Francesca and Wajahat react to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs backfiring. Plus, finance journalist James Surowiecki breaks down how the tariffs will ultimately take a toll on everyday Americans.
To me it is obvious that Trump wants to make us like Russia and linked to Russia. No tariffs on Russia, Putin’s investor meeting in the White House, firing of National Security leaders who deal with cybersecurity and others, cybersecurity defense against Russia was stopped a few weeks ago.
Predictions: Russia. Sanctions lifted so we American companies will turn to Russia for business.
The Maryland man arrested and sent to El Salvador will not make it back home where he will meet the media.
Let’s stop assuming they are making mistakes and instead assume this is what they want.
People desperate for their social security checks. No Medicaid and no heath-care research so there will be deaths at an earlier age, destroying universities and education.
We know where this will lead and so do they. It’s all intentional.
And we have a National Security team that is incompetent.
This is looking more and more like 1930s Germany where we end up in a world war we lose.
And where is Obama? The most charismatic leader of our time who many current Trump voters voted for before? Was that flash in the pan? Where is the man who said Yes We Can!?
The House Nazis have resolved that no bill can be brought to the floor to reign in the Nazi tariff plan Some Nazi Senators have come around too late and even if they pass a bill to stop tariffs it won’t be brought up for a vote by the House
The Nazis have developed a theory called Project 2025 supported by the Christian Nationalist movement They don’t know if it will work but it’s a plan to create a theocratic dictatorship It’s like the old Nazi theory in Mein Kampf or the Russian theory articulated by Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto The 21st century version of Manifesto is “burn the whole thing down and start over” and that Americans should get over their “dictatorphobia” according to JD Vance and Curtis Yarvin
But Der Fuhrer has added a global twist to Project 2025 The tariffs imposed didn’t work when he was last in office and there is no evidence that they will work this time And this time these devastating global tariffs will not be rescinded The classic mob boss/bully shakedown of global nations is underway The argument from the Nazi leader for the tariffs is that it will bring manufacturing and jobs back to America But experts argue that this is a theory that’s not going to work just like the German and Russian theories of the past Even in the best case scenario the Nazi argument isn’t even intelligible
Make a pledge that there will no Republicans(aka Nazis) elected and that you will actively facilitate campaigns against the Nazis for at least the next 6 years which will allow the country to rebuild after the Nazi decimation of government
I think that it's even simpler than James' point that Trump hates trade deficits and loves tariffs. Trump believes falsely that he's a "deal maker". As any mob boss, he gets a charge from people coming to him for favors and, to James' point, mob bosses will not be taken advantage of and so Trump will not be taken advantage of by our trading partners. Beyond that, nothing. This, like his other ventures, will fail because he's a dumb person and simple minds have simple thoughts.
Trump’s Tariff war is the distraction. Friday’s DIRNSA firing is worse.
Recently on mastodon appeared a very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time. Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t you try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel
It was no coincidence that Trump fired DIRNSA Haugh the same day he (Trump) slapped down tariffs to create a global smokescreen of confusion and chaos to distract everyone domestically and globally for the next year(s). Today’s note from Bruce Schneier ¹ affirms my concerns:
"The NSA already spies on Americans in a variety of ways. But that’s always been a sideline to its main mission: spying on the rest of the world. Once Trump replaces Haugh with a loyalist, the NSA’s vast surveillance apparatus can be refocused domestically."
"Giving that agency all those powers in the 1990s, in the 2000s after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and in the 2010s was always a mistake. I fear that we are about to learn how big a mistake it was."
Keeping in mind Trump 2.0’s Justice Department invoked “State Secrets” to prohibit the release of names of those they disappeared to El Salvador, this is the same administration whose Signalgate is dismissed as a “nothing burger” whilst proving they follow Project 2025’s blueprint of ensuring no future Presidential administration will have evidence or knowledge of what was truly concocted and orchestrated during Trump 2.0.
A full-on NSA sweep of all US citizen communications will enable a misguided DOJ to cherry-pick snippets of conversations here and there and before you know it people that you know and trust will be in a Star Chamber attempting to defend themselves against State Secrets evidence they are not allowed to see. Or they will be turned into willing “camel” hunters too to avoid further persecution.
Who are examples of “camels” Trump 2.0 is lining up to hunt?
• abortion-rights activists
• pregnant women traveling out of state
• people who fund Palestinian relief
• trans people
• Black and Brown skin people
• historians
• librarians
• citizens objecting to Trump 2.0
In 2016, news organizations [^2][^3][^4] reported that Trump had installed a switchboard in his Mar-a-Lago bedroom, allowing him to listen in on guest phone calls. In 2025, Trump 2.0 and his supplicant GOP Senate installed crazy loyalists as departmental Secretaries who quickly directed the FBI, DoD, and CIA to stand down on their efforts to track and fight actual right-wing fringe groups and block Russian ingress into US systems.
If I relabel “camels” to “ANTIFA” — and then you recall how Trump and the GOP declared it was “ANTIFA” who led the Jan 6 insurrection before re-imagining it to be a “peaceful” protest — are you starting to get the picture here of how Trump 2.0 will warp reality using the NSA, CIA, and DOJ to wage revenge against all who are not avowed supplicants to their “rapture through revenge” cult?
What would you suggest any of us do when the camel hunters come around?
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It’s not backfiring if that is the plan.
To me it is obvious that Trump wants to make us like Russia and linked to Russia. No tariffs on Russia, Putin’s investor meeting in the White House, firing of National Security leaders who deal with cybersecurity and others, cybersecurity defense against Russia was stopped a few weeks ago.
Predictions: Russia. Sanctions lifted so we American companies will turn to Russia for business.
The Maryland man arrested and sent to El Salvador will not make it back home where he will meet the media.
Let’s stop assuming they are making mistakes and instead assume this is what they want.
People desperate for their social security checks. No Medicaid and no heath-care research so there will be deaths at an earlier age, destroying universities and education.
We know where this will lead and so do they. It’s all intentional.
And we have a National Security team that is incompetent.
This is looking more and more like 1930s Germany where we end up in a world war we lose.
Yes, I agree. This has been the plan of the heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
No....it IS FASCIST NOW! Pardon the shouting. I'm distraught with anger and grief...
Thank you! Yes! These are NOT "accidents," these are NOT "mistakes"...why do so many observers say this?!
And where is Obama? The most charismatic leader of our time who many current Trump voters voted for before? Was that flash in the pan? Where is the man who said Yes We Can!?
All this because of White-Racism and Minority Stupidity. [both of which put him in charge of everything, everywhere, all at once]
'Liberation day' will be the day that we eject AIPAC and other Israeli lobby groups out of US Congress.
Breath of fresh air...thank you.
The Nazi Congress
The House Nazis have resolved that no bill can be brought to the floor to reign in the Nazi tariff plan Some Nazi Senators have come around too late and even if they pass a bill to stop tariffs it won’t be brought up for a vote by the House
The Nazis have developed a theory called Project 2025 supported by the Christian Nationalist movement They don’t know if it will work but it’s a plan to create a theocratic dictatorship It’s like the old Nazi theory in Mein Kampf or the Russian theory articulated by Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto The 21st century version of Manifesto is “burn the whole thing down and start over” and that Americans should get over their “dictatorphobia” according to JD Vance and Curtis Yarvin
But Der Fuhrer has added a global twist to Project 2025 The tariffs imposed didn’t work when he was last in office and there is no evidence that they will work this time And this time these devastating global tariffs will not be rescinded The classic mob boss/bully shakedown of global nations is underway The argument from the Nazi leader for the tariffs is that it will bring manufacturing and jobs back to America But experts argue that this is a theory that’s not going to work just like the German and Russian theories of the past Even in the best case scenario the Nazi argument isn’t even intelligible
Make a pledge that there will no Republicans(aka Nazis) elected and that you will actively facilitate campaigns against the Nazis for at least the next 6 years which will allow the country to rebuild after the Nazi decimation of government
I think that it's even simpler than James' point that Trump hates trade deficits and loves tariffs. Trump believes falsely that he's a "deal maker". As any mob boss, he gets a charge from people coming to him for favors and, to James' point, mob bosses will not be taken advantage of and so Trump will not be taken advantage of by our trading partners. Beyond that, nothing. This, like his other ventures, will fail because he's a dumb person and simple minds have simple thoughts.
Trump’s Tariff war is the distraction. Friday’s DIRNSA firing is worse.
Recently on mastodon appeared a very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time. Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t you try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel
It was no coincidence that Trump fired DIRNSA Haugh the same day he (Trump) slapped down tariffs to create a global smokescreen of confusion and chaos to distract everyone domestically and globally for the next year(s). Today’s note from Bruce Schneier ¹ affirms my concerns:
"The NSA already spies on Americans in a variety of ways. But that’s always been a sideline to its main mission: spying on the rest of the world. Once Trump replaces Haugh with a loyalist, the NSA’s vast surveillance apparatus can be refocused domestically."
"Giving that agency all those powers in the 1990s, in the 2000s after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and in the 2010s was always a mistake. I fear that we are about to learn how big a mistake it was."
Keeping in mind Trump 2.0’s Justice Department invoked “State Secrets” to prohibit the release of names of those they disappeared to El Salvador, this is the same administration whose Signalgate is dismissed as a “nothing burger” whilst proving they follow Project 2025’s blueprint of ensuring no future Presidential administration will have evidence or knowledge of what was truly concocted and orchestrated during Trump 2.0.
A full-on NSA sweep of all US citizen communications will enable a misguided DOJ to cherry-pick snippets of conversations here and there and before you know it people that you know and trust will be in a Star Chamber attempting to defend themselves against State Secrets evidence they are not allowed to see. Or they will be turned into willing “camel” hunters too to avoid further persecution.
Who are examples of “camels” Trump 2.0 is lining up to hunt?
• abortion-rights activists
• pregnant women traveling out of state
• people who fund Palestinian relief
• trans people
• Black and Brown skin people
• historians
• librarians
• citizens objecting to Trump 2.0
In 2016, news organizations [^2][^3][^4] reported that Trump had installed a switchboard in his Mar-a-Lago bedroom, allowing him to listen in on guest phone calls. In 2025, Trump 2.0 and his supplicant GOP Senate installed crazy loyalists as departmental Secretaries who quickly directed the FBI, DoD, and CIA to stand down on their efforts to track and fight actual right-wing fringe groups and block Russian ingress into US systems.
If I relabel “camels” to “ANTIFA” — and then you recall how Trump and the GOP declared it was “ANTIFA” who led the Jan 6 insurrection before re-imagining it to be a “peaceful” protest — are you starting to get the picture here of how Trump 2.0 will warp reality using the NSA, CIA, and DOJ to wage revenge against all who are not avowed supplicants to their “rapture through revenge” cult?
What would you suggest any of us do when the camel hunters come around?
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¹ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/dirnsa-fired.html
² https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-phone-calls/489545/
³ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/donald-trump-eavesdropping-mar-a-lago
⁴ https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/eavesdropping-on-roy-cohn-and-donald-trump
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