The United States of America, for so long a beacon of democratic values, due process and free speech, a haven for financial markets and economic activity, attracting capital from every corner of the globe, because everything else aside, you could always trust they’d look after economically sensible interests, has now become uninvestable.
I do not want to yell about Trump, there is plenty of that already. You can like or dislike his politics, but that all aside, the modus operandi of his staff has made the USA feel frighteningly like the USSR of old. None of his staff can do wrong, you are a liar and a dirtbag if you disagree, a no-good sleazebag if you speak the truth. The AP gets in trouble for using a phrase he doesn’t like, meanwhile Trevor Milton, who just kind of sucks in general, gets a pardon because he invested a lot of (ill-gotten) funds into Trump’s campaign. I am shocked by the blatant nature of the actions we have been seeing, the unmoderated pouring in of crazy story after crazy story.
Published on April 1, 2025