Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’
I think he saw tariffs as something that would provide him with leverage, and that’s it. I don’t think he’s ever had a clear goal or an end game, and I’m pretty sure he’s never even been entirely clear on just what tariffs are or how they work. He just saw a weapon to hold over other countries’ heads in order to swing some kind of deal, and grabbed ahold for that reason alone.
And while he prides himself on his supposed deal-making prowess, never forget that this is a man who couldn’t
even keep a casino running in the black.
And broadly - he’s really rather obviously insane. It’s debatable how much of his brazen disconnect from consensual reality is delusion and how much is lies, but it works out to insanity either way.
I feel that all the things that make Trump are already in cahoots to make him an insane pudding-brained asshole. Make him rich on top of that, and later make him the president, and you’ve just poured 2 extremely volatile accelerants on a raging inferno of unearned confidence and strident stupidity.
The man is the most indulged asshole we could possibly create.
I think the combination of losing the 2020 election, being hit with a slew of unflattering analyses and criminal convictions, then winning the 2024 election finally completely broke his brain, but it’s a path he started down probably from pretty much his first day of conscious life.
I have zero doubt of both of those things.
I think he saw tariffs as something that would provide him with leverage, and that’s it. I don’t think he’s ever had a clear goal or an end game, and I’m pretty sure he’s never even been entirely clear on just what tariffs are or how they work. He just saw a weapon to hold over other countries’ heads in order to swing some kind of deal, and grabbed ahold for that reason alone.
And while he prides himself on his supposed deal-making prowess, never forget that this is a man who couldn’t even keep a casino running in the black.
And broadly - he’s really rather obviously insane. It’s debatable how much of his brazen disconnect from consensual reality is delusion and how much is lies, but it works out to insanity either way.
I feel that all the things that make Trump are already in cahoots to make him an insane pudding-brained asshole. Make him rich on top of that, and later make him the president, and you’ve just poured 2 extremely volatile accelerants on a raging inferno of unearned confidence and strident stupidity.
The man is the most indulged asshole we could possibly create.
That pretty well sums it up.
I think the combination of losing the 2020 election, being hit with a slew of unflattering analyses and criminal convictions, then winning the 2024 election finally completely broke his brain, but it’s a path he started down probably from pretty much his first day of conscious life.
He’s going full-on Carrot Caligula and/or Marquis de Saffron
leverage for leverage’s sake lol