Comments on: 90-Day Clock Is Ticking Down http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220384 Elizabeth Miller Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:48:11 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220384 John, <i>autarkic</i>, eh? Very nice! :) John,

autarkic, eh? Very nice! :)

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220379 John M from Ct. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 02:45:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220379 That is one very dense essay. And I tend to agree with the other respondents in this thread, that it's all BS. Trump can't be trusted to keep his word, and no one even believes he's actually running the US government at this point. He's the addled and still-charismatic spokesman for his advisers. And those advisers are recognizing the paradox: they can only get done what they want to get done (tough tariff policies, submission by foreign partners, etc.) if they do it via Trump, with his powers as president and his popularity with his base. But as he becomes more unhinged, senile, and incoherent, the advisers recognize that their power is waning. If no one takes the U.S. president seriously anymore, their use of him to further their autarkic agenda is moot. That is one very dense essay.

And I tend to agree with the other respondents in this thread, that it's all BS. Trump can't be trusted to keep his word, and no one even believes he's actually running the US government at this point. He's the addled and still-charismatic spokesman for his advisers. And those advisers are recognizing the paradox: they can only get done what they want to get done (tough tariff policies, submission by foreign partners, etc.) if they do it via Trump, with his powers as president and his popularity with his base.
But as he becomes more unhinged, senile, and incoherent, the advisers recognize that their power is waning. If no one takes the U.S. president seriously anymore, their use of him to further their autarkic agenda is moot.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220378 Kick Fri, 20 Jun 2025 02:21:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220378 nypoet22 7 <i>thems are some business-savvy penguins. </i> And they means business: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ8qGOe2K0o ;) nypoet22
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thems are some business-savvy penguins.

And they means business:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ8qGOe2K0o

;)

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220377 Kick Fri, 20 Jun 2025 01:27:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220377 John From Censornati 4 <i>Donny Two Weeks </i> Heh... perfect. John From Censornati
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Donny Two Weeks

Heh... perfect.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220376 nypoet22 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 01:09:33 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220376 thems are some business-savvy penguins. thems are some business-savvy penguins.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220375 Kick Fri, 20 Jun 2025 01:05:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220375 <i>Now Trump has been reduced to openly threatening the rest of the world again. He has promised that "letters will go out" which will just slap whatever tariff rate Trump feels like on each individual country. </i> Sounds fami<b>liar</b>... only thing missing is the "two weeks." <i>Flying back from the G7 meeting, he told reporters: "ultimately you have to understand we're just going to send a letter saying 'this is what you're going to pay, otherwise you don't have to do business with us.'... They're either going to make a good deal or they'll just pay whatever we say they have to pay." </i> Again, sounds fami<b>liar</b> and also like a surefire way to make those countries want to do business... with China or Canada or Australia or the penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands. Now Trump has been reduced to openly threatening the rest of the world again. He has promised that "letters will go out" which will just slap whatever tariff rate Trump feels like on each individual country.

Sounds familiar... only thing missing is the "two weeks."

Flying back from the G7 meeting, he told reporters: "ultimately you have to understand we're just going to send a letter saying 'this is what you're going to pay, otherwise you don't have to do business with us.'... They're either going to make a good deal or they'll just pay whatever we say they have to pay."

Again, sounds familiar and also like a surefire way to make those countries want to do business... with China or Canada or Australia or the penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220374 nypoet22 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 01:04:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220374 that's less than one and a half scaramuccis that's less than one and a half scaramuccis

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220373 John From Censornati Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:36:15 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220373 Donny Two Weeks Donny Two Weeks

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220372 Kick Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:16:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220372 <i>Next month, America will celebrate its 249th birthday on July 4th. But the rest of the world will be much more concerned with what happens five days later, on July 9th. </i> Well, the world should cease worrying because I can tell you right now what is going to happen. Donald Trump will announce that he is extending the deadline "two weeks" because he obviously has a disease (I just invented) called <b>F</b>ortnight <b>U</b>nrealistic <b>C</b>ognitive <b>D</b>isorder... or FUCD. Barring that, there are obviously those letters going out to the 150 countries that Trump insisted on May 16 had wanted to make a deal with him but "you're not able to see that many countries" so correspondence from Bessent and Lutnick would be going out in around two weeks. Oh, wait. Next month, America will celebrate its 249th birthday on July 4th. But the rest of the world will be much more concerned with what happens five days later, on July 9th.

Well, the world should cease worrying because I can tell you right now what is going to happen. Donald Trump will announce that he is extending the deadline "two weeks" because he obviously has a disease (I just invented) called Fortnight Unrealistic Cognitive Disorder... or FUCD.

Barring that, there are obviously those letters going out to the 150 countries that Trump insisted on May 16 had wanted to make a deal with him but "you're not able to see that many countries" so correspondence from Bessent and Lutnick would be going out in around two weeks. Oh, wait.

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220370 John From Censornati Thu, 19 Jun 2025 23:16:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220370 The Indian government has had to make multiple statements refuting his lies about a trade deal and the conflict with Pakistan. They're polite enough to not use the word "liar". The Indian government has had to make multiple statements refuting his lies about a trade deal and the conflict with Pakistan. They're polite enough to not use the word "liar".

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2025/06/19/90-day-clock-is-ticking-down/#comment-220369 John From Censornati Thu, 19 Jun 2025 23:13:35 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=26505#comment-220369 <i>Other countries may also be holding back on cutting deals because of the simple reason that Trump cannot be trusted to abide by any such deal.</i> True. I don't consume media from other countries, but I assume that they present Big Orange as he is (unlike US media). I assume that foreigners know that nothing he says is true. It's impossible to deal with a demented ignoramus. Other countries may also be holding back on cutting deals because of the simple reason that Trump cannot be trusted to abide by any such deal.

True. I don't consume media from other countries, but I assume that they present Big Orange as he is (unlike US media). I assume that foreigners know that nothing he says is true. It's impossible to deal with a demented ignoramus.

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