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The Question Trump Supporters Will Eventually Have to Ask Themselves
How Long Has This Been Going On?
The British rock group Ace recorded “How Long Has This Been Going On,” which reached #3 on the US charts in 1975. I defy you to name another Ace hit, but How Long was a big hit.
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?Well, if friends with their fancy persuasion
Don’t admit that it’s part of a scheme
But I can’t help but have my suspicions
’Cause I ain’t quite as dumb as I seem
I’m writing this on Day Two of the global stock market crash, which is in response to Donald Trump's tariffs on nations large and small, some uninhabited. Most economists not dependent on Donald Trump for their continued employment are predicting global chaos at best and uncertainty at best, keeping corporations from making moves that might blunt the impacts of the tariffs. J.P. Morgan puts the chances of a world recession at 60%, up from 40% before Trump’s tariffs.
On Fox News, however, analysts keep telling their listeners that Trump has a history of success (without regard to six corporate bankruptcies) and that we should…
