Buffalo, NY—On April 2nd, voters from various right-wing groups across Western New York were upset with President Trump’s wide-ranging tariffs, which tanked markets and impacted their savings and retirement accounts. This week’s shift in tariff policy has supporters—who elected him to inflict maximum pain and misery against opponents—concerned that the president is spending too much capitol on the economy and want him to refocus on hurting people.
Members of the Constitutional Coalition of NY State, which has been identified as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center, said they would like the president to keep his eye on the prize—intimidating and threatening brown people. They were extremely pleased with the rendition of alleged MS-13 gang members from Venezuela to a notorious prison in El Salvador based on tattoos, hoodies, and hats. But now, there seems to be no second act.
Longtime organizer Whitey Whitehead said, “I want vulnerable brown people to feel unwelcome and scared. I also want to make all those elitist liberals with their fancy degrees and full complements of teeth to cry and be obedient. I want these assholes to suffer. Trump is a master at abusing people. That’s where his focus needs to be—not the economy.”
Members of the Moms for Liberty Erie County, identified by SPLC as a hate group, also hoped the president would stop tinkering with the economy and get back to pressuring undesirable elements wreaking havoc in America.
Sharon Steeplebutt, a Liberty mom, sighed and said, “I was really excited when Trump got back in. Finally, I thought, there’s a man in the White House with my values—a man who would inflict pain on illegals and humiliate members of the LGBTQ community. Someone who would stand up for white people and Christianity. You know, the Bible is his favorite book. I know he says it’s The Art of the Deal, but I really think it’s the Bible—the Old Testament Bible where sinners get turned into pillars of salt. But now, he’s playing around with tariffs and markets. He needs to get back to his core issue of inflicting pain. Maybe that little prick, Stephen Miller, can get him to refocus.
Here are thoughts from other Western New York supporters of the president:
Clem Huskins of East Otto said, “I don’t know nothin’ about no markets, but I do need Trump and Elon to keep firing all those people studying gay frogs and bisexual salamanders, so I can get my DOGE check and finish my meth lab.”
Karen Posington of Clarence expressed concerns over the lack of movement on jailing political opponents. “Sure, this week he ordered investigations of that Anonymous guy from his first term, Miles Taylor and that cyber security expert Chris Krebs, but when is Hillary and Barack “Hussein” Obama going to jail?”
Santiago Sorra of North Buffalo said, “Trump started out like a kid in a candy shop, insulting and humiliating people like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who showed up to the White House in a sweat suit looking like a fidget. When is he going to stop messing with all this tariff business and get back to destroying people? Like that donut-eating clown that is now the Prime Minister of Canada, Mike Carney.
With likely changes in policy in the coming weeks, markets are expected to remain volatile.
