he didn't have to do any of this
whatever problems the economy had, this wasn't 2008, all he had to do was leave it alone and he'd have been free to complete his fascist consolidation with a compliant media and elite institutions showing the spine of jellyfish
he did not have to do it
whatever problems the economy had, this wasn't 2008, all he had to do was leave it alone and he'd have been free to complete his fascist consolidation with a compliant media and elite institutions showing the spine of jellyfish
he did not have to do it
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He’s been obsessed with tariffs for forty years, he has to know on some level the grim reaper is catching up, and he’s nothing but hate in a baggy suit.
This is his “apres moi le deluge” moment
And yet, here we are.
That his 2nd term would be worse than his 1st was guaranteed.
The shocking thing to me? The GOP can stop this at any time and is choosing not to!
https://bsky.app/profile/getastandingdesk.bsky.social/post/3lkowpcbwok22
They thought they could talk him off the ledge and then panicked when they couldn’t.
Like if you explained tariffs on a base level to children I think they’d be like “this is bad!”.
He’s done it w so many things. Mashes all the buttons at once. Throws out good thing for spite, or because he thinks he knows better.
It's so outside the realm of normal benign US hegemony that he's pissing off countries that are enormously difficult to piss off.