Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. John Adams
British historian Alfred Toynbee studied early civilizations and concluded that civilizations fall when they stop taking the actions needed to continue to function and exist. Why they failed to take the necessary actions didn’t change the outcome – the end of the civilization.
Testing the depth of the water with both feet is an excellent way to win a Darwin Award, hopefully before increasing the level of Stupidity in the gene pool.
As stupid as testing water depth with both feet may be, that level of stupidity pales in comparison to undertaking to find the point at which a nation’s debt causes the nation’s finances and economy to collapse.
It is not really surprising that the folks at the Bulwark keep harking back to Trump’s promises during the 2024 presidential election campaign to bring prices down on day one given the Bulwark does not have a creatively maladjusted voice.
The Bulwark is not the only media citing Trump’s failure to lower prices, but the Bulwark comes to the forefront of my mind because JVL is disappointingly locked into the same ‘what everybody knows’, failing to apprehend the dark, four dimensional financial chess game Trump is engaged in to bring down prices.
Clearly, Trump’s election promise to bring prices down on day one was bombast and hyperbole given that bringing prices down across the board is a complex problem that requires time to put the required actions into motion and time for the effects of those actions to come to fruition.
The Trump administration is claiming 50 countries are clamoring to make trade deals.
The Question is why would anyone waste their time negotiating a deal with Trump when Trump’s entire business history demonstrates any agreement Trump signs is not worth the paper it is written on.
