Today I am reflecting on my problems in the scale of the world. I'm supposed to be on a plane to India right now. My travel is business critical, but in the light of war it just isn't. We need to step back and focus on what is really important and act towards it.

Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst.

Every dictator in history has lied.

Donald Trump is no different.

This is the way, by flooding the zone with lies, half truths, misinformation, and misdirection something that would be unachievable was done in the period of a few weeks. This is a masterclass of Machiavellian manipulation, and we all fell for it.

In the end Trump (Putin) literally got everything he planned on. While Shumer is claiming victory we have a global 10% tarriff, an active trade war with china, a predictable stock bounce. The US dollar will not be the reserve currency going forward making room for BRICS.

That chart was never going to be the thing enacted. It floods the news with "stupid trump" memes. Then, with a post 30 minutes before as to signal to buy he "capitulates." "Only" enabling a default 10% tariff while sparking another ludicrous trade level with China. Another "positive" smoke screen

Focusing on Tariffs he shows a super stupid chart. Everyone focuses on chart. News coverage flows to an obviously bad algorithm. Markets crash, setting up his goal to manipulate the market. The following bond sell off meets BRICS goal number 2. EU and Canada turn away from US trade.

In the blitz around tariffs we had the announcements of
1. The houthi bombing chats (so intentional)
2. The San Salvadorean Prison
3. Tax breaks (notice there isn't a fight here)
At the same time Trump keeps his firehose on. Do you think HE posts 25 times a day? No, there is a team that does that.

In an example let's look at tariffs. The handling of tariffs goes beyond believable incompetence so I must believe that they are intentionally harmful. The goals are to
1. Manipulate the Market for profit
2. Eliminate the dollar as the default reserve currency
3. Isolate America from it's allies

Let's talk about the playbook of this administration and what we can do to combat it.

Today we focus on a core strategy called "flood the zone." For every one thing that is a must have on the agenda, three other things will be done and 10 other things will be talked about.

I think you have more interesting things in life right now to work on that social media.

You are apologizing for not being active because you are active?

He was. Now he is a little tank.

Thanks. I missed the door pics!

Norbert on his Gotcha Day

What a great day. Almost 21 years ago now....