"Donald Trump Just Caved On Tariffs. Here's Why"
"Report: Recession Fears Forcing More Americans To Hold Off On Retiring From Presidency"
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| Source:The Onion with a look at Donald J. Trump (MAGA, Florida) 47th President of the United States and 1st wannabe dictator. |
From The Onion
Could you imagine Donald J. Trump as an Army general? Neither can I, simply because you actually have to have real, professional qualifications, just to get into the U.S. Army, let alone even become an officer, like a lieutenant, let alone not just an Army general, but a general whose in charge of a command. Unlike President of the United States, where you just have to be 35 years old, born into America, or to an American parent, who was born in America and win the Electoral College. But let's take President Trump's lead here and also play make believe.
So Donald J. Trump... I'm sorry, (natural mistake) U.S. Army Command General Donald J. Trump, decides to attack Canada (after his twin brother President Ronald J. Trump just gave the order to invade Canada) and he decides to send let's say 10,000 soldiers over the Canadian border into British Columbia, 1 problem:
General Trump doesn't have any air cover and the Royal Air Force just blows his tanks and soldiers away. Why? Because General Trump didn't bother to check to see whether or not Canada even had an Air Force, let alone had fighter jets and bombers near their border with Washington State. So his troops get blown away, even though right before that he thought he had a brilliant plan and was celebrating with a Diet Coke and quarter pounder with fries.
This is what Donald J. Trump is like as a leader. He think he has a brilliant idea in his head, or it he thinks it sounds cool, or something... he always makes big decisions based on the last person that he talked too. To use a football analogy: every political and policy play that President Trump ever calls, is the hail mary: "Let's just throw the ball up for grabs and see what happens", with no thought whatsoever put in to see what would the consequences be if they decide to raise the cost of living in America by 10, 20, 30, 40, 50% and whether that would lead to a recession or not.
President Trump's Chief of White House Propaganda (that some people call White House Press Secretary) Karoline Leavitt, said that President Trump's retreat or reversal on the tariffs "is part of of the Art of The Deal", and people who are criticizing the President Trump "obviously haven't read that book". A few problems with that statement:
1. Donald Trump never read read that book either. Perhaps someone read it to him. But we all know that is not the same thing. Most of us learn that when we are kids getting our bedtime stories.
2. Donald Trump didn't write that book either. He had a ghostwriter who wrote that book for him, a guy named Tony Schwartz.
3. Going big without putting any thought into the consequences of a bold move like this, whatsoever, no thought even about how the markets would react, how consumers would react, how countries that you are imposing your economic nationalism on (also known as tariffs) would react, has nothing to do with "The Art of The Deal". Certainly not the art of a good deal.
I wish someone would give Karoline Leavitt a dollar, so she could go buy some new material. She's always reacts in the defensive and takes whatever big shot at the people who have the character to question her, without putting any thought into what she's saying. It's always a Trump power play with her: "When on the defensive, always go big in response to take out the other side", without actually thinking about what you are saying.
I thought The Onion had the perfect line about President Trump yesterday: "Report: Recession Fears Forcing More Americans To Hold Off On Retiring From Presidency"
When the President's economic nationalist strategy is over and so is his presidency, he might not afford to be able to retire and have nothing to go back to himself. Which is another reason why he's looking into extending his presidency indefinitely.
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