everyone — literally everyone — underestimated how much damage we avoided by mnuchin being willing to play along and sound like a dumbass while talking trump into (relatively, by comparison) sane economic policy
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Aaron Rupar
KERNEN: How much inflation pain are we gonna be willing to take if China hits us right back w/tariffs
LUTNICK: Inflation comes from govt printing more money
K: You don't think it comes from tariffs?
L: Tariffs do not, do not, do not create inflation! This concept is just ppl whining& complaining
LUTNICK: Inflation comes from govt printing more money
K: You don't think it comes from tariffs?
L: Tariffs do not, do not, do not create inflation! This concept is just ppl whining& complaining
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wired: movie producers
Woke: movie producers
Bespoke: producer of the Lego Batman movie
I figured he'd... Know how money works? And have enough of it that he would want to keep it functional?
(Yes, I think that the degree to which prices will rise is overestimated... because I expect American consumption to fall significantly, which is a very bad thing.)
Alex Azar vs RFKjr
Scott Gottlieb vs Martin Makary
Dan Coats vs Tulsi Gabbard
And Jeff Sessions wasn’t a good guy….but can you imagine Bondi recusing from anything
And if she did recuse, instead of Rosenstein at DAG you’d have one of Trump’s former personal lawyers