Well, I wouldn’t be able to prove it if challenged. And anyway, it seems better overall to not start building the case that that’s just something we expect politicians to do.

A shocking surprise needs to be a surprise for it to work. Call it strategic naivety if you want.

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nolist_policy 6 days ago | parent [-]

Donald Trump's erratic tariff policies are surprising.

Donald anounces tariffs and the markets react. He postpones tariffs and the markets react again. Only Donald and his friends know what he will announce next.

	▲	bee_rider 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		> Donald Trump's erratic tariff policies are surprising. This feels like a misreading of what I wrote. The discovery that he is using tariffs to make a personal profit should be surprising. > Donald anounces tariffs and the markets react. He postpones tariffs and the markets react again. Only Donald and his friends know what he will announce next. That wouldn’t surprise me at all, I just don’t think a hypothesis about how he could abuse his power will be very compelling to anybody who doesn’t already think he’s prone to corruption. If anything, I think it starts inoculating people to the idea.