It’s easy to make the mistake of overestimating Trump’s strategy when trying to understand his behavior.

Since getting elected he just doesn’t give a fuck. He’s got a decade to live at best and he get’s to ride it out in luxury with the entire world as his play thing.

He got elected by saying he would implement tariffs, gut government services, and be mean to poor people. He’s been doing exactly those things.

The tariff announcements just stoke angst. Imagine a narcissist being able to fire off a “truth” and the whole world descending in to chaos for a week. That’s it. Like a child poking an ants nest.