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I had this thought the other day and this seems as good a place to leave it as any. Trump seems to be running the economy like it is a simplified version of the 1980s. Like the macho, bold, no compromise leadership style we would have expected from a white collar "hero" of that time period. As if that's when he learned what a leader looks and acts like and never changed his mind. Absolutely no consideration for evolving culture or the infinitely more complex, interconnected world we live in. Let alone the complexity of the stock market, global trade, and US consumer economy.

Just oversimplified notions like, "We have to tear it down to rebuild it! You don't have the balls to do something like that! I'm leader!"

Though, more likely he's just dementia riddled and controlled by a foreign government and too dumb to realize any of it.

It also forces farmers to sell more of their products here in the U.S., to bring grocery prices way down. We’ve already seen this with eggs.

The absolutely stupid thing about this particular statement is that egg imports had risen to meet demand which was forcing egg prices back down. The tariffs are going to completely reverse that.

So the 1% can buy nearly all of it for a song. Provided of course all of us the dumb money sells.

The MAGA fucks will drink this new batch of Orange Kool-Aid, mixed with Russian vodka.

Fret not, says the president, he is apparently playing chess while the world is playing checkers

He's trying to treat the entire country like one of the casinos he bankrupted to screw over his creditors.

I'm sure he thinks he's playing chess. But what he's really doing is sitting in the corner eating the pieces.

“The president isn’t a number-crunching guy, per se, but President Trump strongly demanded big numbers that would make other countries treat us fairly. And I think you can see today that those numbers are huge,”

HAHAHAHA

The Narcissist's Prayer

That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did, you deserved it.

GOP presidents do this every time. Crash the market and the oligarchs buy it up for pennis on the dollar.

Millions of Americans voted with the delusion "Trump really cares about me"

Then if thats the case, this seems like a national security threat. Destabilizing the country through financial terrorism seems pretty felonious.

Republicans are such idiots that they would mistake huffing paint as a sign of genius.

Lol he wants you to trust him, he can bring the money back! All 12 trillion!.... That the entire country made in 4 years together, slowly....

As a demo, let me show you how I can control our household's income (the markets) I have full control and you shouldn't worry about it. We start small to demonstrate how I do have full control. I can totally remove money! From this car flying down the highway, I just open the window and toss the money out! I can do it from this bike! Look see? It's friday pay day! I got the money back! OK let's go big. Here's all the and we're on this large airplane! Let me show you how its done! You simply open this window... Watch it all fly away!

Okay let me show you how I can bring it all back.... Just sit back and wait for the check. When you're famous they let you do it! Wait for it! Hey it Friday! No check? Oh...we get paid every other Friday! And we're waiting!.. Friday again! But this is a holiday! We'll have to wait two more Fridays, you'll see. Its coming back!..... Hi, I need a ticket to Antarctica, i'm told there's only penguins there! One way please, and hurry!

Archive link for the paywall.

The KISS principle applies here, keep it simple. There is no plan, there is only Trump saying “I win”. He’s just declaring victory in the face of disaster as usual

"(nervously) Uh... Uh... I'm actually an anarchist and have worked my way to the top for the purpose of dismantling the state. That's why the state is falling apart. Yeah, that's the ticket."