The problem with The Donald is that he wants to be seen as the strong man, and he wants others to publicly bend to him. In other words, it's about denying agency. Which means he's going to … (View Post)

Antifrank (View Post)

Another Substack post from me: The Other Impact of Tariffs https://open.substack.com/pub/robertsmithson1/p/the-other-impact-of-tariffs?r=2a9ngu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcom… (View Post)

On Covid, there were two broad strategies on could follow that worked: (1) Absolutely massive and total lockdowns designed to get rid of every last case, so that every last case is eliminated, and li… (View Post)

Yep: he wants to cut other EV makers off at the knees, after having benefited hugely from the subsidies. (And having actively lobbied for them. And, come to mention it, continuing to lobby in other c… (View Post)