Our President finds Ecomonics & Math Really, Really Hard...

 

He did it. He really fucking did it (see previous post). How stupid can Stupid be? $3.1 Trillion smackers stupid. That's pretty stupid. There is no good reason to crash the global economy, unless you are super-stupid, or you hate the USA and everyone else in the world too.

Hell, Economics and Math is hard. Maybe get a 5 year old kid to explain why this all is batshit stupid:

There’s a fundamental problem with Donald Trump’s new trade policy: it fails a test that actual 5th graders can pass. I know this because I tried explaining his “Liberation Day” trade plan to one last night. Here’s how that conversation went:

“Imagine you want to buy a toy at a store which costs $50. You pay for the toy and walk away with it. The President looks at that transaction and says ‘wait, you paid the store $50 and the store paid you nothing, therefore the store is stealing from you. To “fix” this, I’m going to tax the store $25. From now on that same toy costs $75.”

The 5th grader looked at me like I was crazy. “Whaaaaaaat? None of that makes sense. If I pay for something, it’s not stealing. And taxing the store seems stupid, and then everything is more expensive. Why would anyone do that? That can’t be how it works.”

Yes, kid, unfortunately, idiotically, that is how this ridiculous tariff idea works. Yikes. MAGA-stupid rules!

Rude & On-Target Questions...

Rude & on-target questions this early A.M.

1. Did the Toxic-Wanna-Be-Mad-King Fat Boy just Crash the Global & Domestic Financial Markets?

2. Is it because of his goofy chart, and his prodigious & extraordinary stupidity? 

3. Will today be one of those totally memorable market meltdowns where folks around the globe lose fortunes, nest-eggs, and life-savings? 

4. Is that Panic I smell this morning?

5. WTF?!

6. What happens when the most successful, powerful and admired country on the planet, elects a very stupid, corrupt, felonious, obviously-psychotic, grifter & con-man to call the shots?

7. Will this be the day that the Recknoning Comes, or as REM sings: "It's the End of the World as we know it..."

8. How will the world react when the realization settles in that this President is insane & stupid. No, I mean, insanely stupid? 

9. Where do we go from here?

Yikes. Double-Yikes. Am I being alarmist? I don't think so. I turn to some really smart folks and it's pretty clear this is a hair & pants on fire moment: “Never before has an hour of Presidential rhetoric cost so many people so much,” former treasury secretary Lawrence Summers posted. “The best estimate of the loss from tariff policy is now [close] to $30 trillion or $300,000 per family of four.”

Sure. We expected the Trump administration to wreck things. This rogue-fool is a total numbskull & reckless idiot. But, this takes it all to another level. Robbing the world of $ and sense!

I guess we are in for a very bumpy ride. Over here, in our little hidey-hole, closer to the street, we are hoping the fall & the crash will not be fatal. Praying the pieces don't fall on us.

The Unbearable Lightness of Hilarity...

I do find it hilarious that the "world's richest man," is a total doofus. A white-supremacist, who proves every day, that he is superior to no-one. A very unlovable billionaire. Clueless at his very own personal toxicity. 

Is it hilarious that Elon spent $25 million on an election in Wisconsin, just to prove that everyone really, really does hate him? Yes. It is. It really, really is fucking hilarious.

Imagine being the "richest man in the world," and it turns out your endorsement is "the Kiss of Death." Beautiful. Poetic.

Cars...

 Yes. Know your automobiles...