Here's what the press refuse to say.
1. Trump backed down from fights with Canada and Mexico when they fought back.
2. Trump got nothing for it.
3. The stock market crashed.
4. Trump announces gains from Mexico+ Canada that were already there or happened under Biden.
So lets recap:
- Trump announces tariffs.
- Allies turn against the U.S., launch boycotts on U.S. products and boo us at events.
- Markets nosedive.
- Trump caves.
The "deals":
- Mexico agrees to do the same things they always do at the border to help the U.S. (including under Biden)—but ALSO get Trump to agree to work to stop weapons trafficking from the U.S.-Mexico.
- Trudeau agrees to do the same things they always do to help the U.S., but also says he'll name a 'fentanyl czar' (despite the fact that barely any fentanyl at all comes from Canada to the U.S.)
I don’t like to get too into politics publicly, but it is a very sad day for America when the President realizes he can scam people himself, going from the most anti-crypto to a crypto maniac, just to grift his shitcoin onto his most devoted followers in a pump and dump scam while holding 80% of the coins. What motive does a billionaire have to use his political power not to help his country but to enrich himself scamming his MAGA cult with $TRUMP coin? And sadly a lot of people are applauding the President to spend time two days before his inauguration not to work on public policy but to steal from the poor and stupid.
Joe Rogan & Mel Gibson yesterday were dismissing climate change as a hoax while Gibson's house was burning down in a wildfire exacerbated by climate change. Climate change is real, please stop getting (dis)information from contrarian podcasters who'd fail a junior science exam
In just 60 seconds, I listed the dozens of common-sense, hugely-popular Democratic bills that House Republicans have voted against: from baby formula money to free hearing aids to background checks to $1400 checks to many more.
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If any of you are under the impression that our billionaires might succeed in "escaping" to space, while the world burns, let me put those fears to rest with what I know from being the spouse of a NASA flight controller. 🧵