Here Comes The Pain

First Buddy Elon has told us to expect some hard times. And of course, that's being exuberantly translated by the rubes as meaning everybody will be rich and fat and happy at some point shortly thereafter.

Number 1, don't expect that pain to be evenly distributed. This is America, dummy - rich people won't be feeling it.

Number 2, anybody pulling down less than about $250K is likely to get slammed pretty hard - if  Trump does what he says he wants to do.

As usual, the word "if" is doing some heavy lifting, but we all know that Trump can't stand being told no, and that he thinks because he said it, somebody at least has to make it look like it's being done so he can lie about what a magnificent star-spangled president he is.

So, exactly as predicted, Trump 2.0 has all the earmarks of becoming another FUBAR wrapped in a clusterfuck tossed into a dumpster fire.

Tariffs on Canadian crude oil:

The ghost of Tariffs past:

What I worry about most is that this time, the circus will serve as cover not just for the billions in graft that will pour into the pockets of Trump and his merry band of leeches, but also for all the shitty things the Project 2025 plutocrats are working on. So when The Unitary Executive thing is more or less in place, the A25 coup will remove Trump and replace him with ... fuck if I know what happens after that, but it's got me keeping some pretty odd hours.

Fake lord help us.