Careening Toward Catastrophe: A Manual for Moronocracy

 First it was tariffs.

We all got to hear donnie tell us that tariffs are beautiful because they get paid by other countries into the coffers of the United States Treasury.

"Is he kidding, or just plug stupid'? I heard someone say.

Then it was China.

donnie got into a pissing contest with President Xi; donnie went to 145% tariff on all Chinese goods; Xi stopped at 100% but pointed out that China wouldn't send any more rare earth products - items mandatory for any modem technology; since the US doesn't have any rare earth stuff that could be a problem.

"Does he know anything about anything"? I heard someone say. 

Then it was R&D.

He started cancelling payment of money approved by Congress (the Constitutionally designated controller of the purse strings of the United States) to various world leading research universities.

"Does he understand that we dominate the world in R&D because of Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia and the rest"? I heard someone say.

Then it was the World Order.

donnie decided to take his ball and go home.

"Does he know anything about history, 1918 to 2016"? I heard someone say.

Then it was support for Ukraine.

donnie and jd ran Zelinsky out of the newly refurbished to look like a whore's dream of paradise oval office and cut off American support for defense of Ukraine against Puty the Thug.

"Is the man a fucking moron"? I heard somebody say.

Then it was fire Gerome Powell.

donnie wants low interest rates so he can kite the national debt.

"Is he following the Argentina/Turkey/Hungary plan"? I heard someone say.

Then it was Liberation Day.

donnie announced high tariffs for everyone and after several trillions of dollar losses in the markets he said he'd postpone them until July.

"Is he kidding, or just plug stupid'? I heard someone say.

Then there was that big, beautiful debacle.

"Why do we have all those hospitals, anyway"? I heard someone say.

Intermittently and continuously, it has been Canada.

donnie is working on a executive order annexing Canada as "the 51st state".

"Does he have any idea of how big that state would be"? I heard someone say.  Alternatively, "Has he ever heard of the War of 1812"? was sporadically heard to be muttered.

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There is more, much more, but I am too depressed to circle around and finish this thing right now.

I usually wander back to neutral after a few days of rain, sleet and hail, so check back in the Autumn.