{"id":6944,"date":"2025-04-08T06:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T06:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=6944"},"modified":"2025-04-16T05:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T05:00:57","slug":"mayor-bowsers-response-to-trumps-tariffs-and-elon-musks-doge-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=6944","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Bowser\u2019s Response to Trump\u2019s Tariffs and Elon Musk\u2019s DOGE Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0<span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/author\/demarco-rush\/\">Demarco Rush<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While highlighting local businesses in Northwest D.C. on Monday, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser discussed the potential effects the Trump administration\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/04\/02\/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-countries-chart-imports-united-states.html\">newly implemented tariffs<\/a>\u00a0on foreign imports could have on the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know the impacts but we are monitoring it closely,\u201d said Bowser, considering District residents and entrepreneurs as she toured businesses at The Parks at Walter Reed. \u201cWe regard small businesses and their growth as important to our growth agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bowser\u2019s tour of the Northwest businesses came after announcing a $500,000 investment through the Walter Reed Retail Opportunity Grant to \u201csupport businesses activating retail areas on The Parks at Walter Reed campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \">\n<div class=\"newspack_global_ad scaip-1 fixed-height\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-caf9af3267-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The tour started at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dcpopup.com\/home\/\">DC Pop-Up<\/a>, a collective of women and minority-owned businesses part of the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dslbd.dc.gov\/madeindc\">Made in DC Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Open businesses at The Parks at Walter Reed include:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecharmery.com\/\">The Charmery<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.com\/\">Chase Bank<\/a>, DC Pop-Up,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/districtdogs.com\/\">District Dogs<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livewellanimal.com\/our-locations\/washington-dc\/the-parks\/\">Livewell Animal Hospital at the Parks<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jinyaramenbar.com\/\">JINYA<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneberrygarage.com\/\">Juneberry Garage<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailsaloon.com\/\">Nail Saloon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/\">Starbucks<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wholefoodsmarket.com\/\">Whole Foods<\/a>. In addition, other businesses are coming to the Walter Reed campus, including: Blue\u2019s Coffee Shop, McCuiston Group Pediatrics and Lactation, Pere Wine Bar, Slice and Pie,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tropicalsmoothiecafe.com\/\">Tropical Smoothie Caf\u00e9<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.truevalue.com\/\">True Value Hardware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rahama Wright, curator of DC Pop-Up and CEO of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sheayeleen.com\/\">Shea Yeleen<\/a>, was ecstatic about the opportunity to showcase local small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly grateful to Mayor Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development for awarding this grant,\u201d Wright told The Informer. \u201cThey reached out to us and asked if we wanted to do the pop up here and we of course said we would love to!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While she is appreciative of the opportunities provided through the grant funding and curating DC Pop Up, Wright, like many Washintonians, is worried about the Trump administration\u2019s tariffs affecting residents and businesses.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \">\n<div class=\"newspack_global_ad scaip-2 fixed-height\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-2bd992b9b0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI think everyone\u2019s going to be impacted,\u201d Wright told The Informer. \u201cIn this time of uncertainty, all businesses are going to be impacted but for small businesses, it\u2019s going to be much more difficult to overcome. [Small businesses] will be much more impacted simply because they don\u2019t have the resources to address external challenges related to the tariff situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-working-to-protect-district-residents-bracing-for-economic-crisis-nbsp\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Working to Protect District Residents, Bracing for Economic Crisis\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As Bowser met and listened to entrepreneurs and District workers, she also reacted to the cuts made by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doge.gov\/\">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)<\/a>, led by Elon Musk, to downsize the federal government and cut spending it deems as \u201cwaste, fraud and abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we already know from these DOGE cuts to the federal government is that we may have up to 40,000 people who don\u2019t have their jobs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor emphasized the importance of keeping federal workers that have been laid off in the District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to retain those residents, we want them to stay here and get new jobs here,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want them to continue to send their kids to our schools and shop at our businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-3    \">\n<div class=\"newspack_global_ad scaip-3 fixed-height\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-dc2e0e383b-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As President Donald Trump\u2019s April 2 \u201cLiberation Day\u201d tariffs begin after declaring a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries, as well as higher rates for dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the U.S., Bowser explained how the District could be affected by the uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen our residents are impacted, the city is impacted,\u201d Bowser explained. \u201cIf people lose jobs, if there is not as much investment income, all of those things impact revenue to the city, it\u2019s a cascading effect on other investments as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With various economic concerns looming, the mayor warned that more trials could arise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think most people are expecting that the national economy will go into recession and the District\u2019s economy may go into recession soon,\u201d Bowser said.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor said the District is used to bracing for financial challenges, in order to help residents as much as possible; however, she said, this current economic trial is unprecedented.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-4    \">\n<div class=\"newspack_global_ad scaip-4 fixed-height\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-ca419f6974-0\">\u201cWe always prepare for recession planning and what [that] means is, how do we rightsize our spending to adjust to changes in revenues?\u201d she explained. \u201cUsually recessions are part of an economic cycle but this one is a shock caused by this policy change.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Source: Published without changes from Washington Informer Newspaper<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Demarco Rush While highlighting local businesses in Northwest D.C. on Monday, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser discussed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america-under-attack","category-regular-column"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6946,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6944\/revisions\/6946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}