Imagine being before Congress and then Donald Trump pulls one of his scams and you’re sitting there in the hotseat. Well, you don’t have to imagine. We’re going to show you what that looks like, because it happened just this morning as Trump did two things: 1. He attempted to pump up the market with a Truth Social post and 2. Then he did a 90-day tariff pause, after spending the last week saying that that would never happen. Here’s number one in Donald’s one-two punch at all that is American today.
That was in the early hours, before the stock exchange opened. Then there was this.
Now here is what all this translated into in Congress. I almost feel sorry for this guy. But if you throw your lot in with Donald, ETTD is what you need to bear in mind. It happens to everybody, it will happen to you.
JUST NOW: Rep Steven Horsford GRILLS Jamieson Greer on Donald Trump’s tariff reversal: “Is this market manipulation? If it’s not market manipulation, what is it? Who’s benefiting? What billionaire just got richer?” pic.twitter.com/Wfx8VlLemu
— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) April 9, 2025
Bruu-tuhl. Man. I would not want to be that guy. And you can tell that he doesn’t want to be himself either — at least not at that time and place. Talk about being a sitting duck. KABLAM! This poor guy just got obliterated.
He's made this once shining beacon the laughingstock of the World. It's really him though, they're all laughing at and disgusted with. Countries gave that maniac a big FU, and he knows it.
— Claire S🤍 (@SaintLaurant) April 9, 2025
We have zero credibility. This was a stunt, one of Trump’s many stunts.
AFTER he said a couple hours ago “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!” I’d like to know which members of the administration knew he was going to pause the tariffs in advance of the announcement!! Insider trading by the Trump administration? They’re not even hiding it anymore.
— 🌼 Donna_Marie 🌼 (@Donna_MarieNJ) April 9, 2025
And what percentage of the ill gotten gains find themselves kicked back into Trump’s pocket, I wonder? This appears to be Trump’s formula, this seesaw with tariffs and trade wars. The upper .000001% will benefit greatly, the rest of us with lose our shirts. Winning formula or no, this is the formula. I think you can depend upon it.
Trump’s playing the stock market like Tommy played a mean pinball. Except Tommy was a pinball wizard and Trump is clueless. But being clueless has never stopped him before. Cluelessness is Trump’s superpower. He’s taken Dunning-Kreuger to heights never before dreamt of.
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Lost in all the focus on the stock market is the fact that much of the stuff people buy comes from China. If the tariffs on Chinese goods remain, shoppers at Walmart and Target are in for sticker shock. Not a concern for billionaires, but middle-class folks will be affected.
And an entire political party, or what’s left of it, slinks out of the room rather than have to publicly defend the indefensible, ie. defend the criminal policies of Trump, their master. We edge ever closer to the only real solution to this destruction of our government and our nation: a mass uprising by we the people. Remember what Trump said: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Well folks, the looting (on an enormous scale) has started ….
And over at FUX, they are claiming he is genius and has courage. For what, being the most massively stupid dolt ever?!?