On the Brink of Trumperica, XVIX
the dumb, no,
dumbest trade war in history ...
with news on mute
I glance at the MAGA neighbor
piling up boxes of eggs
FYI: The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 31: The Dumbest Trade War in History
Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason.
And the following is an excerpt from Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, news conference on Canada’s response to tariffs, March 3:
So today the United States launched a trade war against Canada, their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator...
I think in what President Trump said yesterday, that there is nothing Canada or Mexico can do to avoid these tariffs, underlines very clearly what I think a lot of us have suspected for a long time — that these tariffs are not specifically about fentanyl, even though that is the legal justification he must use to actually move forward with these tariffs...
We have to fold back on the one thing he has said repeatedly, that what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that'll make it easier to annex us.
And National Post, March 4: U.S. is busting more people with prohibited eggs at the Canadian border
Between October 2024 and February 2025 at the Detroit-Windsor crossing, for instance, the field office has witnessed a 36 per cent increase in “interceptions of eggs” compared to the same time last year.
This tanka is a sequel to the following one:
On the Brink of Trumperica, XVIII
white house blowout...
this man-child's meaty smile
in the window
as southern magnolias explode
with a mob of ravens
FYI: Among the [symbolically rich] trees on the White House Grounds, the oldest ones, southern magnolias, were planted by Andrew Jackson in 1829.
And PopMatters, Feb.9, 2017: The Spoiled Little Man-Child They Made King: Celebrity, Richard II, and Donald Trump.
Did Shakespeare predict Donald Trump? No. He just wrote a play about a thin-skinned, petty, self-aggrandising narcissist whose poor leadership drove an empire to ruin.
Added: On the Brink of Trumperica, XX
one ice jam
after another, another...
shouts of trade war
FYI: The New York Times, March 4: Trump’s Tariffs Set Off Day of Anger, Retaliation and Market Unease: Global markets fell after steep U.S. tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico went into effect, and as the possible ramifications of a global trade war set in.
Added: On the Brink of Trumperica, XXI
written in response to Convicted Felon Donald Trump's longest recorded address to joint session of Congress
floodafterfloodofshitwords
Trump's Castro-length bunk
FYI: The noun shit-word has been obsolete since its recorded usage only in the Middle English period (1150—1500) (shit-word entry, Oxford English Dictionary).
Added:
rusty nail heads
in my neighbor's fence
blast of Arctic air
Added: Trump Empire, Inc., I
The True North, Strong and Free
hard and fast
a bald eagle strikes its prey
on the ice ...
through bursts of the shutter
he captures a goose defying Death
a "colourful call"
between the Convicted Felon
and the PM
hockey sticks atop snowbanks
along the longest land border
FYI: “The true north strong and free,” originally a description of Canada in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem “To the Queen,” isa phrase from Canada's national anthem, “O Canada”, and a key part of Canada's identity.
CBC News, March 5: a series of photos capturing this 20-minute deadly struggle about a Canada goose fighting off a bald eagle in a rare, symbolism-laden battle on the ice in Burlington, Ontario, Canada
And The Hill, Feb.21: Trudeau after Canada hockey win over US: ‘You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game’
Added: Trump Empire, Inc., II
lineups in snow for free eggs
these distances
of each from each
FYI: CBS News, New York, Feb 21: New Yorkers line up for free eggs in Brooklyn And Down to Earth, March 6: Chicken on rent in US as Trump asks people to grow poultry in backyard amid rocketing egg prices, A healthy hen can lay up to five eggs a week.
