Now that Trump has finally decided to levy tariffs on Canada — our closest ally in the world — and Mexico — our largest trading partner — plus China, I hope he keeps them in place for a while and triggers a large trade war.
And that it leads to much higher prices.
And that leads to a major recession.
Sorry America.
Trump, in his subtle way, screamed out in all caps on Truth Social:
| WILL THERE BE SOME PAIN? YES, MAYBE (AND MAYBE NOT!) BUT WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AND IT WILL ALL BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID |
Well, he’s half right. There might be a LOT of pain, but it will not be necessary to make America “great” again. But it may be necessary to finally put to bed the ridiculous lie that this election was about the “price of eggs.”
It wasn’t about the price of eggs.
It was about half of America wanting to be led by a racist asshole.
Let’s finally call a spade a spade, and deal with the reality of the situation, that the United States of America has been propagandized to a degree that half the population wants to blame immigrants and diversity, equity and inclusion for everything that is wrong with America.
Let’s deal with that reality.
I mean, I realize that middle America bridles at being called racist, but since they are (allegedly) so into telling the blunt truth, let’s tell the blunt truth: that half of America is not “sort of” or a “little bit” or “implicitly” racist; they’re just “flat out” racist.
Let’s deal with that reality.
Let’s figure out if the Black men and Latinos and suburban housewives who decided to make their camp with Trump in 2024 really want to stay there, or if it isn’t time to let go of some of the inherent blame shifting, and see if we can’t slowly work our way out of this dilemma and return to a place where one of the two major political parties hasn’t completely lost touch with reality.
Let’s get back to that point.
