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Another thing, pivoting off of Oblong's post here, is what military recruitment looks like going forward.... if we have a President threatening military conflicts (such as invading Canada) that the general public largely doesn't believe in, that seems like it would be demoralizing for those already in uniform and would be extremely counterproductive to recruitment efforts

This kind of hits at the fatal flaw in their thinking... They have assumed that their threats (and actions) will ratchet up pressure on Canadian and European governments and will automatically bring them to heel. Instead, they are basically causing rally around their flag effects elsewhere while, at home, our population is divided at best on the tariffs, and outright against conquests into Canada (in like the -60 to -70 range) Their hubris will be our downfall as a country IMO

And this is reflecting in recent polling where, for maybe the first time ever, most Americans find themselves disapproving of Trump on the economy. And have expectation that the congenital obsession with tariffs will cause prices will rise

Shouldn't be lost on anyone that his statement can be read as absolving Stalin, Mao and Hitler for their actions...

Yeah that's what elicited the "lol" to me. Whatever the wisdom of a tariff might be in any given situation, it's by definition not an "open market" action

lol

Spot on...

Boom boss man got involved

Probably misplaced that, more like my view on the Luigi approach

I sort of take the Luigi approach to how Tesla is being handled these days... I don't condone violence or harassment in regards to the brand, but it's also really hard to generate a lot of sympathy toward Tesla. Particularly as it's CEO is busy trying to wreck our government.

I can't find a single "EndWokeness" tweet that condemns the release of the Tate Brothers.... using their logic, guess I get to draw conclusions off of that as well

As Rick Santelli showed at the beginning of Obama, it always seems like the money guys are ahead of the curve on backlashes against incumbents

Speaking of parasites...

Imperfect as polls are, they are showing evidence that views on the economy are having an impact (overall is 45-54)

That whole press avail seemed kinda desperate to me

Yeah, changes in material consequences matter, especially given that Trump won with 200,000 votes over three states. I've actually seen multiple people break with him IRL over Ukraine as well, which has been sort of jarring. People don't respond kindly to feeling like they've been stabbed in the back

Dow is only down 600 today, that's progress #boombossmangotinvovled

Literally diving head first into a recession and this is their headline? What a joke... Not even sure if it accurately reflects reality either

Ukraine Derangement Syndrome

now down 15% on the day

Beginning to think that Leon Musk isn't all that great a businessman