“Peanuts” is the giveaway. Not a gaffe, a confession. The $43.6 billion isn’t spread across “Americans,” it’s concentrated on the households least able to absorb it: $275 in Alabama, $262 in Utah, the people for whom $331 is the difference between making rent and not.
That’s the cost asymmetry that runs through everything I write. The decision-maker pays nothing. He’s “in no hurry” because the strait staying closed costs him nothing and costs MBS, who pays Kushner tens of millions a year, quite a lot to keep that way. The war’s price is socialized onto the powerless; the war’s patience is purchased by the powerful.
And the precarity isn’t a side effect. A household one bad month from collapse doesn’t organize, doesn’t protest, doesn’t resist. “I don’t think about anybody” isn’t callousness. It’s the operating principle of a system that runs on your anxiety and calls your suffering peanuts.
Trump has nothing left for this fight. No sense, no attention span and certainly no cards. Just anger and hatred for everything and everyone, including himself. He’s a miserable, pathetic and increasingly dangerous fraud.
And when that boredom gets so bad he wants it all to end, a great big nuclear blast will silence all of his critics. Two blasts would make his enemies tremble. Three blasts will make him king of the world and then he can go play golf without interruption.
How many peanuts can I get for the life of another Iranian child?
Wondering what might happen if I try to pay for a $40 tank of gas (for my economy car) half in cash...
And half in peanuts.
Joking. I already know, considering that this is the deep south. But optimistically, I'd like to point out that I spotted a "I did that!" sticker (Trump version) yesterday, even in the midst of so much overwhelming racist MAGA hate.
"I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody.”
Gosh, Trump really set this up on a tee for the Dems, didn't he? Even with the full context, it's bad. Iran hasn't been close to building a nuclear weapon by any stretch of the imagination.
OFFS. He has no intention of ending the war. As long as this war continues, he can manufacture all kinds of drama, manipulate the stock market, and he and his pals cash in. Obviously, he’ll never suffer any legal consequences for this, either. My contempt and disgust for this administration and its enablers continues to grow daily.
How many different ways do his followers have to be told he's a self serving monster before they realize they have no food, job, money and soon no roof over their heads before they say "ENOUGH".???? There is a very old saying "Pride goeth before the fall" Are they that proud to be MAGA? And yet, here we are standing by to help pick up the pieces as they spit on us, because we believe in the Constitution. Yes Democrats & Independents live in a very big house and we argue but we do not shite on the Constitution..so you can drop your polls down the drain saying some are "dissatisfied" ..if we were all "satisfied" then we all would have had frontal lobotomyies..
All of trump's business failed because he was incompetent. His presidency is failing for the same reason. He was on the tv show The Apprentice, he should have been on the tv show The Biggest Loser.
We can do better. Please consider supporting a macro plan that addresses both our economic and political challenges and focuses on building the future we want:
- A Government that Represents Everyone
- An Economy that Benefits Everyone
- A Society that Respects Everyone
A successful America requires a clear focus on truth and transparency for:
- Informed Voters for Qualified and Trustworthy Leaders
- Informed Employees for a Fair and Efficient Economy
- Informed Citizens for Respect of the Views of Others
Actually, the Iran war has nothing to do with nuclear weapons other than the tyrump's lying about it. The only thing Iran having a nuclear weapon would do is to restrain Israel. This war should itself have a restraining effect on Israel. There will be no peace in the middle east without fair treatment for Palestine and its people.
We are paying but who is profiting? That "extra" money I pay for the gas tank is going into someone's pocket. What big "friend" of Twump's is getting rich? That's part two of this story and an important part because I am already angry at the administration and disgusted by Pete Hogsbreath, et all. But I wanna know, besides the shadowy bettors on polymarket who will bet on the outcome of your child's cancer operation, who is profiting from rising oil prices?
But, Judd, how can we gather all the words and actions that tell us and show us that the Queens borough real estate mob boss really is the personification of a sociopath? That he leads an administration of sycophantic clowns with blow torches? That Republicans (and John Fetterman) are self empretzeling masters at cranial-rectal inversions? How can we possibly gather enough info about his corruption and callousness and chaos when he is so smart in the ways of the force and such a master at subtlety?
Trump said that high gas prices amounted to “peanuts.” But according to The Iran War Energy Cost Tracker at Brown University, the Iran War has caused Americans to spend an additional $43.6 billion on fuel costs so far. — 14.5B lbs of 🥜 is a lot …google verified … today going step further, Trump pointed out this is good for U.S. peanut farmers, and he was buying a significant stake in Skippy. American investment opportunities were at an all time high!
“Peanuts” is the giveaway. Not a gaffe, a confession. The $43.6 billion isn’t spread across “Americans,” it’s concentrated on the households least able to absorb it: $275 in Alabama, $262 in Utah, the people for whom $331 is the difference between making rent and not.
That’s the cost asymmetry that runs through everything I write. The decision-maker pays nothing. He’s “in no hurry” because the strait staying closed costs him nothing and costs MBS, who pays Kushner tens of millions a year, quite a lot to keep that way. The war’s price is socialized onto the powerless; the war’s patience is purchased by the powerful.
And the precarity isn’t a side effect. A household one bad month from collapse doesn’t organize, doesn’t protest, doesn’t resist. “I don’t think about anybody” isn’t callousness. It’s the operating principle of a system that runs on your anxiety and calls your suffering peanuts.
Johan
All true. Plus Trump is in no hurry to end this war as long as Eric and Don Jr’s companies stand to make money off it.
(Not to mention his ability to affect the stock market with pronouncements about the war and then make even more money.)
This is 💯. of course Trump does not care. He and his family become even richer with every stock trade and business dealing m.
Trump has nothing left for this fight. No sense, no attention span and certainly no cards. Just anger and hatred for everything and everyone, including himself. He’s a miserable, pathetic and increasingly dangerous fraud.
And when that boredom gets so bad he wants it all to end, a great big nuclear blast will silence all of his critics. Two blasts would make his enemies tremble. Three blasts will make him king of the world and then he can go play golf without interruption.
How many peanuts can I get for the life of another Iranian child?
Wondering what might happen if I try to pay for a $40 tank of gas (for my economy car) half in cash...
And half in peanuts.
Joking. I already know, considering that this is the deep south. But optimistically, I'd like to point out that I spotted a "I did that!" sticker (Trump version) yesterday, even in the midst of so much overwhelming racist MAGA hate.
"I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody.”
Gosh, Trump really set this up on a tee for the Dems, didn't he? Even with the full context, it's bad. Iran hasn't been close to building a nuclear weapon by any stretch of the imagination.
OFFS. He has no intention of ending the war. As long as this war continues, he can manufacture all kinds of drama, manipulate the stock market, and he and his pals cash in. Obviously, he’ll never suffer any legal consequences for this, either. My contempt and disgust for this administration and its enablers continues to grow daily.
How many different ways do his followers have to be told he's a self serving monster before they realize they have no food, job, money and soon no roof over their heads before they say "ENOUGH".???? There is a very old saying "Pride goeth before the fall" Are they that proud to be MAGA? And yet, here we are standing by to help pick up the pieces as they spit on us, because we believe in the Constitution. Yes Democrats & Independents live in a very big house and we argue but we do not shite on the Constitution..so you can drop your polls down the drain saying some are "dissatisfied" ..if we were all "satisfied" then we all would have had frontal lobotomyies..
All of trump's business failed because he was incompetent. His presidency is failing for the same reason. He was on the tv show The Apprentice, he should have been on the tv show The Biggest Loser.
We can do better. Please consider supporting a macro plan that addresses both our economic and political challenges and focuses on building the future we want:
- A Government that Represents Everyone
- An Economy that Benefits Everyone
- A Society that Respects Everyone
A successful America requires a clear focus on truth and transparency for:
- Informed Voters for Qualified and Trustworthy Leaders
- Informed Employees for a Fair and Efficient Economy
- Informed Citizens for Respect of the Views of Others
See www.informedcitizens.com
Actually, the Iran war has nothing to do with nuclear weapons other than the tyrump's lying about it. The only thing Iran having a nuclear weapon would do is to restrain Israel. This war should itself have a restraining effect on Israel. There will be no peace in the middle east without fair treatment for Palestine and its people.
We are paying but who is profiting? That "extra" money I pay for the gas tank is going into someone's pocket. What big "friend" of Twump's is getting rich? That's part two of this story and an important part because I am already angry at the administration and disgusted by Pete Hogsbreath, et all. But I wanna know, besides the shadowy bettors on polymarket who will bet on the outcome of your child's cancer operation, who is profiting from rising oil prices?
But, Judd, how can we gather all the words and actions that tell us and show us that the Queens borough real estate mob boss really is the personification of a sociopath? That he leads an administration of sycophantic clowns with blow torches? That Republicans (and John Fetterman) are self empretzeling masters at cranial-rectal inversions? How can we possibly gather enough info about his corruption and callousness and chaos when he is so smart in the ways of the force and such a master at subtlety?
You people haven't heard? If you show your MAGA card, gas is $1.99 per gallon and your entered for a chance to feed at the $1.8 Billion trough.
Think of the Simpsons Stonecutters episode.
Trump said that high gas prices amounted to “peanuts.” But according to The Iran War Energy Cost Tracker at Brown University, the Iran War has caused Americans to spend an additional $43.6 billion on fuel costs so far. — 14.5B lbs of 🥜 is a lot …google verified … today going step further, Trump pointed out this is good for U.S. peanut farmers, and he was buying a significant stake in Skippy. American investment opportunities were at an all time high!
How's the inflation from Trump's war impacting you? Check real-time prices with the Surging Household Inflation Tracker (S.H.I.T.) Index
Index: https://makeitfast.org/shit
Blog: https://thedemlabs.org/2026/04/12/trump-inflation-shit-tracker-2026/