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He has been on a tear. We’re getting out of the Paris Accord on climate change, we’re out of the WHO (World health organization), we’re renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, if Panama doesn’t do what we want, we’ll take over the Canal, if Canada doesn’t want to join us and be American we’ll put tariffs on them to force them to, we’re getting rid of all regulations, he’s talked of getting rid of FEMA (Federal Emergency management Agency), there will be no regulations on oil drilling (‘drill, baby, drill!), we’re eliminating all DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion programs) and building permitting and so on. And the wisdom implicit in all those moves should be apparent to all. Finally, Trump comes through to set America on the proper path.
Amazing!
He won 76.9 million votes versus 74.4 for Harris, a 2.5 million difference which comes to a 1.6% margin. That’s a lot of voters that didn’t want him in.
But they are all wrong. All of them. Trump’s view is the correct one, he would like us to believe.
And there is more. We’ll impose tariffs, tariffs and more tariffs. On Mexico, on Canada, on China, on the European Union, yes, on friend and foe alike, on all countries that don’t come to us to produce here instead so we benefit the most.
And he tells other countries, ‘lower your oil prices,’ and tells central bankers abroad, ‘lower your interest rates, cut your taxes.’ Never mind the inflationary risks, never mind the rise in global…