Don't forget the Trump "silly thing" playbook:
- Trump announces a silly thing
- European Union says the silly thing is deeply concerning and it will consider its options
- The Prime Minister of Japan calls Trump to discuss the silly thing and has a productive discussion about the silly thing , but is still concerned
- UK Prime Minister would like to have a discussion with Trump to discuss the silly thing. Wants to position the UK in a moderate position halfway between the silly thing and normal things, to act as a bridge
- Prime Minister of Israel calls Trump to discuss the silly thing and protect Israel from it
- Rumours circulate that China will do a silly thing of its own
- Russia stays quite, because Russia seems to benefit from the silly thing
- Stocks crash and American business leaders want to speak to Trump to convince him that the silly thing is silly
- Some say the silly thing is illegal and that it will go to the Supreme Court
- Rumours circulate that Trump will cancel the silly thing
- On polymarket the implied probability that Trump will end the silly thing skyrockets
- Trump denies that he will stop the silly thing, the price crashes. Stocks crash
- Trump suddenly stops the silly thing. It was all a bluff! Art Of The Deal. Trump supporters say it was all 5D chess and somehow worked
Shocking how often this pattern is rinse-and-repeat and every "intellectual" stays veeeery busy