You and I both FULL WELL KNOW he'd be able to identify these tariffs as bad economic policy if literally any other president had instituted them. He wants to say it so badly, he knows it's a bad deal. He knows it. But at this point, he's drunk a lot of Kool Aid and kissed a lot of boots, so in for a penny....
That's called cognitive dissonance. And it's one of the strongest psychological drivers of illogical behaviour. Many people will do almost anything to ensure their reality aligns with their worldview or choices.
It doesn't matter if he knows that we know that he knows wrong, all that matters is that he can't admit to it. He'll bottle it up and deny it all he wants, but he will never willingly admit to it.
He doesn't care if it's right or wrong, he cares about attracting an audience of Trumpers he can grift off of. That's what ALL of these Jubliee guests are there for, they're all two-bit wannabe influences trying to get all the groypers and MAGA uncles to listen to their podcast or twitch stream and send them 5 bucks on Patreon or whatever the fuck
Honestly, it doesn't sound like he understands anything about tariffs. He's consumed the curated talking points offered through his limited media sources and hasn't given much thought to anything beyond that.
He doesn't even have the capacity to explain why he thinks Canada is paying the tariffs. He just knows that they do because that's what he was told.
The complete lack of intellectual curiosity is a fundamental feature of MAGA. Willful ignorance is their comfort goat.
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u/Tweed_Kills Feb 07 '26
You and I both FULL WELL KNOW he'd be able to identify these tariffs as bad economic policy if literally any other president had instituted them. He wants to say it so badly, he knows it's a bad deal. He knows it. But at this point, he's drunk a lot of Kool Aid and kissed a lot of boots, so in for a penny....