Brilliant Bidnessman?

One of the lingering and never endingly amusing myths of the American presidency is that the president can have an effect on and manage the economy.

donnie told all the rubes that came to his PT Barnum tents in 2024 that, day one, he would re-set all things economic and that they - the rubes - would quickly grow tired of being immersed in the gush of prosperity that would ensue immediately after his return to the throne and its attendant golden age.

In short, he would have an effect on and manage the economy, myth be damned.

Oddly he HAS managed to have an effect on the economy.

It turns out that abject ignorance of world trade's vulnerable choke points, the cost of oil and its supply chain downstream price inflators on fuel, fertilizer and food (just for starters) can awaken inflation abruptly and bring average people to their economic knees.

"donnie's a brilliant bidnessman" can still be heard in evangelical nutland, but some of the dupes are exiting the tent.

Not that many though.