fascinate. a ruling class loses control in the presence of trump. it becomes clinically hysterical. what a normal person finds embarrassing they find existentially threatening. it doesn t even make sense. what s that about? the short answer is trump terrifies them. their main talent is glibness and obedience. that s what the system requires lemming like reform ti reformity. they know they re not impressive and it worries them. instead of trying to become more impressive and useful, they maintain their rule by bullying even as they place themselves outside the bounds of criticism. it s been gay deal for them and been a good system and then donald trump showed up and started saying unforbidden thing
he s essentially and at the same time hurting americans. and i have to just state this. his health care bill went after rural white voters in places like iowa and the midwest, throughout the south. now his trade policies are targeting farmers, lots of manufacturers throughout country, nail producers are going out of business. it s as if he s taking a wrecking ball to the lives and fortunes of the people who actually just voted for him and really testing essentially how much of a lemming they re going to be in support of him as much as he hurts them. jared bernstein, it seems the president has discovered that he has a power that he can use without consulting anyone. he discovered that in the pardon power to his delight, which seems to be what he likes most about pardons, as well as possibly signaling future criminal defendants who are
targeting farmers, lots of manufacturers throughout country, nail producers are going out of business. it s as if he s taking a wrecking ball to the lives and fortunes of the people who actually just voted for him and really testing essentially how much of a lemming they re going to be in support of him as much as he hurts them. jared bernstein, it seems the president has discovered that he has a power that he can use without consulting anyone. he discovered that in the pardon power to his delight, which seems to be what he likes most about pardons, as well as possibly signaling future criminal defendants who are friends of his that they might be getting pardons. but he found the loophole in american trade law in section 232 that allows the president to impose tariffs only, only as a matter of national security. and none of the tariffs that the
complicated, hard, process and they wanted easy answers and casino gambling was seen as an easy answer. anthony: yes, it sure sounded like a good idea. brian: they were going to put this plan in effect. 12 casinos here, bring everybody up from the top down. it hasn t worked. now you re left with just 12 casinos. anthony: and if you re looking for an example of lemming like lurch towards a shiny new cliff face from which to tumble, look no further than this $2.4 billion goat rodeo, the revel. it opened in 2012 and closed less than two years later the most expensive casino in new jersey history. brian: they just forged ahead with it. the hubris was incredible. anthony: what were they thinking? brian: short term money and at a time when all these other casinos were opening all over the entire east coast. anthony: which is nuts. it s economics 101. anthony: casinos, of course, by design neglect the city s existing assets. salt air, a walk by the glorious north atlantic
balancing international trade, creating jobs, bringing back manufacturing. dealing with all of the important issues in foreign policy whether it is the immense success of the singapore summit which is just one of a litany of achievements of this president, unprecedented achievements over the course of the 16at months. it is the most mindless lemming like rush i have ever seen even though they are rinos to absolute disaster. tucker: rinos rushing like lemmings. the mindless i admit was redundant. tucker: it s great to see you. berkeley has a plan for fixing the climate emergency they have identified, population control you knew it was coming to that at some point. that story next hi.