mallorys_camera | In the Wake of the Useful Idiot

I suppose it's possible that Trump's tariff gambit will succeed spectacularly.

But I don't see it myself.

What I see is the world washing its hands of America—washing its hands of this administration and of the (presumably) smarter & more well-intentioned administrations to come because as France's Europe Minister remarked, "We cannot leave the security of Europe in the hands of voters in Wisconsin every four years."

Trump was the useful idiot who got the Techo BoyZ in, but if the tariffs misfire spectacularly—as I think they will—they will want to get him out. I've been conjecturing for a while now that Trump will be out by the 18th month of his term of office. Whether that's because he's 25th Amendment-ed—I think a convincing case can be made that he has dementia—or whether he dies—either of natural causes or of made-in-America Novichok nerve agent—remains to be seen.

We live in interesting times.

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Meanwhile, I didn't get nearly enough done yesterday, though I was pretty dilligent.

Getting stuff done takes a great deal of time.

I'm sleeping badly due to general political awfulness, so that has an impact on my general efficiency.

BB & I are going to the protests in Middletown tomorrow. Middletown is very Trumpy, so I think representation there is important.

And on Sunday, I want to tootle off to the garden.

So, today is really my best bet for getting these reams & reams of necessary stuff done.