In lighter news, an old friend who's MAGA said to me "you know I have voted for a lot of Dems, even in the last election". The backpeddle... it's too late
about 6 years ago, I was working in a situation that feels like what and Elmo are doing. It was a surreal and upsetting experience that made me feel angry and bitter to how corp America works.
So, if we logically play this out, Trump says no more NATO and just bails. We're the bad guys, right? Like, I think he'd just say "not helping" and order no more payments, withdraw troops and just bail. Worst part is all his cultists will go "Fuck yeah!"
I listen to the announcement that and Putin talked today and feel like the rest of the world is on notice to stand up for Ukraine cuz the USA is about to bail, give Putin what he wants and try to disarm Zelinsky for a second round of fuckery.
So Trump is going to do away with the IRS, replace all income with tariffs? Clearly someone told him about the gilded age and he likes that story. However, we don't have nearly enough income from tariffs to cover what taxes bring in, whut?