Two Party Opera by Brian Carroll for June 26, 2018

And yes, Dumb Donnie Dumpsterfire IS stupid enough to think that this will ALL work out in the end…

Gimme some of that good old time Smoot-Hawley! Make American into a Great Depression Again!

“Trade wars are easy to win” — DT

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The IMF warned earlier this month that U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies, including the imposition of steel and aluminium tariffs on key allies, pose a threat to undermine the global trading system.

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said that with the global economy in a reasonably good place – with GDP growth of 3.9 percent forecast this year “provided things go in the right direction” – policymakers should instead be concentrating on issues such as climate change, inequality and debt.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/imf-trade/trade-tensions-emerging-at-a-frustrating-moment-imfs-lagarde-idUSL8N1TS3A5

http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-trade-fight-20180625-story.html

Nice job.

Lovely drawing. I always look forward to reading your cartoon.

Too bad Uncle Sam is on his own and doesn’t have a Sydney Carton.

Thank you Dumpsfire. we are ready for the fire you have set up

I’ve got just two words for this - PERR FECT!

Trump could be the Devil in “Damn Yankees”, singing:

Whenever I’m from time to time depressed

And a trauma wells and swells

Within my breast

I find some pride deep inside of me

And I fondly walk down the lane of memory

I see Bonaparte

A mean one if ever I’ve seen one

And Nero fiddlin’ thru that lovely blaze

Antionette, dainty queen, with her quaint guillotine

Ha ha ha ha

Those were the good old days

I see that Ben is using Victor Borga’s “Inflationary Language” in reverse.

https://youtu.be/cOmdLmwZ_ww

This is great – I wish you could have added the Korean message in this – but you’d need a fold out

An interview with Larry Summers in Der Spiegel on the trade situation:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/interview-with-larry-summers-on-trump-s-economic-policies-a-1214908.html

The last lines are classic:“…I would be surprised if we were in full-blown escalation because the consequences would be too great. At some point, there will be a turning back. For Trump, stepping back from his policy will take the form of finding a way to declare a victory. And if you are not constrained by facts, it is easier to find ways to declare a victory.”

Much better, Ben. A night with wits at Hell Fire sharpened your own and put some fire in your belly for this cartoon.

A metathree? Trump’s understanding of economics is more like a three-penny whopper.

Meanwhile, his “orthodox” followers are taking his ravings as gospel, when they’re really parabulls.

Bennie must’ve been a Euclid and Pacioli devotee; he knew a golden ratio when he drew one.