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The crash in 2020 was twice as deep as it should have been. The markets were spooked by a president repeating conspiracy theories instead of reassuring people while health organizations were scrambling and panicking.

Those numbers on his poster are made up and don't reflect actual tariffs that exist and can be cut.

The people there should have taken care of the Houthis themselves like 20 years ago.

The people there should take care of the terrorists there themselves, before other countries feel obligated to do it.

The anti Israel part of the Democratic party is a tiny vocal fringe.

And lots of things meant to run on 240 are dual labeled 208/240. If it's a motor it will end up running a little hotter, if it's a heater it will end up a little colder.

I imagine this is more or less what it felt like to be in the room at the time. A whole group of people discussing electrical theory and optimal soldering techniques and meanwhile the one guy standing there holding the actual device notices the power cord is a little loose and pushed it in another 1/8" without mentioning it because everyone is so involved in their nerdy conversation.

Yeah plus there's actions like this https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/pausing-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-enforcement-to-further-american-economic-and-national-security/