2025
100 DAYS OF MAYHEM What does imposing tariffs on an island solely populated by penguins, rehiring mistakenly fired public servants and a top security leak detailing attack plans have in common? The sloppiness of the first three months of the Trump White House which promised peace only to deliver a tariff war, hiking prices after promising lower inflation. This from an administration which had plotted its vengeful return for years. And uncertainty became a modus operandi as the U.S. adjusted some of the tariffs while doubling down on China. By then protests had taken to the streets of dozens of cities, and it was hard to tell what was upsetting Americans the most. To a shaky wall protecting it from foreign goods, driving up prices and sending retirement funds in a downward spiral, the White House added new scrutiny for visitors at the border which sometimes made the return of US residents themselves a concern. Meanwhile the tariffs could come or go, the bitterness of those ...