Degen

Anyone got a read on what the Trumpsta's angle is with all these tariffs? Feels like the U.S. is intentionally isolating itself, creating a power vacuum for China or others to step in. Is the U.S. just broke? Running out of options? Or is it pure ego—thinking all innovation starts and ends in America, and the rest of the world’s just along for the ride? Or maybe there’s a 4D chess play to destabilize global markets and reshuffle the deck?

It's definitely Ego. I think when he lost his first bid for reelection, he spent years stewing about it, and now, back in office is making every decision out of spite. There are some things I agree with like removing synthetic food dyes from the food. But a lot of his "executive orders" just seem like a big reaction, without a lot of strategy or thought behind what comes next. Even if there are some things like government waste that should be looked at, the way he's going about it just feel reckless.