I'm referring to "jokes" where he accused China of leaking the coronavirus, and not-jokes where he vehemently argued that the Trump administration is not fascist. Stuff like that.
After Trump made so much noise but then backed off in the last trade skirmish, a month ago, I started thinking maybe he actually isn't this stupid. Like he just talks about tariffs to see if he can get other things. Sort of like in a press conference last week where he said other countries pay the tariffs we put on their goods. Is he really actually that stupid, or is he just that big of a liar?cakes wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:41 am I am really digging Canada's response to all this. Targeting red states, 100% tariffs on Teslas. I have to look into it, but our governor was trying to make a deal with Canada to not fuck Illinois over.
At first, I thought maybe it was just bluster, because that's how he does "negotiations". But since he just went with it, I think he literally wants to crash the economy so the oligarchs can scoop up more wealth and transform our economy to forced slavery with monopolies and low-wage jobs. If this sounds conspiratorial, consider what he said recently, where the best years of the US were the gilded age.losthighway wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:00 pmAfter Trump made so much noise but then backed off in the last trade skirmish, a month ago, I started thinking maybe he actually isn't this stupid. Like he just talks about tariffs to see if he can get other things. Sort of like in a press conference last week where he said other countries pay the tariffs we put on their goods. Is he really actually that stupid, or is he just that big of a liar?cakes wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:41 am I am really digging Canada's response to all this. Targeting red states, 100% tariffs on Teslas. I have to look into it, but our governor was trying to make a deal with Canada to not fuck Illinois over.
But he's doing it. Shooting himself, and the economy right in the foot with no clear goal stated. It's remarkable really.
I try to be careful about conspiratorial thinking these days but I had this same thought. The consolidation of wealth continues.cakes wrote: Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:16 pm At first, I thought maybe it was just bluster, because that's how he does "negotiations". But since he just went with it, I think he literally wants to crash the economy so the oligarchs can scoop up more wealth and transform our economy to forced slavery with monopolies and low-wage jobs. If this sounds conspiratorial, consider what he said recently, where the best years of the US were the gilded age.
A recession is another one of the key ingredients for the rise of the nazi party in Germany. So why not force one, cut a bunch of jobs, continue to give the people nothing, and blame it all on your enemies? It's a bleak time.Krev wrote: I'm not sure that what's flagrant is conspiratorial. What else could the end be for the half-cocked chaos they've unleashed? Tariffs always result in recessions, which you don't feel when lead-poisoned idiots keep donating to your ShitPAC.
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