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“Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded.”  – The Economist

All you need to know is in this recent article (4 min) in The Economist (founded in 1843 to support the cause of free trade, The Economist produces independent, highly respected journalism with a long-established worldview and reverence for facts).

Thelma, Louise and Trump – Dumb, Dumb and Dumber

The quotes from the article (see below) confirm that the world would be a better place if only Thelma and Louise, way back in the 1990s, had enticed Trump, the economically illiterate, growth-stunted, delusional psychotic, to hitch a ride with them for a swim in the Colorado River – just off Dead Horse Point, Utah (he could’ve taken his friend Jeffery Epstein along).

From The Economist:

His “Liberation Day” heralds America’s total abandonment of the world trading order and embrace of protectionism.

Almost everything Mr Trump said this week—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded.

On economics Mr Trump’s assertions are flat-out nonsense.

Mr Trump’s grasp of the technicalities was pathetic.

This catalogue of foolishness will bring needless harm to America. Consumers will pay more and have less choice.

The rest of the world will share in the disaster—and must decide what to do.

Any GOP candidates?

Surely, there are enough crazy, sycophantic, stupid, GOP lemmings that we could get a couple of ’em to join two wacky women (Marjorie Green/Lauren Boebert clones) for a joy ride in a 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible. Just tell them its a drive into the desert to prove the conspiracy theory that tariffs can kill rattlesnakes and provide enough food to offset the high cost of lizard eggs … oh, and Thunderbirds can fly. Mike Johnson will be the first to jump aboard.

There is no avoiding the havoc Mr Trump has wrought, but that does not mean his foolishness is destined to triumph.

This is not a movie and doesn’t have to end like Thelma and Louise. Stand up America!

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"The ghostly image of the tragic mulatto trapped between two worlds." - Barack Obama

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It's historical fiction because I cannot find enough records to substantiate all facets of the story. I've combed the genealogy, traveled to my father and grandmothers' birthplace, walked the graveyards, searched the churches and ... well, all the facts aren't there. I have written three books based on the genealogy of other families but my ancestors emerged from a journey that left too few records – slavery.

My paternal, great grandmother was a "freed slave." My grandmother, Amelia, was born to a mixed race slave named Mary (we do not know her last name) and a white, French plantation owner, the Count de Poullain, in Grenada, West Indies. Amelia was raised in the "Big House" and in adulthood, in an attempt to escape her black heritage disowned her mother, telling her, "Get out and never come back." Amelia, as a mother of twelve children, enshrined into the family commandments, "Marry white." Many did, including my father. My mother was a lovely, white, Anglo-Saxon protestant born in England. They met in Canada where my dad studied and became a doctor.

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