Here’s a great explanation of trade and tariffs and of how Trump’s actions on these issues will isolate the U.S. Ira Shapiro is a former trade negotiator with Japan, Canada and Mexico. So he knows what he’s talking about. A must read to decode this complex topic.
open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...
open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...
UnderstandingTrump on Trade
Understanding Trump on Trade
open.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Here’s a great explanation of trade and tariffs and of how Trump’s actions on these issues will isolate the U.S. Ira Shapiro is a former trade negotiator with Japan, Canada and Mexico. So he knows what he’s talking about. A must read to decode this complex topic.
open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...
open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...
I mean one way of understandingTrump is that he is successfully ratifying* America
*Think about it
*Think about it
*checks constitution* yup that's how things become ratified and binding, afraid this one is a done deal, folks
(1/2) Apple Maps has just announced that it has changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, so now that very important change of names, between Google Maps and Apple Maps, is complete, ratified, and binding. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J.
September 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I mean one way of understandingTrump is that he is successfully ratifying* America
*Think about it
*Think about it
Paul Rudnick: "After each failure Trump invents a new lie:
'Hundreds of factories are being built in America', 'Jobs are booming', 'Inflation is gone', 'No more income tax.'
Next up: 'I bought France', 'China is our 51st state', 'Melania looked at me'."
#understandingtrump #politics
'Hundreds of factories are being built in America', 'Jobs are booming', 'Inflation is gone', 'No more income tax.'
Next up: 'I bought France', 'China is our 51st state', 'Melania looked at me'."
#understandingtrump #politics
April 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Paul Rudnick: "After each failure Trump invents a new lie:
'Hundreds of factories are being built in America', 'Jobs are booming', 'Inflation is gone', 'No more income tax.'
Next up: 'I bought France', 'China is our 51st state', 'Melania looked at me'."
#understandingtrump #politics
'Hundreds of factories are being built in America', 'Jobs are booming', 'Inflation is gone', 'No more income tax.'
Next up: 'I bought France', 'China is our 51st state', 'Melania looked at me'."
#understandingtrump #politics
John Fugelsang: “I swear, the only this administration hates more than the New Testament is the Constitution.”
#understandingtrump #religion #politics
#understandingtrump #religion #politics
June 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
John Fugelsang: “I swear, the only this administration hates more than the New Testament is the Constitution.”
#understandingtrump #religion #politics
#understandingtrump #religion #politics
@davekarpf.bsky.social I just listened to a podcast with Chris Cilizza and some guy from the Bulwark, talking about how WWF wrestling is the key to understandingTrump.
I didn’t finish, for my own survival, but surely this is not a key to American politics.
Do you know what they are talking about?
I didn’t finish, for my own survival, but surely this is not a key to American politics.
Do you know what they are talking about?
August 20, 2026 at 1:16 AM
@davekarpf.bsky.social I just listened to a podcast with Chris Cilizza and some guy from the Bulwark, talking about how WWF wrestling is the key to understandingTrump.
I didn’t finish, for my own survival, but surely this is not a key to American politics.
Do you know what they are talking about?
I didn’t finish, for my own survival, but surely this is not a key to American politics.
Do you know what they are talking about?
Trump does NOT care about approval-ratings. He does NOT care if he's booed/that people hate him.
Trump revels in having Power over people who hate him.
Trump revels in abusing people, and if they are people who hate Trump, it's more the better.
#UnderstandingTrump
Trump revels in having Power over people who hate him.
Trump revels in abusing people, and if they are people who hate Trump, it's more the better.
#UnderstandingTrump
NEW: Trump now holds the record for the lowest net approval rating for any president in the 21st Century--at this point in the second term. Worse than even GW Bush in 2006! www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
‘These Are Horrible Numbers!’ CNN Data Guru Says Trump’s Unpopularity Is Record-Breaking
Harry Enten presented "fresh new polling" on Donald Trump's popularity that host John Berman quipped was anything but "fresh like a daisy" for the president.
www.mediaite.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Trump does NOT care about approval-ratings. He does NOT care if he's booed/that people hate him.
Trump revels in having Power over people who hate him.
Trump revels in abusing people, and if they are people who hate Trump, it's more the better.
#UnderstandingTrump
Trump revels in having Power over people who hate him.
Trump revels in abusing people, and if they are people who hate Trump, it's more the better.
#UnderstandingTrump
Post:: If you are having a hard time understanding why the Trump administration is so cruel, it means you're a good person because it's hard to fathom that people would behave in ways that are so completely and totally morally bankrupt. I'm… #WELOVEYOURM #havingunderstanding #understandingTrump
Post:
If you are having a hard time understanding why the Trump administration is so cruel, it means you're a good person because it's hard to fathom that people would behave in ways that are so completely and totally morally bankrupt. I'm gonna need you to accept that there are some people who are just bad people irredeemably. If they delight in their cruelty and show AP absolutely no remorse whatsoever is going to be a lot easier to get through this if you can stop being shocked by the horrible things that they do and instead put that energy towards building the communities that are being marginalized. So let's focus on a very energy there. It's gonna be a long fight, all because people decided that both sides are the same and didn't want to vote. Um, and I'm not upset with those people at all. Share, believe, inspire blacks be.
www.blaqsbi.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Post:: If you are having a hard time understanding why the Trump administration is so cruel, it means you're a good person because it's hard to fathom that people would behave in ways that are so completely and totally morally bankrupt. I'm… #WELOVEYOURM #havingunderstanding #understandingTrump
#TheMoreTrump #FWakeMoreTrump #UnderstandingTrump
1. The MORE TRUMP gets old, tired, stress out the more mistake and errors #Trump makes
2. The more Trump is in front of cameras and meme hardware devices, the more #LiberalLaughs people have LOL LOL #chuckleheads anti-intellectual We People
3. img
1. The MORE TRUMP gets old, tired, stress out the more mistake and errors #Trump makes
2. The more Trump is in front of cameras and meme hardware devices, the more #LiberalLaughs people have LOL LOL #chuckleheads anti-intellectual We People
3. img
April 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
#TheMoreTrump #FWakeMoreTrump #UnderstandingTrump
1. The MORE TRUMP gets old, tired, stress out the more mistake and errors #Trump makes
2. The more Trump is in front of cameras and meme hardware devices, the more #LiberalLaughs people have LOL LOL #chuckleheads anti-intellectual We People
3. img
1. The MORE TRUMP gets old, tired, stress out the more mistake and errors #Trump makes
2. The more Trump is in front of cameras and meme hardware devices, the more #LiberalLaughs people have LOL LOL #chuckleheads anti-intellectual We People
3. img
#BeyondMyUnderstanding #FWakeUnderstanding
#MindsBlownUSA "I really don't get it"
#UnderstandingTrump /\ #SomehowInvisible (Surkov won since year 2013)
#FWakeInvisible /\ #FWake20260228
Saturday, February 28, 2026 #USA
old.reddit.com/r/interestin...
#MindsBlownUSA "I really don't get it"
#UnderstandingTrump /\ #SomehowInvisible (Surkov won since year 2013)
#FWakeInvisible /\ #FWake20260228
Saturday, February 28, 2026 #USA
old.reddit.com/r/interestin...
April 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
#BeyondMyUnderstanding #FWakeUnderstanding
#MindsBlownUSA "I really don't get it"
#UnderstandingTrump /\ #SomehowInvisible (Surkov won since year 2013)
#FWakeInvisible /\ #FWake20260228
Saturday, February 28, 2026 #USA
old.reddit.com/r/interestin...
#MindsBlownUSA "I really don't get it"
#UnderstandingTrump /\ #SomehowInvisible (Surkov won since year 2013)
#FWakeInvisible /\ #FWake20260228
Saturday, February 28, 2026 #USA
old.reddit.com/r/interestin...
"because of her understanding of this situation that Baudrillard calls the hyperreal – to stay on this curve of popularity" - year 1993
Year 1993. That is a long time ago #UnderstandingTrump
_________
#CurveOfPopularity
#TrumpPopular
#TrumpIsPopular
#HateIsPopular "Hate is Popular Trending" #Trump
Year 1993. That is a long time ago #UnderstandingTrump
_________
#CurveOfPopularity
#TrumpPopular
#TrumpIsPopular
#HateIsPopular "Hate is Popular Trending" #Trump
March 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
"because of her understanding of this situation that Baudrillard calls the hyperreal – to stay on this curve of popularity" - year 1993
Year 1993. That is a long time ago #UnderstandingTrump
_________
#CurveOfPopularity
#TrumpPopular
#TrumpIsPopular
#HateIsPopular "Hate is Popular Trending" #Trump
Year 1993. That is a long time ago #UnderstandingTrump
_________
#CurveOfPopularity
#TrumpPopular
#TrumpIsPopular
#HateIsPopular "Hate is Popular Trending" #Trump
#ContextBlindness #Caetextia #RoundSparrowAsserts #FWakeTrumpWeak
Here in USA for 10 years, chant: Trump idiot, Trump stupid, Trump moron, Trump dumb... are blind to context. #UnderstandingTrump #TrumpOutsmarts
Trump understands media ecology, #Manhattan #NewYorkUniversity #NeilPostmanWasRight1985
Here in USA for 10 years, chant: Trump idiot, Trump stupid, Trump moron, Trump dumb... are blind to context. #UnderstandingTrump #TrumpOutsmarts
Trump understands media ecology, #Manhattan #NewYorkUniversity #NeilPostmanWasRight1985
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#ContextBlindness #Caetextia #RoundSparrowAsserts #FWakeTrumpWeak
Here in USA for 10 years, chant: Trump idiot, Trump stupid, Trump moron, Trump dumb... are blind to context. #UnderstandingTrump #TrumpOutsmarts
Trump understands media ecology, #Manhattan #NewYorkUniversity #NeilPostmanWasRight1985
Here in USA for 10 years, chant: Trump idiot, Trump stupid, Trump moron, Trump dumb... are blind to context. #UnderstandingTrump #TrumpOutsmarts
Trump understands media ecology, #Manhattan #NewYorkUniversity #NeilPostmanWasRight1985
#ComprehendingDonaldTrump "Comprehending Donald Trump"
#UnderstandingTrump "Understanding Donald Trump"
1. Ghosts are not real
2. Ghost stories are real.
3. Stories ABOUT ghost sell and make profit.
4. Elon Musk talks about "mind virus', ghost STORIES are fiction mind virus.
Trump, fiction myth
#UnderstandingTrump "Understanding Donald Trump"
1. Ghosts are not real
2. Ghost stories are real.
3. Stories ABOUT ghost sell and make profit.
4. Elon Musk talks about "mind virus', ghost STORIES are fiction mind virus.
Trump, fiction myth
August 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#ComprehendingDonaldTrump "Comprehending Donald Trump"
#UnderstandingTrump "Understanding Donald Trump"
1. Ghosts are not real
2. Ghost stories are real.
3. Stories ABOUT ghost sell and make profit.
4. Elon Musk talks about "mind virus', ghost STORIES are fiction mind virus.
Trump, fiction myth
#UnderstandingTrump "Understanding Donald Trump"
1. Ghosts are not real
2. Ghost stories are real.
3. Stories ABOUT ghost sell and make profit.
4. Elon Musk talks about "mind virus', ghost STORIES are fiction mind virus.
Trump, fiction myth
Ira Shapiro just posted a new Substack worth reading. open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...
UnderstandingTrump on Trade
Understanding Trump on Trade
open.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ira Shapiro just posted a new Substack worth reading. open.substack.com/pub/irashapi...