Donald Trump Is Out Of His Mind

Donald Trump Is Out Of His Mind

May 11, 2025

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

As Trump’s radical and chaotic tariff policy derails the economy and throws businesses into limbo, he and his administration have propagated their version of this familiar argument. A president whose entire life is a tribute to instant gratification and poor impulse control is asking us for patience and sacrifice. To put it mildly, this is not a deal he has prepared Americans — especially Trump voters — to accept.

In an interview on “Meet the Press,” Trump for some reason chose children’s dolls as the prototypical consumer item affected by likely shortages and price hikes. “I’m just saying they don’t need to have 30 dolls,” he said. “They can have three.” Multiple times, he has posited a hypothetical girl receiving fewer dolls than she might like. Perhaps it’s because he believes dolls are feminine and childish, like the worries about whether he really knows what he’s doing.

When he was asked Thursday in the Oval Office about the plunging number of cargo ships coming into American ports, Trump responded that this is a positive development, despite the fact that it will likely produce empty shelves and potentially lost jobs for dockworkers and truckers. “When I see that, that means we lose less money,” he said. If it hurts Americans, in other words, it’s the price we have to pay to bring down the trade deficit.

Trump’s underlings are spreading this message too. Senior adviser Stephen Miller insisted that once all of Trump’s policies take effect and we depart the “road of financial ruin and doom,” American-made dolls will become even cheaper. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent brought up the hypothetical doll-deprived girl in a Tuesday interview on Fox News. “I would tell that young girl that you will have a better life than your parents,” Bessent said. Just hang on, children of America, and cherish your measly toy collection. Someday you will get your reward.

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