Where are we today

My last post was about tariffs, and I thought I had put that issue to bed for the time being…but I was wrong.

Tomorrow, April 2^nd, is what Trump is calling Liberation Day.  I don’t know why but its catchy and his followers will cling to any soundbite that rings of patriotism.

What he plans on doing that day appears to be putting tariffs on just about everyone in the world.  No one knows why but Trump thinks this will make American great again.  Virtually all economists agree that Being Great is the same thing as Being in a Self-Induced recession and dragging the entire world economy along with you.

Trump thinks that if he makes it too expensive to import car parts, companies will drop everything and spend billions to make their car parts in the United States.  Ask yourself, “Would I spend billions based on the passing whim of someone without an understanding of economics?  This same someone that changes his mind based on the direction his hemorrhoids are pointing in the morning.”

In the United States, there is complete uncertainty about what is going to happen today, tomorrow, and the next day.  There is no endgame.  There is no goal.  Canada recently said, “We have no idea why he is imposing these tariffs, so we don’t know what we are supposed to do to appease him.”

Meanwhile, our closest friends and allies are turning their backs on us.  I’m referring to Canada, Mexico, and the entire European Union. 

Instead, Trump is aligning us with Russia and North Korea.

After 2 months, our economy is in a shambles.

After 2 months, our military allies have decided that we cannot be trusted.

After 2 months, it has become normal for people to be swept off the streets by masked men and put into vans then shipped off to who-knows-where without any due process.

After 2 months it has become acceptable for the president of the United States to declare he does not have to follow the rulings of our courts.

After 2 months it has become normal for the president to tell the Smithsonian that it cannot have displays that show slavery existed in the United States.

After 2 months, it is now legal for the U.S. Government to discriminate based on the color of your skin.

After 2 months, it has become normal for Trump’s biggest campaign donor to do a NAZI salute at a Republican event and then go on to slash one government agency after another.

After 2 months there is no longer anything abnormal about the president firing the District Attorney who is investigating a major Trump donor.

After 2 months it is normal for Trump to have already spent more than $30 million on golf trips for himself.

After 2 months it is normal for cabinet members to discuss secret military plans, in detail, on a public and nonsecure app.

None of this is normal.

It is time to resist.