Nice

Who thought he would care?

That’s, like, his whole thing

That depends on how the tariff is written. It may work that way, or the tariffs may also apply to parts of Chinese origin.

I have. It wasn’t a very good margarita

5: Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.”

12: Machismo and weaponry. “Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality.”

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

How ghoulish

How is this different than literally every other day?

After 2016, you should no longer wonder. It abs-o-fucking-loutley is a distraction for something (everything) else. And if you wanna know what it’s a distraction for, pay closer attention.

Currently, there are several terrifying crises that Trump has created: an immigration crisis, an import/export crisis, an economic crisis surrounding taxation, and an impending climate crisis. Everything he does is to distract from one thing or another, because he’s trying to ram through Project 2025, which is basically trying to re-legislate everything that the entire world is progressed away from over the last 150 years. Why, because the insane capitalist who want these regressive policies are the ones who also kisses ass to the point that he will do whatever they want.

How do you fight against any of this? Fight against all of them. But don’t expect that the judiciary or the legislative branch will accomplish that goal.

Trump has to be eliminated from any position of power. Forever. That’s the only way to begin any hope of reformation. And even if not reformation, just stopping it from becoming worse. Same goes for any ally of his, no matter how temporary, and including anyone who ever voted for him, or thinks that he is capable of anything other than a catastrophically destructive and fascistic authoritarian control of this country that will nearly immediately lead to its destruction

I never said that he didn’t know what he was doing, although I will say that now. He clearly stated a motive for what he’s doing and what he’s doing is never ever going to achieve that. So the only explanation is that he is both mentally deranged in several different ways, but also highly influenced by his sicko followers.

The fourth possibility you failed to consider, or at least did not include in that list, is that he has such a demented, egotistical, dumb fuck, that he is doing what he’s doing for those reasons.

But you’re correct: the result is mostly, if not completely, the same.

I disagree. While many of his sicko fans may be pushing towards this goal, Trump, himself, is far too incompetent, stupid, and demented to understand the point of what ever he is, he does. He reacts at a pure emotion, and this play will obviously end him And all of us in a much worse position. He’ll still convince him, Self he’s winning, though, and every sycophant around him will vociferously agree.

The only way to stop any of this is if Trump, and his entire cabinet, are dead. I’ll leave it up to you to figure out how that should happen.

Trump is a dumb fuck who got called on a shit by someone he couldn’t force into doing what he wanted. So, like any bully, he’s “changing the agreement” to appear that he is still in power. Which, obviously, he never was.

Ferengi Rule of Acquisition 34: War is good for business!

Those groceries might be too expensive, too

Good luck with that

That’s all this was about anyway

Maybe…

No, it’s still good news despite new problems that may arise.

All cognac is French, just like all champagne. If it’s not made in the cognac region of France, then it’s just brandy.

Good thing this guy never owned a casino.

Oh, wait…