sheislaurence<p>🧵 1/2: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RachelMaddow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelMaddow</span></a> brings another mental backstory on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>🤯 : </p><p>Peter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Navarro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navarro</span></a>, a quack <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economist</span></a> recruited by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JaredKushner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JaredKushner</span></a> as Trump's trade advisor, the suspected author of the insane tariff <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/formula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>formula</span></a>, turns out to have created a fictional expert called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RonVara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RonVara</span></a>, an anagram of his name, to cite in his books & memos as a trusted source and justify the policy of so-called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reciprocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reciprocal</span></a> tariffs. Even made up an email address for him. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJbZCbBLqkk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=MJbZCbBLqkk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>