Month: April 2025

Trump-centered world, a world of turmoil
Now! It’s now it’s happening
Not somewhere in future. No
Not history where scholars go
But chaos as a daily thing
That brings Trump’s politics to boil.

Helplessness is mostly our response of choice
Of course we see what Trump’s begun
And we decry it vocally
To those who’ll hear us locally
But it’s priority’s not one
‘Though we applaud those fighting back, of course

So, most of us will nothing do
Except to donate to the fight
As though it meets our obligation
Simply making a donation
Dwell on it. Is that alright?
Is this the best that we can do?

4/29/2025

Afraid I am to turn the TV on
‘Cause everything I see and hear is Trump
Trump this, Trump that
Where news is at
He’s always central when the news is dumped
No happenings not Trump, the world beyond

This is no accident, it is Trump’s way
To guarantee he dominates the news
Preposterous
What’s said to us
By Trump, but meant for casters of his views
He sucks from air its oxygen in what he says

Reporters at news conferences
Get captured in Trump’s web of lies
They challenge not
The truth forgot
And pass on Trump’s outlandish new surprises
That trump all other world wide incidences

4/15/2025

Aftermaths to big events are often hard to analyze
Especially when they’re felt throughout the world
And just when you’re convinced there won’t be any more surprises
Another bomb financially absurd the Trump then hurls

You tend to think that he’s gone mad, six trillion dollars lost so far
A tariffs trade war with those who were once our allies loyal
But traders most astute will recognize just where we are
That Trump will u-turn; countries will, then, kiss the ring that’s royal

With opportunities galore; the market being grossly over sold
Due to panic selling, while Trump spent his days at golf
A month ago I liquidated most of stocks I hold
I think it’s time to buy back in, perhaps, at roughly half

By this I’m not advising you, just telling my intent to do
A master con man Trump still is; a fortune he and his will make
I’m not foreseeing future sights, just following the logic through
The next few days will prove me right or wrong, for heaven’s sake

4/5/2025

Tariff-Trump, or TT, I shall label him for short
He struck today, a big, big way beyond his normal sport
His victim countries numbered fifty nine and maybe more
He plans to levy Tariffs on them all across the board

It’s TT’s way to make his victim trading countries pay
Since TT has convinced his MAGAs: tariffs work that way
Be it’s not so, the largest victim is the U.S.A.
Consumers, you and me, we pay that tax, end of the day

Tariffs were invented to rebalance net goods flow
When import dollars grow and export dollars drop below
Then negative the net trade balance: country’s money’s gone
This deficit is filled by tariffs, taxing everyone

Our deficit with China, it’s the largest one of all
In billions nearly negative three hundred; one day’s fall
However, most our deficits are less than single digit
Dollars in the billions. Yet each got a TT tariff

Percentage wise the largest tariff, fifty points all told
Was levied on Saint Pierre and Miquelon an island bold
That’s off the toe of Italy, who’s deficit’s three million
They surely don’t deserve the hit; their threat to us so mini

So what does all this mean to you and me, short term and long?
Stock markets crashed four points or more in panic selling strong
Long term, expect inflation rates to soar; employment drop
Expect recession deep and steady ‘till the tariffs stop

These listed things will happen, mark my words and you will see
That is unless the tariffs are removed soon by TT
Then back to TT chaos and confusion – normalcy
Except some dollars fewer I expect for you and me

4/3/2025