On the off chance that Musk has the files on Epstein, would you hope that he dumps that into the public domain, or not?
Seriously curious.
The right was screaming for that only a few months ago.
It is not an "off chance" that Mosk has the Epstein files. It's highly likely that Mosk has the Epstein files. And, even if he doesn't have copies now, it's almost certain that Mosk has read them. He told America what he read before he was squelched with deportation threats.
At this point, you have to wonder what would have happened had Trump not gone on his whole tariff escapade. The economy coming out of the Biden admin had a lot of momentum, so much so that it has been able to withstand the shocks from the Trump tariffs (and disruptions in labor markets from ICE raids, etc.). If Trump just had his trade reps quietly negotiate deals without all the tariff nonsense and did his big tax cuts/slash regulations, economic growth would have probably accelerated and the markets would be much higher. Only issue would then have been whether this would have been inflationary, which is not clear.
Instead, the markets are just doing a "keep calm and carry on" routine. Businesses have been able to manage tariffs by balancing price increases with taking a hit on profits. And on the consumer level, things are pretty crazy. I saw the price of my favorite sparkling water go up by a dollar for a eight pack of cans. There was a news story that had the maker attribute the price hike to tariffs on aluminum. Then, a few weeks later, it was on a buy two get one free sale. The guy at the grocery store said that when the price went up, people stopped buying the soda and they had to put it on sale. But all these whipsaws are not sustainable. Eventually companies will have to answer to investors and either take losses or scale back production and raise prices. But this didn't have to happen at all.
It’s almost like steering the world’s largest economy by narcissistic impulse and the wisdom of Ron Vara is not sound strategy.
I just wish we had some type of indicator that Trump might not be as smart as he claimed in economics before he was elected.
Business Failures
1. Trump Steaks 2. GoTrump 3. Trump Airlines 4.Trump Vodka 5. Trump Mortgage 6. Trump: The GamTrump Magazine 8. Trump University 9. Trump Ice 10. The New Jersey Generals 11. Tour de Trump 12. Trump Network 13. Trumped!
Trump bankruptcies 1. Trump Taj Mahal 2. Trump’s Castle 3. Trump Plaza Casinos 4. Trump Plaza Hotel 5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts 6. Trump Entertainment’s Resorts
Every Trump hater lists his biz failures, but always ignore his successes.
He's still a billionaire and that triggers you day & night.