We know that the prez does not respond to the sentiments of the people at large. In fact, he gets a kick out of ignoring them, and going off on a little holiday! Unless, of course, some of the big big businessmen, of whom he is sort of in awe, are involved. Most of them are more successful at what they do than the prez, so he does listen, without appearing to do so. The whole tarriff adventure will take a while to settle to the point where we can assess its level of success, because what he does depends on his digestion, which means ït doesn't take a steady course. (Seriously, he needs to stick to a steady diet, at his age, simply to stay in business.)
Most of those unhappy with the administration need to protest, to demonstrate, just to preserve our sanity, and to dispel the image that everything is fine. Everything is not fine; the effects of the Trade War are not all still visible; when they are, everyone will want to do something, even those who worship the stairs prez walks on. In our town, we had planned to gather at Market and Fourth every day at 2:00 P, and then it was decided that the big demonstrations would be on Saturdays. Last I heard, there's going to be a big one on April 19th.
I had thought that AOC would be furious at the state of affairs, especially Marge Taylor Green's insider trading! But AOC and Bernie Sanders look merely calm and amused; as if they expected everything to happen exactly as it did.
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