Some people think that evil looks like the devil, a red-hued guy with horns and a spiked tail. I don’t, though. I think evil looks like the richest man in the world telling work-a-day Joes that they’re taking too much…

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Listen, it isn’t going to take any time at all for all of MAGA to believe that this volatile economy is Joe Biden’s fault. The economy was humming along when Biden was President. It was SO good, the First Felon was taking credit for it. “It’s good because I’m coming into office.” In truth, it was good because Biden knew what he was doing.

Then 47 GOT into office and started his mindless “trade wars” (code talk for “stock market manipulation”) – and the economy is tanking. But that, TOO is Joe Biden’s fault. I mean, obviously. Oh, it’s STILL Biden’s economy, which, remember, was doing so well before 47 stole the office. Yes, their stories ARE stupid, but MAGA conditioning keeps them befuddled and they’ll never see it.

It’s often true that economic effects last beyond one person’s term. Bush 43 left Obama a crashed economy that saw Obama struggling for the first couple of years. Obama left then-45 a booming economy that kept humming along until then-45’s mismanagement allowed a pandemic to run wild. That dragged down Biden’s early years as the trumpster’s inflation ballooned, but Biden got it under control. The economy was humming along again when now-47 stole his way back. He should have, COULD have kept it humming along – but the trumpster wanted tariffs.

It stopped being Biden’s economy the second 47 started signing Executive Orders that affected the economy – that is, day one. He affected the economy faster than any other modern sitting President. Sadly, he damaged the economy faster than any other modern sitting President.

All of this is happening because Trump is an old man and thinks old thoughts. Tariffs might have been a solid economic tool at one point in history. Hell, in some cases, they can still be solid tools. But he’s using a cannon to kill a mosquito. Mostly, the world just bypasses tariffs by turning in other directions, these days. All 47 is accomplishing is having other countries take American products off their shelves.

I’ll tell you this: that doesn’t sound so “great” to me…

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The cowardly, snowflake Republicans have decided to stop holding town halls because pissed off people keep showing up to demand action from their “representatives,” who aren’t going to do anything because they actually represent the One Percent. And to protect their cowardly selves from looking like cowardly snowflakes, they’re pretending the angry people are paid protestors funded by (obviously) George Soros.

In point of fact, George Soros doesn’t NEED to fun angry citizens. Most Americans are plenty pissed off about what’s happening and don’t need any prompting from anybody. Their anger is real, not bought and paid for – and THAT is why they’ll stop holding those meetings. They can’t afford to let people see how many of us are super pissed off about what’s happening. Solidarity is our best weapon, now…

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“But the Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World’s great automakers, and Elon’s ‘baby,’ in order to attack and do harm to Elon, and everything he stands for.” The trumpster wrote that.

He’s not altogether wrong. There IS coordination among the protestors. That’s kind of how protesting works. It COULD be called “collusion.” But illegal? Sorry, chump. It’s not illegal to NOT buy a product (except health insurance, apparently). If Americans want to boycott Tesla in response to Tesla’s CEO attacking them, that’s an honest choice. Let MAGA buy the Teslas. They LOVE electric cars, right? Well, they will, soon. Well, Teslas, anyway. (Their conditioning is so… malleable…)

I first predicted on February 13 of this year that MAGA conditioning would be modified to encourage them to buy Teslas in an effort to prop up Musk’s company. March 12 saw The Felon turning the White House into a car sales lot for a short time. He held a press conference to hawk the cars like a used car salesmen. He even got a script from Elon! He promoted the event on his social media site where he wrote, “In any event, I’m going to buy a brand new Tesla tomorrow morning as a show of confidence and support for Elon Musk, a truly great American.”

Listen, knowing the dumbest man on the planet “bought” an overpriced car from the richest man on the planet is not a strong endorsement of the Swasticar. But suddenly, MAGA everywhere will be fond of Teslas. If the First Felon “buys” one, then it’s okay for THEM to buy one. Hell, it may become requisite. Someone should tell them it was JUST a promotional event. I seriously doubt 47 will actually write a check for $80,000 for a woke car he doesn’t even get to drive. But now MAGA has to carry the company? Can they do that? Many MAGA have lost huge amounts of money to The Felon’s various schemes and scams. Can they afford a Tesla, too? Those rolling crematoriums are VERY expensive…

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Meanwhile, the stock market is crashing like it’s 1929. Credit where credit is due, ‘Fox Not-News’ reporter Peter Doocy asked during the Elon/Felon event – out loud and in public – if it was a good idea to be hawking luxury cars outside the White House while the working class was watching their 401ks shrivel.

That’s TWICE Peter Doocy has confronted the maladministration with honest questions. The first time was when Doocy questioned the legitimacy of attacking Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit in the Oval when Muck never wears a suit in the Oval. At the time, Spokesliar Leavitt ducked the question with a very not-subtle dodge, “He wore one last night.” Sure, he wasn’t in the Oval but in fairness, it was all she had.

Wait, a third time? Doocy ALSO challenged the White House spokesliar by asking if anyone in the White House was “shorting” the stock market during all of this chaos. Did you know it’s possible to bet against the stock market? Or, rather, it’s possible to bet the market is going to go down. Very simply, you buy what are called “Put Options.” They’re like a long-odds bet so they pay off “bigly.”

Famously, okay, infamously, some unknown person bought Put Options on American airlines and United airlines just before those planes were used on 9/11. After the planes hit the buildings the stocks crashed, too, and the Put Options paid off handsomely. Sadly, the purchaser never got to collect because doing so clearly indicated foreknowledge of the event. (Official word is, we “never knew” who bought those options…)

Anyway, if you’re an evil schemer and you’re in a position to manipulate the market, you buy some Put Options, announce your tariffs, watch the market decline, collect your money on the options, buy stocks at bargain basement prices you just manipulated into being, then “pause” your tariffs and watch your stock price grow as the market “recovers.”

That might give you some idea of how bizarre Bizarro America is, I have to give props to a ‘Fox Not News’ reporter for doing the job ALL reporters should be doing – but aren’t. Good work, Peter Doocy. Keep it up…