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What’s going on?

All right, I get that Trump hates the World Health Organization, though I'm not sure why. It's Trump. But apparently withdrawing isn't enough. Effective immediately, nobody at the CDC is allowed to communicate with anyone at WHO in any way. Huh?

Then, this evening he paused all disbursements of federal grants and assistance—whatever that means—except for money that goes directly to individuals. He claims this amounts to $3 trillion, which is a fantasy, but it's a lot regardless. What's the point? What does anyone gain from all these weird pauses in funding aside from ending disfavored programs maybe a week or two earlier than otherwise?

And then he announced he was going to put tariffs on all chips from Taiwan. Apple is going to love that.

During Trump's first week I felt like I at least understood what he was up to. This week I'm feeling sort of flummoxed. What's the point of all this?

85 thoughts on “What’s going on?

  1. illilillili

    > Apple is going to love that.

    That's precisely the point. Tim Cook's million dollar bribe wasn't big enough. If Cook doesn't pony up more, Trump is going to create headaches.

  2. pjcamp1905

    It's what Bannon said. Flood the zone with shit. If you do enough insane and illegal things at the same time, none of them stand out above the general noise so nothing gets individual notice.

    And what does he have against WHO? It is the WORLD Health Organization. It means we cooperate with other nations instead of bullying them. Bunch of one worlders. The right never let go of that shibboleth.

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