Bad Sequel

"Trump 2.0" has everything you want in a superfluous sequel: Same main character but with hyperbolized defining traits; same basic plot, only stupider; contrived callbacks to the original; cameos from the old cast; and a handful of new characters who reflect the incremental burlesquing of the franchise. If this were a random Tuesday in 2019, Donald Trump might've used Twitter to threaten China with economic ruin on the way to instructing Wilbur Ross to turn the screws on Chinese telecoms out of

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7 thoughts on “Bad Sequel

  1. In my youth I dabbled in psychedelics and find it to have been a net positive experience (do not take this as investment advice, consult a CFP, etc.). Had I tripled my largest dose back in the day I still couldn’t have written this particular sequel.

  2. I still can’t believe so many millions of people fell for the ruse that this guy would be a competent president.

    He’s not even a competent adult. Who stays up all night posting on social media and then flips out when an authority figure says something they don’t like? A teenager. He’s a 78 year old teenage boy.

    How the fck did we let this sht happen, again??

  3. No need for me to wait for the next installment of our tentpole saga “Fat and Felonious.” After liquidating all my stocks and bonds into this morning’s rally, I give thanks to Mr. Trump for this opportunity to make myself great again, as I wait to redeploy my pile of cash investing in a REAL economy for the first time in my life (hello, Melania coin). I had no idea it was all fake! I used to blame mediocre investing results on a lack of discipline and attention on my part, but once again, it was all rigged. (Except when it worked).

  4. The Canadian auto industry is the American auto industry. Canada doesn’t produce Canadian cars, it produces our cars. So does Mexico. Who is this guy, really?

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