But he still needs to figure out how to raise revenue. The Senate’s budget trick may allow passage of the “big beautiful bill”, but it can’t fool the bond market
I agree. The problem is his fundamental misunderstanding of the concept. The math ain’t mathin and it’s stuck in his brain. He refuses to consider any other reasoning.
When he's done feeling the erotic pleasure of destroying the world economy, he's going to renew his interest in nuclear weapons, and their strategic use, because
But how long will it take for investors to believe he won’t change his mind again? Predictability is key. Not reallocating my portfolio to a predominance of equities…yet.
We could change it to magats also. Im still hearing them saying we are doing great. Just sit back and Trump will fix everything. Yeah, he will try fixing his fups. Takes a lot longer to fix his stupid than it took him to destroy everything.
In the meantime, they're going to hope everyone forgets that ICE is disappearing innocent students, tourists, and migrants, testing the waters to do it to anyone.
Well if he gets more ass kissers like Netanyahu, who grovelled at the 🍊🤡 earlier today, he will look like the benevolent
dick-tator when he cancels tariffs on those weak sister countries.
One of his advisory panel said it out loud today - they want foreign countries to pay cash into the US treasury for the pleasure of doing business there.
"Ever seen Lost?! See, PrezFuckhead is playing 3D Dimension Dimensional/Cubed Chess, but it's also FLASH-SIDEWAYS! How's that hit yer sack?! It's, like, we can't even understand it, we're just not capable!"
Everybody knows he has the biggest, smartest brain. This chess is mind boggling! All of our smaller brains should just stop trying to understand and trust this great Jedi Master. My sack is in pain.
Or, it will cause enough hardship to a trading partner that they will act to protect their own interests, leading to limits on some essential goods sold to the USA. This will be seen as an affront and act of hostility needing military action (distraction from tariffs).
I’m sure he’ll “negotiate” with affected countries. They’ll promise to do something they were already doing or committed to do. Trump will drop the tariff and grab his crotch and say “art of the deal!” His stupid cultists will hoot and bray their approval.
Jamal Simmons is the motherfucker that drew up that death plan in case Biden died in 2023. They try to find lawyers that could easily put Harris into the presidency, Jamal Simmons, Quinton FULKS, Michael Tyler, you don’t even see this fucking guys cause they’re hiding. They need to show their face
The dip was the midterms, because the Democrats didn’t know how to message and lost the fucking house to a guy that claimed the election was rigged and a felon. The Democrats lost to a felon a convicted felon they should be embarrassed. FULKS, TYL ER, Jamall Simmons, they were Bidens advisors.
If you’re bored, why don’t you talk about what a kick ass economy Joe Biden had with no help from Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema. Remember that as a republican said no Obama left Trump a good economy and so did Biden look at it
Why would you even say something so fucking stupid like that? There is no face saver. It’s up to us to make sure there’s no face saver. See you already gave him a built-in excuse. This is what I mean. I don’t know why you people keep giving Trump an out.
OMG you are seriously not gonna believe this. I trust Rachel Maddow but if it were anyone else reporting this I’d be convinced this is fake news. Unbelievable but unfortunately, totally believable. How the f@ck could Congress let this continue to happen????
Only way he can save face is if historians, the msm, and @democrats.org let people forget about the $10 trillion he lost to put tariffs on islands occupied only by penguins
All he has to do is get all of his wealthy followers to buy up stocks, property, and businesses at bargain basement prices and point to the upswing in the markets due to the rich getting richer while real Americans suffer and lose.
He’ll “fix” the thing he broke, ignoring that our relationships with other countries is permanently damage. There’s no “fixing” this. At least not without radical change in this country that resorts faith in other countries.
That's what I'm dreading. IDK, I believe that he is having a huge ego orgasm hurting the entire world; he's playing the puppet master. It's sickening. Then there are his growing kinship with dictators and heathens. Maybe he's already gone too far to save face. BTW you are terrific.
I think he will try, and some MAGA folks will try to say that, but at the same time I think that he has done long-term damage to our relationship with our allies and trading partners that even the MAGA's will acknowledge economic pain and disruption for quite some time.
He creates the problem then backtracks so he can say, look what I did, problem solved. Problem is, media goes along with it and his cult are too far gone to realize what just happened.
Let's see if he can wiggle his way out of it. Seems likea real dead end for him.
As he focuses so much on China maybe Xi gives him a "deal" to claim victory, in return for something else really big. Maybe a tighter grip on Taiwan
You mean starting a fire, and then taking credit for putting out the fire that you started? That’s all he does! That’s s all he’s ever done!!#trumpcession
That’s the key.
We need some foreign players to pretend to swoon to his massive and brilliant “strategery” so he can claim victory and get out of the corner he painted himself into.
Some concession (imaginary is fine) so he can beat his chest.
Like a two year old.
Flow of goods, services & currency in a network needn't be reciprocal to achieve balance. It needn't be: A buys x amount of from B, and B buys x amount back from A. It's a dull viewpoint. You can have circuits A to B, B to C, C to...to A. Balance can be achieved indirectly. @kristjan007.bsky.social
Trump wants more than anything to have world leaders come to him asking for relief, that is what this is all about. China is calling him on it, if the EU and others do the same and push back, it won't be a fun game anymore... he will beome the magnanimous king, forgiving and sparing them their pain.
He doesn't care to save face. He's totally out of control. The game rules change minute by minute. His minions say one thing 5 minutes later, he says something else. He just doesn't care. He's delusional with power. He doesn't need loyalists anymore. He's all powerful in his head.
Nope. Trump is waiting for each country to pay him personally to lift the tariffs. He's a protection-era thug. He's holding the world's economy for ransom.
I wish. I think he’s in for the full destruction because nobody in his inner circle has the courage to speak truth to power. He completely believes he is THE genius, THE ONE and only who understands how to do this successfully.
We the people, are screwed.
Supervisor at work yesterday when I asked how the tariffs will affect our international shipping. " well hopefully these other countries will start coming to the table" . They believe every stupid thing he does is brilliant.
That’s not exactly accurate, Molly.trump took home the gold (so to speak)this weekend in the. tournament at the Saudi(cha - ching) golf association I wasted time worrying about my “luxury problems “, like:’will my social security be cut off, ?how will I pay my mortgage ?, will my insulin …$$$😡??
I don't know. Trump is on a power trip of epic proportions. He wants to punish everyone and everything. He doesn't have much to lose. He's planning on staying in office until he dies and his vengeance matters more to him than America, the Constitution, or his followers. I think he will dig in.
I’m afraid you’re right. Now it’s just Trump as Nero, fiddling while he helps to burn Rome down. His ultimate legacy - he destroyed a 250 year old country. What a truly sick ass.
My guess is, he finally allows Congress to take responsibility for ,(some of) the tariffs. He doesn't care - he'll primary the heck out of them and throw them under the bus, blaming them for the financial fallout, knowing Americans have short memories.
There is no saving face for heading us into a Depression my Sister. This will be ALL on the Orange decrepit pathetic man on his own. It’s time the nation accepts what a diabolical man is in charge of the highest office in our country.
Maybe another fake assassination where the bullet grazes his nose that mysteriously fully regenerates after a few days. Immediately followed by the sale of a $150 bottle of toilet water.
He creates problems then insists he’s the second coming of the messiah for alleviating some of his own mess. Watch and see all the accolades he gets for selective tariff relief over the next several weeks. It would be funny if it wasn’t so dangerous.
so his cash rich friends buy low and make money? What is the impact of him doing things and always backing out - can anything he says or does be taken seriously? They then know how to play him. Let him set the fire, let him play fireman, and MAGA goes Yippeee! while the world groans.
He doesn't even have to say a plausible thing. He could say, "I did it just to see the headlines," and they'd all tear each other to bits trying to stick their tongue up his ass first. Because it's a cult, not a government.
So the usual, same as no wall, no lower prices, no DOGE checks, no.proof of fraud or waste, Trump is a pathological liar. A clown and he millions of enablers
Anyway this turns out his “people” will call him brilliant. Not one of them will tell him his fake orange skin is ridiculous looking and his suits are ill fitting.
“Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down….Ignorance is a blind giant who, let him but wax unbound, would make it a sport to seize the pillars that hold up the long-wrought fabric of human good, and turn all the places of joy dark as a buried Babylon.”
- George Eliot
Yes. He sets it up so he looks like the savior (clearly he isn't ever). He cannot stand not being the best or liked. He would sacrifice his children as long as came out on top.
I said it only 2 days into the convicted felons term I think it is far worse than anyone is taking about. I think he wants Americans to feel real pain and then he will do something far worse than we think. He will sell America to the highest bidder if he could get away with it. Appears he will!
I wish I could remember the year and speaker at davos.
He talked about how they need 50% unemployment.
So when the workers come back they know they're place.
Positive it was in the last 8 years or so.
They know how bad it's gonna get. They're insulated far better than the rest of us.
It will be something like, "I inherited this terrible economy, the worst economy ever, no one has ever seen a worse economy, and I, and I alone, brought prosperity back to America."
Reading the comments on my local paper’s posts, he doesn’t need to. They are 100% in denial, walking around with their ears plugged and eyes shut, happy he’s getting rid of the “illegal gang members” and keeping all those trans athletes out of girls sports 🙄 smh
Its already happening. He’s throwing out that the tariffs are a tactic to get other countries to negotiate their trade deals. So he’ll pull back when enough countries come groveling. And then he can claim victory.
"See I'll leverage tourism and Hollywood over the world and make them line up and play the Prisoner's Dilemma where the first country to negotiate gets the best deal and so forth!"
.. what's that you say? Dee of Tweedle-Dee infamy already said that quiet part out loud?
Molly..another guess is Trump could have these people jump from a cliff if he “assured” them there was a pile of money at the bottom to cushion the fall.
SMH
“Canada and Mexico have agreed to follow the USMCA agreement (that I negotiated perfectly) and there will be no more “reciprocal tariffs” on Canada and Mexico.” #BigWinUSA
His behavior has always been….
1. Create a giant mess.
2. Distract, distract, distract.
3. Clean up the appearance of the mess.
4. Ignore hidden mess.
5. Expect applause (and a Nobel Peace Prize)
6. Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
It would be on brand for him. Cause a problem that only he can provide a solution to, then just reverse the action that caused the problem to begin with.
Not this time. It won’t matter if tariffs are removed completely. The damage to the American brand for export markets will take a generation to repair. Corporate earnings will suffer, our government isn’t trusted and people hate this country now. I guess the geniuses on Wall Street forgot that.
Yes they’ll lie about getting things from other countries and will relax them, just as the “fake news” story about 90 day hold worked today. Since that got out too early they’ll probably call it 75 days next time to sound stronger. 🤷🏼♂️
You give him too much credit. He wants to create an armed insurrection so he can declare Marshall Law. I think it's time we face the fact that saving our Democracy through ordinary means is a pipe dream. It's time to get creative and break some rules. They've been playing by difft. rules for a bit.
I read this morning that this regime is claiming China wants to sit down and negotiate. I thought I had read that China is all in on the tariffs and are pissed off. I don’t think the article stated that they wanted to sit down and negotiate. Meaning, the start of that face saving plan perhaps? 🤔
Fine. My bar is adjusted. We just need to survive for 2 years and then take the House back. His presidency will effectively be over as a lame duck with a divided government. I wouldn't be surprised if he resigned at that point...he has no interest in working.
He keeps giving 3 reasons for the tariffs and they cancel each other out. All he needs is any country to make public claims one has been met. He will start his parade lap
I saw a poll that showed self-identified MAGA Republicans still overwhelmingly supports him on the economy but only around 65% of other Trump voters support. Those 35% of voters wouldn’t be so easily swayed back as the stock market would still be slow to recover
Exactly. He will pull them back suddenly and the markets will bounce back and everyone will laud him as a visionary, despite the fact that he solves a problem HE created.
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And his YesSirMayIHaveAnother? PaddledAssOnFire dipshit fraternity will scream “We’re not worthy!”
Yuck.
Ew.
Gross.
dick-tator when he cancels tariffs on those weak sister countries.
https://bsky.app/profile/pete1965.bsky.social/post/3lma2rmmcr22a
If they don't see it, they won't know it exists.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5236142-congress-tariff-bill-trump/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/trump-tariffs-lawsuit
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-2671678361/
But Gold is still their safe haven….
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/step-brothers-clip-goes-viral-195255510.html
I’m not so sure this time. Seems like he is actively creating a crisis of epic proportions
I believe there is a plan here but it has nothing to do with exported manufacturing, trade deficits or fentanyl.
He’s evil imo
As he focuses so much on China maybe Xi gives him a "deal" to claim victory, in return for something else really big. Maybe a tighter grip on Taiwan
We need some foreign players to pretend to swoon to his massive and brilliant “strategery” so he can claim victory and get out of the corner he painted himself into.
Some concession (imaginary is fine) so he can beat his chest.
Like a two year old.
2) "ONLY tRump can solve this problem!"
3) 'Fix' the imaginary problem - blame on libs
"What will Trump do with tariffs" is answered by "what will get Trump the most attention from the most powerful people."
Every question about Trump has that answer.
We the people, are screwed.
Unless he decides to bomb Iran to distract from eliminating the tariff mess simultaneously.
No deal with Trump is ever reliable
US reputation after Trump is permanently in question since we knowingly let this happen
He’s also pissed off hundreds of millions of Americans that ICE can’t get rid of.
There’s no way out for him.
Kind of like we’ve seen this lame movie before.
So, at worst China’s GDP stands to lose 2.5 this year with projections of 5% growth.
In other words, they can afford a full and extended trade war.
double down
triple down
quadruple down
- George Eliot
Somethingsomething TikTok? Maybe a pipeline or real estate deal?
Problem is, once the news cycle got quiet enough or his bowels just didn't move well he'd do it again.
I miss the days when we could run politicians out of town on a rail.
Removing tariffs may soften the blow. But a recession would be coming anyway now.
Plus longer term it matters even less. The American age is over.
Everything will get a little harder.
He talked about how they need 50% unemployment.
So when the workers come back they know they're place.
Positive it was in the last 8 years or so.
They know how bad it's gonna get. They're insulated far better than the rest of us.
It’s hilarious that you think there should be a saving grace after all this damage.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2023/04/10/china-paid-trump-millions-in-rent-then-he-left-the-white-house/
.. what's that you say? Dee of Tweedle-Dee infamy already said that quiet part out loud?
SMH
Helloooooooo.........................................
Did anybody interview the guy he beat ? Damn, it wasn't Norman was it ?
Today’s Republicans are sooooo stupid.
1. Create a giant mess.
2. Distract, distract, distract.
3. Clean up the appearance of the mess.
4. Ignore hidden mess.
5. Expect applause (and a Nobel Peace Prize)
6. Rinse. Lather. Repeat.
Why aren't Dems out there warning people that this is what he's doing. Take away the power in this lies.
He’s inept.
Economics used to be known as Political Economy in university because they knew that these areas intersect.
It will take a generation for other countries to trust America again. And there will still always be doubts.
Read this like it's a genuine question LOL It really is LOL
I can't imagine a spin for this shitshow
Unless he says it was all Kushner's idea (which it was)