

Not if gerrymandered correctly.
Not if gerrymandered correctly.
No way his resting heart rate is 62bpm. The man does not exercise.
This is the cornerstone of a consumer economy. Planned obsolescence is also part of it, with the “next generation” of whatever becoming the “must have” thing. Consider the styling changes to cars, especially the tail fin wars of the 1950s, or the cell phone market today. My Pixel Pro 6 running Graphene OS completely fills my needs, though it’s 3 generations old.
The host of that reality show “The Apprentice”.
What could possibly go wrong?
Any trade deal they strike with Trump is illusory and not worth the paper it’s written on. See, e.g., what happened to the NAFTA deal Trump signed during his first administration. The EU should refuse to play his games and quietly start dumping their substantial holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds.
Remember when in his first term he renegotiated NAFTA? Now that agreement is worthless.
Two out of three ain’t bad.
The irony is that all this will fuck the U.S. way worse than anyone else, boosting the cost of living dramatically. This notion that tariffs will drive manufacturing and production back to the U.S. is a pipe dream, and even if it were to occur it would take a decade to build the factories, infrastructure, and supply lines. Moreover, the tariffs themselves make it much more expensive to shift over to U.S. production. Want to build a factory? You’re going to need steel, copper, lumber, etc., all of which cost way more now because of the tariffs.
What will ultimately happen is this: tariffs will dramatically raise the price of goods (inflation), crush the U.S. economy, and Trump’s new Federal Reserve lackey that he puts into place will lower interest rates to juice the economy, which will exacerbate inflation and likely lead to hyperinflation. There is a reason why gold is in the strongest bull market since the one triggered when the U.S. left the gold standard in 1971. As the situation plays out, more people will begin to recognize it and pile into gold, as real assets like gold hold their value.
Why is he doing this? I think the easiest explanation is that he’s a malignant narcissist, and they crave attention. Look at how much attention he gets every time he slaps tariffs on countries. You can’t look at the news without seeing something about Trump dominating it. In the end, the U.S. will suffer hyperinflation and economic collapse, and the only way forward will be to dramatically scale back spending, which will cause a major depression that I’ve dubbed “The Greatest Depression”.
Homes aren’t selling because they aren’t affordable. High interest rates are a big part of the lack of affordability, given the federal government’s large budget deficit and it’s impact on the long end of the yield curve, I don’t see that changing anytime soon and it will likely worsen. Pulling your home off the market because you won’t cut your price isn’t a great move unless you want to continue holding on to your home for many years to come.
I will never own a grill that has to connect to wifi. In fact, I actively avoid any appliance that adds unnecessary IOT functionality.
And now they’re pissed off and look forward to using the bomb they develop.
Honestly, I think he’s just a political opportunist, with no real convictions. He sets his sails with the direction the wind is blowing. He’s nominally a democrat, because that is the prevailing party in California, but I guarantee he’d flip if the political calculus were in favor of doing so.