If you look at this from the perspective of Trump wanting to destabilize the USA geopolitically and internally (for whatever reason), it seems he's been incredibly successful. I'm not saying Trump is smart but if you look at this from another angle he's incredibly effective.
I mean, that's the most positive spin for it I've ever heard. Maybe he's shorted every major company in the US that would be affected by these stupid tariffs.
Regardless if it's because of secret intelligence on Putin's end or incompetence on Trump's end, it really doesn't change anything on my end, the effect is pretty much the same. We still have effectively actively antagonized one of our largest trading partners for no obvious reasons and reneged on our own trading agreements.
If you view Trump as your enemy, understanding him matters if you intend to fight him.
To be clear, I'm not saying Trump is a Russian asset. I was just changing the perspective because I think it's interesting all the things he's doing make perfect sense for helping Russia. In which case he'd be effective instead of incompetent.
I mean, I don't know that I am "fighting" him. I vote in every election that I can, but I have no plans on running for political office, I'm probably not going to go out and protest, and I'm not going to file lawsuits against the administration.
And I certainly don't think complaining on Hacker News counts as "doing something".
