'Mad king' mode? Trump golfs as his tariffs rattle markets

'Mad king' mode? Trump golfs as his tariffs rattle markets

On his so-called “liberation day” (April 2), Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on USA’s key trading partners. Within hours, a bloodbath followed across the global markets. According to a report by Washington Post, it was a poorly planned event, whose details hadn’t been hammered out until less than three hours ago

A Mad Mad Mad World » The MALESTROM

It’s like deciding in the middle of a blizzard that now’s a good time to don a bikini. A lurid but apposite image in the case of the Don who thinks starting a trade war is a great idea. But as everyone else gasps for breath and no one has the foggiest how it’ll pan out, it’s worth trying to figure out why any of this is happening. And, as our Political Correspondent Peter Spencer reports, why it shouldn’t be. The hit song from the swinging sixti…

Any nexus between the Mad Man concept and Trumps ongoing mad-hatter tariffs (1)

The Mad Man concept was a rave during the period when Richard Melhouse Nixon was POTUS, and the eclectic Henry Kissinger was his Secretary of State. At the height ofThe post Any nexus between the Mad Man concept and Trumps ongoing mad-hatter tariffs (1) appeared first on The Nation Newspaper.

Americans Approve Trump Spending Rest of Term Golfing

WASHINGTON, DC – In a rare moment of bipartisanship, Americans from across the political spectrum have come together to approve of President Trump spending the remainder of his term on a golf course to avoid him fucking everything up. “Honestly, it’s better for everyone if he just plays through,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD). “Every time he tries to do something, we end up with tariffs, an unqualified cabinet member from a podcast, or another r…