Tuesday, April 29, 2025

 WDDDDT? #47 AKA ERROR #2: “The time has come to let the trumpet sound for you”…

The First 100 days: January 20, 2025 – April 30, 2025


   Just a reminder, it is only 552 days to the mid term election, November 3, 2026.

    WTF??? The first 100 days of the Second ERA/ERROR known as the return of Donald J. Trump aka “Daffy Don” where each moment of every day was truly a rollercoaster ride through hell. Akin to DANTE’s nine circles of hell, we are now in the CENTRE OF HELL. There we find Lucifer (Trump) who is “a giant, terrifying beast with three faces”. And with him in the 8th of 9 Circles (FRAUD) are the SIMONIACS named for SIMON MAGUS who offered ST. PETER gold in exchange for holy power. Lest we forget, THE BARRATORS, corrupt politicians, who made money by trafficking in public offices with their sticky fingers and dark secrets of corrupt deals ."Rapacious ones, who take the things of God, / that ought to be the brides of Righteousness, / and make them fornicate for gold and silver! / The time has come to let the trumpet sound / for you”…

    Oh ye of little faith, I’m asked by friends and family not to look back in anger but I would be remiss not to do so…so…let’s recap… 

   The Presidential Election of 2024, how it shifted from a “milk toast” incumbent versus a man who has influenced the GOPs for at least a decade. Milk Toast Joe was asked to step aside thereby making the  contest a “former talk show host” aka a president (#45) against a woman who “turned black”. The outcome was stunning, not just who became the 47th President of The United States but what the voting data actually revealed. THE DEMOCRATS are in a shambles, delusional to say the least. The “TRIFECTA” is there, Republicans will entered Congress with 53 SENATE seats, the HOUSE (Speaker Mike Johnson, who was re-elected) is GOP with the smallest majority in history: 217 to 215, and #45 is now #47. The restraints on the president will become looser than they have been in many, many years.

   DAFFY DON is re/elected albeit four years after his first reign of terror. The church service attended by (or in honor of) the incoming #47th President of The United States was interesting to see. Standing collectively in the crowd was Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Sundar Pichai (Google), Tim Cook (Apple), and of course the omnipresent Elon Musk aka “the world’s richest man”, all tech titans seeking a stronger relationship with the President, an oligarchy if you will. My mind started to wonder to the phrase…WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?)…see Matthew 21:12-13.

   Here we have the richest of the rich congregating in the crowd of St. John’s Church, Washington D.C., the same church where Trump in his role as #45 on June 1, 2020, held a Bible (upside down) posing for a photo-op during the George Floyd riots in D.C. reclaiming DC for the law abiding people.("I am your president of law and order.”)

    That "I am your president of law and order” on DAY ONE of #47 as promised pardoned and released all the January 6th “patriots”. Didn’t matter the extent of their crimes against the government. From the minor trespassing to the assault of police officers and peace keepers, this president freed them all with one swift movement of his magic marker. Later, that same day #47 promised to take on the issue of the illegal immigrants.

   By DAY 10, The Wharton School Graduate (Class of 1968  announced 25% tariff rates imposed on Canadian and Mexican imports. He offers us a feeling of “Shock and Awe” while implementing immediate governmental changes, along with making political threats

to our international friends and enemies. He is anointing clowns to positions to which they have limited or no knowledge, and backtracks on his promises and threats when necessary. The already defeated Democrats are cowering in their offices. There is no leadership. Chuck and Hakeem are irrelevant. The DEMS have their highest “unfavorable” rating (57%) ever… They talk about reaching across the aisle yet they have little/next to nothing to offer to make a deal. They are sorry assed losers for sure.

   Then there is the the “KASH PATEL DEAL” (ahhh, Kash=cash),#47’s nominee for FBI director, "If you accept the deferred resignation offer, you will receive pay and benefits through September 30, 2025, and will not be subject to a reduction-in-force (RIF) or other premature separation.” Meanwhile, some top F.B.I. officials were instructed to retire or be fired in the coming days. On a separate “pink slip” issue a dozen (12) prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington who had worked on cases involving the January 6th riot were told that they were being terminated. Is it retaliation?…you bet your ass t’is. To those who assumed that the PROJECT 2025 was just bullshit, and that according to what #47 stated prior to Election Day, would never consider implementing that manifesto…well, How do you feel now?   

  One day we find the all powerful and mighty Elon Musk who is wearing a tee shirt and baseball cap (disrespectfully I thought) accompanied by his 4 year old son holding court in the Oval Office. #47 was authorizing the DOGE to begin to work its magic. Next up for the black magic marker was #47’s executive order related to “Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”. The quest of D.E.I. continues, DEI: diversity, equity, and inclusion. It appears that some higher educational facilities, those especially dependent on federal funds started removing and/or cancelling activities/references that do not comply with the executive order targeting diversity.

   We learned new phrases, “RECIPROCAL TARIFFS” and “REPATRIATED” aka sending (someone) back to their own country. Welcome to El Salvador or Guatemala or Panama, the new “land of opportunity”. Still  the helpless, hapless idiots who represent the Democratic party are twittering their thumbs, while the leader of the free world is rolling out one executive order after another. Most GOP politicians fear the dude. The phase around campus is to “protect yourself from his rancor and retribution”. So, life goes on in D.C.

    #47 instructed the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies because each one cent cost more than 2 cents to make. The minting of coins is the responsibility of Congress, not the president.  But, the man is right and the littlest coin should be put out to pasture. Each penny costs 3.69 cents to make. Its value lost is 2.69 cents.That’s not a reasonable endeavor. But wait, there’s more…The Paper Straw Controversy begins. This is heavy Politics 101 for sure…

   All of the above occurred before VALENTINE’S DAY. No card or candy offered yet #47 and his posse in its efforts to reduce the size/cost of the fed workforce, laid off over 1000 employees of Veterans Affairs saving the department more than $98 million a year. Those “pink slipped” included non-bargaining unit probationary employees who have been employed less than a year in a competitive service appointment or less than two years in an expected service appointment. Some were “dismissed” and told to leave the building within the “half-hour”. WOW…

   Next, The FELONIOUS ONE purged the Board of Directors of The Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts installing himself as their newest leader. When the president was asked about his takeover, he said: "We took over the Kennedy Center. We didn't like what they were showing and various other things.I'm going to be chairman of it, and we're going to make sure that it's good and it's not going to be woke.” “The boss of everyone and everything” only 30 days in has called himself, “an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!” 

   Where in the news cycle is any Democrats response to anything??? “The King”, a man saved from an assassin’s bullet by The Lord himself has a strange view of what is tolerable. So far the DEMS are still without any leadership and in general are walking around with their fingers up their asses. Not one of the DEMS has vehemently opposed him. Remember the soon to be self-appointed “King” said, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,”…#47 has fired officials, froze funds which have already been allocated, gutted departments all in an attempt to “reshape the government”(NYT) aka Project 2025. The first 30 days, our fearless leader in his attempt to consolidate power in to his own hands has issued 73 executive orders, he posted, "THREE GREAT WEEKS, PERHAPS THE BEST EVER.” 

   “The Error #2” aka #47, proudly proclaimed more than once of his plan to take control of Gaza and redevelop it as a tourist destination while relocating 2 million Palestinians. “The Dictator In Chief” banned the Associated Press from events in the Oval Office and Air Force One for crimes against the country, specifically their refusal to obey His Holiness’ executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

   Lo and behold, President Zelensky, inappropriately attired according to some but in the same vain as Musk, was met with scorn, distrust, all while having out and out lies spewed at him while live on media coverage. The poor man who left his war torn nation, a country facing physical abuses daily had verbal abuses tossed his way. The ever gracious leader of the Ukraine was gang raped by both JD Vance (or whatever his new name is) and our notorious leader who instructed President Z that he was “gambling with world war three”. Finally, the Ukrainian president was instructed to come back “when he is ready for peace” and dismissed for the day. The dude was there to sign over Ukraine’s mineral deposits to “repay” the war debt the US “graciously” lent them. 

   The black magic marker, in one official swoop established ENGLISH as the official language of these United States of America. Almost immediately, Spanish/ and other language translations disappeared form governmental websites.

   The FELONIOUS ONE addressed a joint session of Congress for one hour and 40 minutes. His declaration on DAY 44 was he was “just getting started”. A true shit show all around, The Dems behaved like little children at a family event they did not wish to attend; holding up placards while THE FABRICATOR AT LARGE spoke; some left early and one, bless his soul, AL GREEN (not the singer) was tossed out after shaking his walking stick and shouting “no mandate” at #47. 

  The Wharton School Graduate (Class of 1968) backtracked on imposing tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, postponing the percentages until April. The stock market plunged 1.8% in one day. The Penn Grad claimed his about face had “nothing to do” with market developments. Wharton should ask for the diploma back.

   A plane loaded with 137 Venezuelans who allegedly committed violent crimes where shipped out. #47 defended this action by imposing the 1798 Alien Enemies Act, a wartime law. TOM HOMAN, our new border czar stated, “I don’t care what the judges think as far as this case.”

   “The past is whatever the Party chooses to make it.” George Orwell- “1984”…The “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” order issued by  THE FABRICATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE attempts to eliminate “anti-American ideology”. It calls for the restoration of “monuments, memorials, statues, markers” around the country that have been removed over the past five years, a period in which many such structures depicting Confederate figures were dismantled. It also directs the interior secretary to “complete restorations and improvements” to Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the nation gears up for patriotic celebrations next year, the United States’ semiquincentennial. July 4, 2026, will be the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of the Independence.

   Meanwhile, ELON MUSK argues on line (X) with PETER NAVARRO, (senior counselor for trade and manufacturing for The Hump). Musk referred to Navarro as “Peter Retarrdo.” The WHITE HOUSE responded with a“BE COOL!”. “Everything is going to work out well. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before!”.  But wait a minute, He, THE GLOBAL DISRUPTER blinks. He blinked, THE GLOBAL DISRUPTER with his burn-it-down-first, figure-out-later recklessness blinked. This economic earthquake which he caused will have secondary effects, especially with the relationship with our closest allies who will ask about trusting the US while #47 has the podium. This guy has us a ‘reelin’ and a rocking’ with his newest 90 Day Moratorium. 

   Every single day for the past 100 days THE GREAT MANIPULATOR has tested the strength of the Constitution. He has made wild accusations about taking over Canada and Greenland, he imposed his “reciprocal” tariffs on all our friends/enemies, he talked about other foreign figure head’s ability to lead, but most importantly to me he has used fear tactics to squash any resistance from his GOP colleagues, thereby sidelining the hapless Dems. Meanwhile, stocks are down, then up a bit, then down, then…you get the idea, an economic rollercoaster, one which he caused. Then…he blinks… again…and again…WSJ 4/21/25:Stocks fell, with the Dow industrials dropping almost 1,000 points and on pace for their worst April since 1932, and the dollar hit fresh multiyear lows against the euro and other major currencies. Yields on longer-term Treasurys rose and gold surged to a fresh record…Remember this is the guy spouting “MAIN STREET V. WALL STREET”.

   The other day, brand new “rewrite the rules” bright red MAGA hats with “2028” in bold across the front went on sale for 50 bucks at the TRUMP STORE. This shit show ain’t gonna end nicely folks.

“…ed elli avea del cul fatto trombetta”.

(Inferno 21.136-39-CantoXXI)

“…and he had made a trumpet of his ass” (a fart)


FYI:  DAY ONE…Price of eggs and gas would be drastically reduced: Finally, as MAGA MANIACS would say, “Promises made, promises kept” albeit not on Day One.

GAS: January 30,2025: $3.12 per gallon (US)

          April 1, 2025:       $3.17

          April 11,2025:      $3.21

          April 24,2025       $3.17


EGGS: November 2024: $3.65

            December 2024: $4.15

            April 1, 2025:      $5.90 : A new record high

            April 11,2025:     $6.23 : A new record high

            April 24,2025       $3.13:

Oh, Ye, gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, and others… The opinions and observations are solely my own views, and I take full responsibility for any errors of fact, not to mention any predictions that prove to be wildly inaccurate.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

 WDDDDT? #47 AKA ERROR #2: “ Reelin’ and Rockin’ ”

April 24, 2025: DAY 94 of 100

First 100 days: Mon, Jan 20, 2025 – Wed, Apr 30, 2025


 Good ole CHUCK BERRY sang it best:

Well, I looked at my watch, and it was time to go

The band leader said, "We ain't playin' no mo'"

We were reelin', reelin' and rockin'

We was reelin' and rockin' way 'til the break of dawn 


    I waited many days before writing any items (WDDDDT- What Did Daffy Don Do Today) regarding the Second Error known as the presidency of one Donald J. Trump aka “THE PRINCIPAL DISRUPTER” of our democracy. During my time away I had a few conversations or more truthfully listened without commenting to the thoughts and concerns of a few MAGA maniacs. Granted these folks were not red hat wearing fanatics but their politic beliefs were strong. Two were deeply religious aka born again and equated the reign of the  “Former Reality TV HOST/Emcee” to a need for our government to be more “biblical”, whatever that meant. A few “what-about-isms” were tossed, comparing the past 90 days as a reversal of the “ignorance of Joe Biden, what an idiot he was”.

  My first response was a question, “Do you think #47 understands the Constitution?” which led to a response similar to “let the courts tell him he can’t do it”. With another MAGA maniac we chatted about the economy, specifically tariffs and a segment about the cost of living. The response was…get this one…”so I’ll eat less eggs which is healthy for me” followed by “I don’t need a new car and I have a phone”, “they owe us” meaning the high tariff nations.

   The best moment of conversation was about the border and the “returning these illegals back to wherever they came from”. #47’s massive followers are largely falling in line behind his agenda, items he promised during the campaign and initiated on “day one”. They applaud his efforts and are not denying he is “doing a great job, returning us (the US) to being a powerful/feared nation”.

   I finished my beer and bid them a fond adieu…

   I’m also still reeling about DAFFY DON’s EASTER greeting to the world. This supposedly CHRISTIAN man, an upside down bible toting maniac wrote the most asinine “greetings” I have ever read. A president, a world leader wrote this shit…

Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, the Mentally Insane, and well known MS-13 Gang Members and Wife Beaters, back into our Country. Happy Easter also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges and Law Enforcement Officials who are allowing this sinister attack on our Nation to continue, an attack so violent that it will never be forgotten! Sleepy Joe Biden purposefully allowed Millions of CRIMINALS to enter our Country, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Borders Policy that will go down in history as the single most calamitous act ever perpetrated upon America. He was, by far, our WORST and most Incompetent President, a man who had absolutely no idea what he was doing -- But to him, and to the person that ran and manipulated the Auto Pen (perhaps our REAL President!), and to all of the people who CHEATED in the 2020 Presidential Election in order to get this highly destructive Moron Elected, I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter!!!

   Meanwhile, stocks are down, then up a bit, then down, then…you get the idea, an economic rollercoaster, one which he caused. Then…he blinks… again, “we was reeling’ and a rocking”…WSJ 4/21/25:Stocks fell, with the Dow industrials dropping almost 1,000 points and on pace for their worst April since 1932, and the dollar hit fresh multiyear lows against the euro and other major currencies. Yields on longer-term Treasurys rose and gold surged to a fresh record…Remember this is the guy spouting “MAIN STREET V. WALL STREET”.

   The good/great news is Musk is only (legally) allowed 130 days as a “special advisor” for DOGE.His day is soon, one only hopes.


DAY ONE…Price of eggs and gas would be drastically reduced: Finally, as MAGA MANIACS would say, “Promises made, promises kept” albeit not on Day One.

GAS: January 30,2025: $3.12 per gallon (US)

          April 1, 2025:       $3.17

          April 11,2025:      $3.21

          April 24,2025       $3.17


EGGS: November 2024: $3.65

            December 2024: $4.15

            April 1, 2025:      $5.90 : A new record high

            April 11,2025:     $6.23 : A new record high

            April 24,2025       $3.13:

Oh, Ye, gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, and others… The opinions and observations are solely my own views, and I take full responsibility for any errors of fact, not to mention any predictions that prove to be wildly inaccurate.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

WDDDDT? #47 AKA ERROR #2: “Mr. Pleasant”

April 14, 2025: DAY 85 of 100


   One of my all time favorite bands The KinKs: “Mr. Pleasant”

People said Mr. Pleasant is good

Mr. Pleasant is kind,

Mr. Pleasant's okay

Mr. Pleasant don't mind

As long as Mr. Pleasant's all right,

hey, hey

How are you today?


   WTF???? Where are the DEMOCRATS? A Former Reality TV HOST/Emcee is running/ruining our country and not one leftist blue motherfucker offers any true resistance. Every single day for the past 80 plus days THE GREAT MANIPULATOR has tested the strength of the Constitution. He has made wild accusations about taking over Canada and Greenland, he imposed his “reciprocal” tariffs on all our friends/enemies, he talked about other foreign figure head’s ability to lead, but most importantly to me he has used fear tactics to squash any resistance from his GOP colleagues, thereby sidelining the Dems.

   So now, a few days after the EL SALVADORIAN President BUKELE sat in the Oval Office and blatantly stated his government would not return/release ABREGO GARCIA. Only a handful of Dems voiced concerns. Meanwhile, the current administration (85 days so far) has paid the Salvadoran government $6 million to house migrants there.

   Speaking of money, The Wharton School Graduate (Class of 1968) is now freezing $2.2 billion in multi-year grants AND $60 million in multi-year contracts to HARVARD UNIVERSITY in an effort to fight anti-semitism on the campus. HARVARD refuses to follow policy demands from the administration.DEI is the issue in Harvard’s curriculum, hiring practices, student enrollment/admissions, and student organizations. Harvard now joins the other six universities targeted, all IVY league schools: COLUMBIA, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, BROWN, PRINCETON, CORNELL, AND NORTHWESTERN.

Oh, Ye, gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, and others… The opinions and observations are solely my own views, and I take full responsibility for any errors of fact, not to mention any predictions that prove to be wildly inaccurate. 

Friday, April 11, 2025

 WDDDDT? #47 AKA ERROR #2: “Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered”

April 11, 2025: DAY 82 of 100


   Bewitched, bothered and bewildered (Ella Fitzgerald) is an appropriate song for today’s adventures of DAFFY DON.


Wise at last, my eyes at last,

Are cutting you down to your size at last

Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more

Burned a lot, but learned a lot

And now you are broke, so you earned a lot

Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more


   What the heck is going on with the economy?  The MAIN STREET V. WALL STREET guy has us a ‘reelin’ and a rocking’.The S&P 500 decreased 3.5% Thursday to end the day at 5,268.05, having lost 10.4% thus far in 2025.  Daffy Don, The GREAT BULLSHITTER promised us, the Main Streeters, “DAY ONE…Price of eggs and gas would be drastically reduced”. Same guy who promised us a wall paid for by MEXICO.

GAS: January 30,2025: $3.12 per gallon (US)

          April 1, 2025:       $3.17

          April 11,2025:      $3.21

EGGS: November 2024: $3.65

          December 2024: $4.15

          April 1, 2025:  $5.90 : A new record high

          April 11,2025: $6.23 : A new record high, just in time for our EASTER EGG HUNT.


   A bit of TARIFF TRIVIA: William Jennings Bryan aka THE GREAT COMMONER, Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson warned that tariffs would raise costs for manufacturers and “press with accumulated weight upon the person who uses the finished product.” It is interesting to note that BRYAN, a Democrat said that tariffs would raise wages but prices as well. He further stated that tariffs will lead to cronyism and corruption, boosting profits for the powerful industrialists (monopolies) of the day.(WaPo:4/9/25)

   Under FDR, Secretary of State CORDELL HULL pushed tariffs to a newer course (1934) with the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, which gave the president the power to negotiate trade deals on a bilateral basis. FDR signed 20 agreements covering 60 percent of U.S. trade over the next five years.

   So, where do we stand today with DAFFY DON’s newest 90 Day Moratorium. WTF knows?…”Be Cool”, he said, so cool I’ll be. But I’ll be watching bewitched, bothered and bewildered for sure, I’ll watch THE DOW, price of gold, unemployment, and my 401k.  His brilliant Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said DAFFY DON’s plan of first there are reciprocal tariffs, then more tariffs, now backed off of tariffs for 90 days was all part of the strategy. Press Secretary KAROLINE LEAVITT boldly stated one day that DAFFY DON is “not considering an extension or a delay.” Just as the late night TV ad adds, BUT WAIT, the very next day she informs us, “Many of you in the media clearly missed ‘The Art of the Deal.’ You clearly failed to see what President Trump is doing here.” Me, like the Exocist’s head, mine is definitely spinning.

   Meanwhile, the dopey, lame assed DEMS are sitting on their hands letting the world go by. No wonder they lost…

Oh, Ye, gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, and others… The opinions and observations are solely my own views, and I take full responsibility for any errors of fact, not to mention any predictions that prove to be wildly inaccurate.

Thursday, April 10, 2025

 WDDDDT? #47 AKA ERROR #2: “RED RUBBER BALL”

April 10, 2025: DAY 81 of 100


And I think it's gonna be all right

Yeah, the worst is over now

The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball (1966-The Cyrkle )

   

   He blinked, THE GLOBAL DISRUPTER with his burn-it-down-first, figure-out-later recklessness blinked.  In a total bullshit Truth Social statement THE GREAT MANIPULATOR reverses his stance by offering a 90-day moratorium on his tariffs. China still on the outside is getting slammed with a 125 % tariff.The 10% universal tariff for all others still stands. Me thinks, he started to listen to the smart folks in the room who were getting screamed at by the Main Street brigade. Sticking with the situation with CHINA one must remember China is the world’s top manufacturer and we are its #1 customer. We could be losers here.

   This economic earthquake which he caused will have secondary effects, especially with the relationship with our closest allies who will ask about trusting the US while #47 has the podium. As posed yesterday I question the “vision” of his plans and its self-induced volatility. At the beginning of the year, the United States had the strongest economic position of any of the Group of 7 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the USA) nations. 

   #47 will take this return to positives in the stock market as his victory, again attempting to manipulating the news cycle by gaslighting the masses, denying reality to confuse and control.

Oh, Ye, gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, and others… The opinions and observations are solely my own views, and I take full responsibility for any errors of fact, not to mention any predictions that prove to be wildly inaccurate.

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

 WDDDDT? #47 AKA ERROR #2: “MAIN STREET”

April 9, 2025: DAY 80 of 100

   

Bob Seger sang it clearly…

Sometimes even now, when I'm feeling lonely and beat

I drift back in time and I find my feet

Down on Mainstreet

Down on Mainstreet

Down on Mainstreet


   Our fearless leader, THE GREAT MANIPULATOR stated he favors MAIN STREET over WALL STREET but I tend to doubt this. We are on Main Street screaming for some clarity from him and at the same time so is WALL STREET. WTF are you doing, Sir????

   The Wharton School Graduate (Class of 1968) kicked his friends in the balls to see how they will react. Well, China, the world’s second largest economy, and the only superpower capable of challenging the United States economically, technologically and militarily, not truly a member of the “friends” group is taking a baseball bat (84%) to the fight asking politely, “you wanna fuck with me, I’ll beat your ass”. And they probably can. Meanwhile, listening to China the European Union thought this “retaliation” might be the way to protect themselves from another groin kick.They implemented a $23 BILLION in retaliatory tariffs on US good…it ain’t over folks…the “fun” has just begun. You think just your IRA is tanking, wait until the prices on Main Street go way up.

   Over on WALL STREET, Jaime Dimon, head of JP Morgan Chase said it best last week, “America First is fine,” referring to THE GREAT MANIPULATOR’s description of his policies, “as long as it doesn’t end up being America alone.” I’m starting to feel alone.

While the self proclaimed “ boss of everyone and everything” responded on TRUTH SOCIAL…“BE COOL!”. “Everything is going to work out well. The USA will be bigger and better than ever before!”. His best line was “I know what the hell I’m doing.” I doubt that…Isn’t he the same guy who went bankrupt in Atlantic City and a few other places??? If these retaliatory tariffs morph into a trade war with China, our allies Japan, South Korea and the European Union  are in no mood to help manage China.We are on our own there.

   The tariffs went into effect (April 9) on 60 trading partners based on bilateral trade deficits, or the gap between what the United States sells to each country and what it buys. That’s simple enough math for me to understand. But is it economically sound one might ask. Many economists do agree with the #47 administration that America’s overall trade deficit with the rest of the world reflects a problem for the U.S. economy. With the USA so dependent on manufacturing elsewhere (China) the trade deficit was 1.2 TRILLION last year, a new record.Focusing on individual nations imbalances can be highly misleading. In 2024 The US had surpluses (World Bank Data) with 116 nations while maintaining deficits with 114 countries. These tariffs are calculated simply by dividing the trade deficit by the value of goods the U.S. imports from that country. If it doesn’t balance out that country will face additional tariffs, over the 10% already imposed. 

   This formula forgets that some countries are better at making certain products that the American people desire or nations providing us with advanced technology, toys, cocoa beans or corn.The tariffs and the administration will be looking at the loopholes whereby some tariff heavy nations (China for one) have been able to move goods through third counties to get into our market.

   So, where do we go from here??? I ask again, “What’s the plan, what’s the vision???”

   But wait a minute. He, THE GLOBAL DISRUPTER blinks…

Oh, Ye, gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, and others… The opinions and observations are solely my own views, and I take full responsibility for any errors of fact, not to mention any predictions that prove to be wildly inaccurate.