Let me walk you through what just happened. Donald Trump—yes, the guy who calls everyone else weak and was just calling fearful Republicans ‘Panicans’—just caved hard on his own flagship economic policy, and it’s as pathetic as you’d expect.
After a global market crash triggered by his reckless tariff threats, Trump hit the panic button and abruptly reversed course. He announced a 90-day “pause” on his massive tariffs—something he swore just two days ago he’d never even consider. Why? Because the stock market was collapsing, the bond market was in freefall, and mortgage rates were set to spike. It was a full-blown economic dumpster fire. So naturally, Trump did what he always does: he folded.
Now he’s trying to spin it as some brilliant strategic play. His followers, like robots, are parroting that line—literally calling it the “Art of the Deal.” Folks, this is the art of the faceplant. Trump sets a house on fire, then expects praise for pulling the fire alarm.
And let’s be clear: even with this so-called pause, Americans are still stuck with a 10% tariff on virtually everything they buy. Prices are still going up. Businesses are still suffering. This isn’t a solution—it’s a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding he caused.
The gaslighting from Trumpworld is almost too embarrassing to watch. His press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, just days ago dismissed reports of a pause as “fake news.” Now she’s pretending this was the plan all along. Meanwhile, we need to be clear about another possible motive of Donald Trump: market manipulation. After all, Trump told his followers to buy stock just hours before making this announcement. A whole lot of Trump’s cronies are certainly getting very, very rich off of Trump’s schemes.
And you know I had to bring up Benny Johnson—yes, the same guy caught spreading Russian-funded pro-Trump propaganda—mocking the market crash under Trump as a character-building exercise, after previously screaming about a one-day drop under Biden like it was the end of civilization. The hypocrisy isn’t just stunning. It’s exhausting.
Let me just say this: If tariffs were really the magic bullet Trump claims, why pause them at all? Why the meltdown? Why the reversal?
Crickets.
This isn’t leadership. It’s chaos. And Americans—business owners, workers, families—are the ones paying the price. How do you build a factory or make hiring decisions when a single Truth Social post from Trump can wreck your business overnight?
Our credibility on the world stage? Gone. Our allies? Whiplashed. And our enemies? Watching with popcorn in hand.
Trump doesn’t understand the economy. He doesn’t care about stability. He only cares about ego and headlines—and enriching his family and buddies. And once again, the American people are left picking up the pieces.
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