Well said. The outcome with the tariffs should be a clear indicator of the administration's complete incompetence. Unfortunately Trump's one skill is confidence games and his hardcore supporters will end up writing it off as something like "deep state" sabotage.

This utter lack of leadership being displayed so clearly in ~June of 2020 was what really soured me on Trump. Up until then I had been both sidesing and figuring that when push came to shove, he'd actually lead (and get a shoe-in second term to boot!). But no, rather than accepting Covid as a national emergency that he needed to lead us through, it was just some new backdrop to foment division over.