Episode Notes
Maybe Trump doesn’t care if the economy tanks—maybe he believes he can play it all to his advantage. And maybe, through a lot of pain, this is the only way America’s going to learn its lesson.
Guest: Jonathan Last, editor of The Bulwark
This is your regular reminder the the bulwark is absolutely not progressive. They’re a bunch of never trumper Republicans.
From the transcript (B is the bulwark guy):
Speaker B: … Democrats should welcome this development.
Speaker A: Are you still on Team welcome the tariff right now?
Speaker B: 100%.
Speaker A: Really?
Speaker B: I mean, yeah, yeah. It’s the only way to get rationality into the system. I guess this makes me an accelerationist, which is macabre. …
Wow such empathy, so bold. This immediately after he talks about wanting CEOs to have to sell their yacht. Maybe one day this dipshit will wake up. We can hope.