This war isn’t supposed to “work”. It will be to distract from his domestic failures including the deliberate destruction of the economy.

Apparently Valve might be releasing a shield-like thing. If they do it’s an instant buy for me.

You know what would make you less mad? Watching less ads. You know you could do that? Piracy.

The value of the weapons used exceeds the value of the buildings destroyed by at least one order of magnitude.

It’s been a few years since I checked, but I do recall their page about irrational numbers being hilarious. Felt like it was written by a high school gym teacher who also taught grade 9 math , so he didn’t really need to understand irrational numbers but was super irritated that they exist.

Trump literally doesn’t have the ability to shut the fuck up so not sure this is a real option.

Even if this plan succeeds, it’s not like the countries you just tariffed are just going to allow American exports into their markets. It will shrink the whole economy AND cause inflation at the same time. Economics fear this state for a reason.

the US president reconfirming his commitment to a comprehensive tariff regime he argues will be “the greatest thing we’ve ever done as a country”.

I will never understand how Americans developed a taste for his constant hyperbolic bullshit.

Really? Tariffs? Rehashing pre-WW1 economics theories is the greatest thing America has ever done? Greater than abolishing slavery? Greater than the civil rights act? Greater than the moon landings? Greater than the invention of the transistor?

Trump is at a point where nobody bats an eye to this. Trying to hold him accountable for literally anything he says is futile, and half the country things that quality is a good thing and they enable it.

Hitler Youth vibes.

Being able to disengage from politics and even to consider that disengagement a virtue all the while living a prosperous and mostly safe life is a privilege that Americans have enjoyed. But the result of them steadfastly refusing to even think about who they want at the wheel has finally led to an utter lunatic driving. Theyre still sleepwalking, hoping they don’t need to engage. The shortest path out of this is acute economic pain.

Congress can revoke his “emergency” powers to do this whenever they want. They won’t though, because most Americans are so out of touch that they don’t know that. The final destination of “I don’t do politics” being the dominant view.

Lol how do you think the aftermath of Pearl Harbour would have gone if someone like Trump was in power instead of FDR? He is the commander in chief. Nothing will happen.

It could potentially stop Americans from sleepwalking into the decline of their country, perhaps. Maybe even generate the political will to get rid of Trump. But none of that is even close to happening. The easy road off this path hasn’t been available since last November. The path out of this mess now necessary leads through suffering.

This is why I wouldn’t put it past them to try to hide the real sales numbers. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re down 90+ percent and the company is effectively dead already. The board of directors are Elon’s creatures and their personal wealth will depend on keeping the facade (and stock price) up so they aren’t about to cry foul.

The damage being done this time around isn’t fixable in a single term even with full congressional support.

It’s easier to tear something down than to build something up.

True, but more precisely it’s an order of magnitude harder to build than it is to destroy. Should there be a democratic administration after this they will find it impossible to put all these pieces back together in 4 years, and will get blamed for it like they always do, and lose again.

The right has put themselves into a position where destruction and failure are a future political asset for them.

The stupidity that led him down that path still remains.

No body anywhere cares what John Bolton thinks in 2025.

Rich people have to start losing significant amounts of money before anything is done about Trump.

The voter turn out this time around actually beat the last election in 2022. That one had 42% (LOL) this one had 45%. Both utterly pathetic. Literally nobody even cared about it. Provincial politics governs health care, education, housing (literally every municipal concern is ultimately provincial), and…nobody gives a shit. Amazing. Can’t fault Doug for a winning strategy.

3 percent of kids dead is a small price to pay for Texans to not have to reevaluate how they make decisions.

The concept of a conflict of interest only matters if American voters care , and they don’t.