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If decimation is losing 10%, my retirement savings have been double decimated in the last week. And that’s just a personally clear sign, not even in in the top 10 of bad fallout unfolding.

I tolerated and understood people voting Trump last November even though Jan 6 was a black-and-white absolute disqualifier for me. But if you’re still supporting him after the last week of evil-stupid-incompetent mayhem, which goes far beyond markets, I’m basically done with you.

I see a lot of people who were openly or obliquely supportive have gone silent for now. That’s a good sign. You should at least be rethinking hard. 

But if this continues, staying silent is deep complicity. Those of us who have been consistently against him have zero influence or leverage, so all ability to stop the madness in the short term is with those who supported him. So if you don’t speak up, it’s clear you actually want what’s happening.

First time I’ve agreed with Elon in 5 years. This is the only off-ramp from the madness. Throw Navarro under the bus, and shunt the old coot in the White House lightyears away from any meaningful mayhem levers. Give him whatever face-saving options he needs to stand down. MAGA supporters are a deadweight loss who will go down with this ship, but I still have hope the business and tech sectors will grow spines, start using their brains, and stop this. You told yourself a delusional fantasy story about what Trump was that’s clearly falsified now. You can no longer pretend the consistent electoral promises of tariffs were not serious. You’re empiricists and technologists. Act like it. When the facts change, it’s okay to change your mind.