Hugh Smithson-Wright

@hughsmithsonwright.bsky.social

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A flibbertigibbet, a Will O' The Wisp, a clown. OFFICIALLY The Gayest Man On Bluesky™️ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Black text on a pale pink background reading: Anything he says that seems irrational — tariff wars, or the annexation of Canada — can be dismissed by supporters as a negotiating bluff, or “red meat for the Maga base”, distractions that only hysterical liberals take seriously. Stock-market investors, who voted for Trump with their money, have been bewildered to discover that he genuinely wants those things. His consistent attacks on free trade since the 1980s should have been a clue.

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