“Stop complaining about tariffs, expecting miraculous results after only a few days. A person who is overweight, unhealthy, and addicted to junk food won’t suddenly become healthy after just a week of dieting and exercising. Be patient, and don’t get wobbly. The tariffs from Trump’s first term did not trigger the predicted inflation. Allow the process to unfold instead of reacting with hair-on-fire histrionics.”
(Brian Joondeph – American Thinker) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once reprimanded President George H.W. Bush with: “This is no time to go wobbly.”
A variation of those words, for MAGA now, seem appropriate.
Thatcher’s words occurred in 1990 when Bush considered how to respond to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait – whether to adopt a military response or not. Continue reading