President Donald Trump is openly challenging U.S. allies by increasing tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% as he vows to take back wealth he says was “stolen” by other countries.
totally understood. I have wrestled with this myself and finally came down on "incurious", which is its own brand of stupid.
I think he fundamentally understands what he is doing and there is a clear pattern of grift. he now has the biggest of the big league grifters around him - those who would strangle whole countries for personal gain.
he knows. he's playing along with the game and, at this point in his life, gives zero fucks about the consequences.