"I know what the hell I'm doing - and wait, there is more - I'm going to raise drug prices!!!"

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/trump-tariffs-greer.html

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Republicans gave the monkey a gun, and it is having a great time shooting at everything and everyone

[mobeau69]

1. The video is laughable with his "sir" tell.

[Walleye]

2. He insists repeatedly and loudly that he knows what he's doing. That means just one thing.

He doesn’t know what he’s doing. I used to live in NYC. I understand snake oil salesmen

[dalton99a]

3. +1. But that's how you choose a mechanic or a heart surgeon

[Justice matters.]

5. He never did.

He is doing what Roy Cohn told him to "look" like a winner:

1. Never admit you were wrong. No matter the consequences*
2. Never accept defeat. Fight, fight, fight. No matter the consequences*
3. Never take responsibility for anything. No matter the consequences*


* Emphasis mine.

[Walleye]

9. So of course, then never learn from past mistakes

[tanyev]

4. I could laugh about it if he was screaming that while being dragged off in a straitjacket.

Otherwise, very scary.

[geardaddy]

6. Fuck. I'm toast then

I rely on lifesaving drugs.

[Dave says]

11. Same here.

One of the most expensive. And it is mostly made in China. I wonder how insurance will handle it? Eat the tariff? Pass it on to the insured? Drop it from their formulary?

[birdographer]

7. What do we have to do

to end this??? He is probably not even aware of the protests, and those who are aware could not care less. It’s not like they harm them in any way. We are just a bunch of peons stomping around outside the castle walls. Maybe a hero will be marching in his military parade and will help us out.

[Warpy]

8. The man is using a bludgeon

which is always going to make a bigger mess than anyone wants. That's why he's got tariffs enacted on islands populated only by penguins. Yeah, you can't make this stuff up.

Thge problem is that he's pulling numbers out of his ass, and it's a damned big ass that holds a lot of 'em. Short term, this will be painful. The longer term is the big unknown.

[Hassler]

10. His bone spurs are acting up.

[UTUSN]

12. Hah!