Wednesday, April 02, 2025

History On Repeat Really Sucks

 Trump, historian:

Trump continued, "It took years and years to get out of that depression, far longer than even FDR — had that office right over there for a long period of time. The ramp system, it's rather intricate, was built because of him. And every time you walk up, you think of him. And he did a great job in many ways — but it lasted long beyond his terms, as you know. But it's not too late any longer, and we're going to start being smart, and we're going to start being very wealthy again."
The White House was gutted and rebuilt between 1948 and 1951.
I’ve seen movie sets (in movies of the period) showing FDR’s White House. It looks nothing like the interior of the modern White House.

I know: nerdy. But Trump is just a special kind of stupid. (My uninformed guess is the ramps are for ADA compliance. But they told Trump it was FDR, or he’d have them torn out.)

Meanwhile, tariffs!
It’s a Norwegian peninsula. So he effectively put lower tariffs on Baja California than on Mexico (actually he probably did that, too). Probably because he wants hamburger manufacture to return to America. Shhh!! 🤫 Nobody tell him!  Called it!!! Damned kids gotta be good for something, and keeping rich people’s robots working is good enough for ‘em! Very hard to say just what will happen. (But didn’t Trump just say it’s a tax we don’t have to pay? Sounded real simple then.)

Pre-industrial America when the “global economy” was slavery and then cotton (relying on slave labor) is maybe a NOT the go-to you’re looking for. So, we can retaliate (Trump), but they should know better? Where we are is imposing tariffs on uninhabited islands and islands of 20,000 population, and a 5% lower tariff in a Norwegian peninsula than on the country of Norway.  Which is like Norway imposing tariffs on America, but a lower tariff on Florida. In other words, we’re at the mercy of a bump brain who makes George III and Mad Ludwig of Bavaria look like King David and Solomon.

As Congress that thinks it’s just fine the national house is on fire.🔥 
And history on repeat really sucks. 
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  1. The Thought Criminal6:43 AM

    Another era when Republicans control the entire federal government another depression. Those historical rhymes are getting pretty intense.

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