Michael Kosta recaps Trump's tariffs fallout, from a stock market crash to cabinet officials taking to the airwaves to cheerlead the move. Plus, Grace Kuhlenschmidt checks in on the penguins who now find themselves in a trade war.Imposing tariffs on a territory inhabited only by penguins was the funniest thing about this mess. It shows that Hoover Cleveland and whoever was actually doing his work just went down a list and assigned tariffs without checking to see if any people actually lived there. *Eye roll* I'd say we're living in Idiocracy except that's science fiction that takes place in the 26th Century. We're really living in a kakistocracy, "government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens." How about all three?
Speaking of "the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens," the title of Stephen Colbert's monologue was Trump Jets Off To Watch Golf After Triggering Global Market Meltdown | No Tariffs On Russia.
President Trump's tariff announcement, which sent stocks into a nosedive and enraged America's allies around the world, mysteriously excluded one major country: Russia.No tariffs on Russia? I'm not surprised. As I wrote yesterday, "Maybe it's good for his fellow billionaires, including Vladimir Putin, his partner in a bad bromance. I have long had my suspicions." This just reinforces them.
My wife and I watched both Colbert and Seth Meyers, who examined the situation in Trump's Insane Tariff Plan Tanks Stock Market, Risks Economic Collapse as Prices Rise: A Closer Look.
Seth takes a closer look at Trump implementing massive tariffs on almost every country in the world, raising prices for American consumers, escalating a pointless trade war with allies and pushing the economy into a self-inflicted meltdown.Seth mentioned his wife's shopping list, which reminds me that my wife went shopping at Costco yesterday. She said it reminded her of the early days of the pandemic, when everyone was buying toilet paper, including her. Doom spending, anyone?
I close this portion of the post with the cold open of The Late Show, The World Reacts To Trump's Tariffs.
The president thinks his man-made economic disaster is going "very well."He would think so. In reality, we're partying like it's 1929.
Follow over the jump for a retrospective of the top posts from last year featuring late-night talk-show hosts examining Donald "Hoover Cleveland" Trump's second term so far to observe Flashback Friday.
I shared Silly and serious closer looks at Trump taking over the Kennedy Center from February 16, 2025 at the Citizen Connect/Coffee Party Facebook page, earning it 490 default and 503 raw page views, ranking it first during February 2025. It gained a trickle of readers through the next three weeks, to accrue a total of 496 default and 524 raw page views by March 20, 2025 to rank eighth by default views, 14th among entries posted during the 14th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News, and 18th overall by raw views.
Steve in Manhattan linked to Colbert, Kimmel, and Lydic look at this week's 'shock and awful' from February 28, 2025 in Mike's Blog Roundup at Crooks and Liars, then I shared it at the Citizen Connect/Coffee Party Facebook page. It earned 319 default and 373 raw page views during March 2025 to rank third for the month. It had already garnered a total of 344 default and 394 raw page views by March 20, 2025 to rank 18th by default views, 37th among entries posted during the blogging year, and 42nd overall.
Colbert and Kimmel react to the State of the Union Address had 360 views by March 20, 2025, second most of the blogging year, to be one of the most active on Threads during the first 3 weeks of March 2025 and all of the 2024-2025 blogging year. It ended March with 519 views to be the most viewed of the month.
Tomorrow is First Contact Day, when I celebrate Star Trek. Stay tuned to see if I use it as an opportunity to review more of last year's popular holiday entries.
Previous posts in this series
- Nowruz Pirooz and Happy 14th Birthday to this blog!
- Stats for the 14th year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News on Wayback Wednesday
- CityNerd warns 'The New USDOT Is Coming for Your "Woke" Projects,' a driving update on Throwback Thursday
- My Saturn Awards preferences and predictions vs. the winners for Flashback Friday
- 'SNL' mocks the Signal group chat in its cold open and Weekend Update
- Ig Nobel Prizes for April Fools Day 2025, a holiday special
- Vox asks 'RFK Jr. is in charge of vaccines. What now?' A Wayback Wednesday special
Thanks to Steve in Manhattan for linking to this entry in Mike's Blog Roundup at Crooks and Liars and welcome to all of his readers who came here from his link. Also, welcome to all my international readers from Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, China, Germany, Belgium, and the rest of the planet. A special shoutout to my Singaporean readers, who provided 16,042 page views this past week, more than four times the 3,709 page views from my American readers! Looks like you're checking in on the mood here in the U.S. May my blog be the right place for you!
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