Why tariffs? Not economic but political reasons.
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Whether any outside sources have tried to use the stock to manipulate anyone or not, it has certainly been a place where Trump loyalists have come to profit. Attorney General Pam Bondi owns about $2 million worth of shares in TMTG. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon serves as director of TMTG and was gifted $826,000 worth of shares in January 2025. FBI Director Kash Patel got his own “gift” of $826,000 worth of shares at the start of the year, too—after he filed his financial disclosures to the government. Intelligence Board nominee Devin Nunes is currently the CEO of TMTG and is sitting on more than $20 million worth of stock holdings—plus, he gets a salary and bonus from the company, which netted him $1.6 million last year.
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[Eric trump] The first to negotiate will win - the last will absolutely lose. I have seen this movie my entire life…
While I have no sympathy for any of the trump offspring, that really does say so much about their family life, doesn’t it? No wonder those “kids” are so fucked up.
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It’s almost like the whole economy depends on trade and supply chains outside the USA or something. That’s wild! Who would have expected all those businesses to be interdependent like that? 
I’m calling my safe word. It’s not helping.
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I hit a wall, so:
I think that’s an unusually unsatisfying think piece for Corey Robin. He’s usually more direct than that.
I do agree that a romance around individualized heroism often overshadows the greater effectiveness of collective action, if that’s what he’s trying to say.
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I also took away from that that people are afraid to step up for fear of failure and humiliation, but also thinking “I’m just a schlub; how dare I aspire to heroic action?”
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It’s like we learned nothing from the pandemic.
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Could be it’s a thread he’s still working out in his head?
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Maybe they are fixing some numbers, but are too incompetent to fix all the numbers?
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Seems like it is indeed that, but is the Guardian the right place to be working through one’s half-formed thoughts? I suppose that can be interesting in the right author’s hands, but not in this case, at least for me. (And really, not at this moment!)
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Is Trumpy winning his golf tournament today?
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Maybe not… but I appreciate him being willing to put such half-formed ideas in a high profile place? Could also be he had a short turn around time?
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He’s going to need an extra caddy cuz the bag will be overflowing with bribes tributes by the 18th hole. maybe there’ll extra room in the fake trophy cup.
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Dear Leader always wins his golf tournament.
Secret Service: Nice golf cart you got there.
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My early retirement is in the toilet and this is who he’s catering to.
TO THE MANY INVESTORS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES AND INVESTING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY, MY POLICIES WILL NEVER CHANGE. THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!
And if he just posts it it still doesn’t make it true.
This would be a PERFECT time for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut Interest Rates. He is always “late,” but he could now change his image, and quickly. Energy prices are down, Interest Rates are down, Inflation is down, even Eggs are down 69%, and Jobs are UP, all within two months - A BIG WIN for America. CUT INTEREST RATES, JEROME, AND STOP PLAYING POLITICS!
All that winning or destruction gives him time for a round of golf.
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