The week began - yes, it was just this week - with Trump's hallucinogenic appearance next to the Easter Bunny on the White House balcony. Mussolini as imagined by Luis Bunuel. This was roughly the same time he threatened one of the oldest civilizations in the world with cultural extinction. The extremity of his statements seems to have appalled so many people, that Richardson suggests that maybe this could be a moment when people finally wash their hands of him.
Yes, a lot of the MAGA Civil War talk is overblown. Trump retains remarkable control over his base. However, there does seem to be some understanding that Trump's behavior is well and truly unhinged.
As things stand now, we have suffered a strategic defeat against Iran. The Straits are still closed, and we will have to pay Iran to reopen them in some way. Iran and the world know that the capacity to close the Straits is retained by Tehran.
Meanwhile, it's really looking like stagflation is our current economic predicament.
Last year, I asserted that the AI Bubble was the only thing buoying the economy in the era of Trump's economic chaos. That bubble is dependent on cheap energy and computer chips. Both of those are influenced by the closing of the Straits.
If that bubble bursts - and ideally bubbles DO burst sooner rather than later - then the country will have been driven completely into the ditch by Trump's malevolent incompetence. That might...MIGHT...get him below the 27% floor in his approval rating.
Oh, yeah. Melania decided to declare that she had no idea who Jeffrey Epstein was. As if you thought that was going away.
Hey, just two and a half more years!
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