments<\/a>,noting the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling against Trump\u2019s \u201cLiberation Day\u201d tariff slate,while a 10% global tariff remained in effect with reported plans to raise it to 15%.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article also points readers to read the full State of the Union speech and includes related recommendations and multimedia content.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump needs to &lsquo;ignore the tariffs&rsquo; ahead of midterm elections: Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2515720\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/tiana-lowe-doescher\/\" type=\"mediapress_author\" id=\"13021\">Tiana Lowe Doescher<\/a> said President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4470918\/state-of-the-union-what-trump-did-not-say\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> needs to come to terms with the fact that his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"584\">tariff policy<\/a> is not &ldquo;incredibly popular&rdquo; with voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump delivered his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-of-the-union\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"658\">State of the Union<\/a> speech on Tuesday evening, roughly eight months before the midterm elections. Doescher said Trump doesn&rsquo;t want to be &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-dems-push-national-popular-vote-in-final-moments-of-power\/\" title=\"MI Dems Push National ... Vote In Final Moments Of Power\">lame duck&#038;rdquo<\/a>; president in his second term, and he has warned that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/4469414\/democrats-boycott-trump-state-of-the-union-for-rally\/\">Democratic Party<\/a> would try to impeach him if they retake the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4471367\/vance-affordability-wisconsin-state-of-the-union\/\">Vance takes the affordability pitch to Wisconsin after State of the Union address<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4469047\/trump-positive-response-state-of-the-union-cnn-poll\/\">Nearly two-thirds of State of the Union viewers approve of Trump speech: CNN poll<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4471286\/jimmy-kimmel-carps-trump-record-breaking-state-of-the-union\/\">Jimmy Kimmel carps over Trump&#8217;s record-breaking State of the Union: &#8216;Play him off&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ahead of these <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11675\">pivotal elections<\/a>, Doescher said there is a record Trump can run on, but only if he is willing to &ldquo;ignore the tariffs for a moment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Remember, the tariffs are not incredibly popular to the American people, and they do help with the deficit, they help with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-and-the-debt\/\" title=\"Democrats and the debt\">federal spending deficit<\/a>, not with the trade deficit, which has actually remained really large,&rdquo; Doescher said on Newsmax2 Tuesday. &ldquo;Instead, what matters is that affordability, cost of living question, and the fact is on that metric, Trump has been extraordinarily successful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3394756&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=f00574c8ca938082715bf4221793f16d\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Doescher added that Trump inherited a &ldquo;Biden economy&rdquo; when he entered office, and &ldquo;it takes time&rdquo; to address the last administration&rsquo;s work and &ldquo;dig us out of that hole.&rdquo; Doescher said that consumers in the United States lost an average of 4% of their wages under former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"471\">Joe Biden&rsquo;s<\/a> leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced a series of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4470556\/these-people-are-crazy-six-takeaways-from-trumps-state-of-the-union\/\">new economic proposals<\/a> during his State of the Union, including an agreement between the White House and tech companies to have the firms build their own energy sources for data centers across the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also pressed Congress to pass a second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-democrats-will-work-on-covid-19-package-alongside-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Schumer: Democrats Will Work on COVID...19 Package Alongside Impeachment Trial\">budget reconciliation package<\/a> this year, in the hope that it would include tax cuts for American households that were not included in the 2025 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4453971\/one-big-beautiful-bill-act-add-trillions-deficits-cbo\/\">One Big Beautiful Bill Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4471164\/read-in-full-president-donald-trumps-state-of-the-union-speech\/\"><strong>READ IN FULL: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP&rsquo;S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4465301\/trump-response-supreme-court-tariff-decision\/\">The Supreme Court ruled Friday <\/a>to strike down Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;Liberation Day&rdquo; tariff slate. Trump described the ruling as &ldquo;unfortunate&rdquo; during his State of the Union, but said &ldquo;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-gets-called-out-for-sneaky-pre-debate-poll-trick-trying-to-set-up-a-particular-narrative\/\" title=\"ABC Gets Called Out for Sneaky Pre...Debate Poll Trick: &#039;Trying to Set Up a Particular Narrative&#039;\">good news&#038;rdquo<\/a>; is that &ldquo;almost all countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4469199\/trump-administration-imposes-10-global-tariff\/\">a 10% global tariff by the U.S.<\/a> took effect on Tuesday. A White House official told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the Trump administration is working on increasing the rate to 15%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urged to ignore tariffs before midterms, Doescher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2573474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26056162387208-e1772027712713.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651,538],"tags":[74550,50406,74551,74267],"class_list":["post-2573473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-elections-2026-2","tag-tariffs-2","tag-tiana-lowe-doescher-2","tag-trade-policy-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26056162387208-e1772027712713.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573477,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573473\/revisions\/2573477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}