President Donald Trump is openly challenging U.S. allies by increasing tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% as he vows to take back wealth he says was “stolen” by other countries.
totally understood. I have wrestled with this myself and finally came down on “incurious”, which is its own brand of stupid.
I think he fundamentally understands what he is doing and there is a clear pattern of grift. he now has the biggest of the big league grifters around him - those who would strangle whole countries for personal gain.
he knows. he’s playing along with the game and, at this point in his life, gives zero fucks about the consequences.
He really doesn’t understand that we as citizens pay that cost, does he?
he does. a shocking number of his cult do not.
While I believe wholeheartedly of his hatefulness, I do question his intelligence.
totally understood. I have wrestled with this myself and finally came down on “incurious”, which is its own brand of stupid.
I think he fundamentally understands what he is doing and there is a clear pattern of grift. he now has the biggest of the big league grifters around him - those who would strangle whole countries for personal gain.
he knows. he’s playing along with the game and, at this point in his life, gives zero fucks about the consequences.
So he’s drifting in grift? Afloat in the fraud? A bouy of bluff? 😄