It probably won’t come as a surprise, but even such venerable essentials as listening to your favourite music and attending gigs by your favourite artists and bands are being hit hard by Trump’s tariffs.
And the bad news is that by being on the softer, ‘non essential’ side of life (you may be able to live without a new album from Poison, but try doing the same without food) the impacts are even farther reaching, potentially longer-lasting and impossible to predict. For when purses are squeezed and pockets are empty, spending on ‘fun’ is the first thing to fall by the wayside.
