Well, I Guess I Didn’t Miss It

Trump: In a few moments I will sign a historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world. This is one of the most important days in my opinion in American history pic.twitter.com/dmto6X5B9F

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2025

Now if the Senate just does their job….

(Yes, there was more. But I’m tired of listening to Trump prate like an empty-headed fool in love with the sound of his own self-importance. I just want Congress to do its fucking job before Trump wrecks the economy for a generation.)

(Breaking my own rule:

Trump: In a few moments I will sign a historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world. This is one of the most important days in my opinion in American history pic.twitter.com/dmto6X5B9F

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2025

As the late Gene Hackman put it (as Lex Luthor) in the first “Superman” movie: "It's amazing that brain can generate enough power to keep those legs moving.")

Trump: Now it is our turn to prosper and in so doing, use trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt and it will all happen very quickly pic.twitter.com/rJqTAoQpPc

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 2, 2025

So this is okay then?

The Senate budget raises the debt by $5 trillion.

The House budget raises the budget by $4 trillion.

Republicans and DOGE are a total farce when they screech about the debt.

— Art Candee 🍿🥤 (@ArtCandee) April 2, 2025

And Elon can go home and DOGE can put everything back where they found it and RFK, Jr. can yell “APRIL FOOL’S!” because this is how you fix the deficit? With moonbeams and fantasies?