“A Little Disturbance”

In October, Trump stated, “We will begin a new era of soaring incomes. Skyrocketing wealth. Millions and millions of new jobs and a booming middle class. We are going to boom like we’ve never boomed before.”

Then last week, he said, “[T]ariffs are not just about protecting American jobs, they are about protecting the soul of our country. Tariffs are about making America rich again and making America great again, and it is happening and it will happen rather quickly. There will be a little disturbance, but we are OK with that.”

The stock market continued to fall alarmingly. The extreme volitility makes it so businesses don’t know how to proceed and investors don’t know how to invest. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt advised, “If people are looking for certainty, they should look at the record of this president.”

His business record is horrible, built on lies, evasion and deception. What he is doing now is affecting people’s lives. The little disturbance, translated: people losing jobs, losing their 401Ks, losing businesses.

And I won’t even talk about the commercial he did for the Musk yesterday at the White House, promoting Tesla. Musk’s company is…