“In Order To Save The Village, We Had To Destroy It”

 Trump isn’t wrecking the economy, he’s saving it because:  

—the world is ripping America off.

—trade deficits are actually taking coin out of our coffers (it’s really not clear if he thinks this is a subset of the world ripping us off, or a wholly separate way we’re being screwed. Probably both and a little bit of neither. We’d have to ask the spiders.).🕷️ 

—Biden did it. Trump is just saving us from Biden’s deadly economy.

—Powell did it by not lowering interest rates.

—Wall Street did it by misunderstanding what Trump is doing.

—the world did it by misunderstanding what Trump is doing.

Whatever the explanation, the end is always the same. Trump is not responsible for what Trump does, unless he succeeds. Trump cannot fail, he can only be failed. And when he fails, it is never, ever his fault.

Some observers (per “Washington Week”) think the state of the market is already making Trump reconsider.  That sounds right. Like all bullies, he’s good at talking tough, and terrible at taking responsibility. So he’ll try to end it, because he can’t stand it. 

China restricting exports of rare earths is the thing that’s going to cause Trump to cave on China while declaring victory.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 5, 2025

It’s as inevitable as sunrise.

Rep. Rulli: "We're gonna go into the fall with full thrusters. The president is gonna renegotiate all these different tariffs that are going on throughout the country, and we could have the greatest Christmas probably in 100 years in America." pic.twitter.com/IBDJYnEn2H

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 4, 2025

Who doesn’t think Trump will declare victory and ignore the countries saying that wasn’t the agreement? He certainly won’t let the tariffs run until Christmas. 

He can’t take that much responsibility.