President Trump is a real chickenshit. For an “Alpha male” whose primary mode of engaging in the world is to bully everyone who inhabits it, this guy is a real chickenshit. I realize I’m not breaking radical new ground here, but it is worth repeating.

You can feel how much Trump wants to impose tariffs, especially on Mexico and Canada. It’s because of that terrible deal negotiated between the United States, Mexico and Canada by . . . President Trump. In his first term.

Oh boy.

So, back on February 3rd, Trump paused his threatened tariffs for a first time based on Mexico and Canada agreeing to do largely things they were already. This was allegedly to stop the flow of fentanyl across the border. 

Then, Trump’s threatened 25% tariffs finally came into effect on Tuesday of this week. The stock market immediately tanked, with the Dow Jones losing over 1400 points in the last week. Since February 19, it is down 2540 points.

Oops.

Since Trump began his second term, the average price of a dozen Grade A large eggs in the United States has increased 80¢ per dozen, up from $4.15 to $4.95. This increase represents a 19.5% rise from December 2024 to January 2025. 

So much for Trump bringing down the price of eggs.

As Trump surrogate Elon Musk continues to shred the federal government with a proverbial chainsaw, loads of fired federal employees are being called back because, it turns out, their function was essential after all.

It’s gotten to the point that House Republicans were told by House leadership to stop attending town halls, because what was going on there was not pretty.

President Trump is still plenty popular with his base, but we’re only 46 days into his 2nd term. Still 1414 left to go. This is going to be some roller-coaster shitshow before this ride is over.