I Might Be Wrong

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Trump Is Too Incompetent to Know That He Needs to Project Competence
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Trump Is Too Incompetent to Know That He Needs to Project Competence

And the markets have noticed

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Jeff Maurer
Apr 23, 2025
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Above: A not-photoshopped photo of President Trump at the White House Easter Egg roll. (photo from Mandel Ngan via Getty)

If I was advising President Trump, I’d be begging him to deliver this as a prime time address:

My fellow Americans, and citizens of the world:

In the past few weeks, financial markets have moved in alarming ways. And the reason is Q-tips. Specifically, one wayward Q-tip that got stuck in my brain, which has been the cause of my erratic behavior.

You see, a few months back, I was cleaning my ears when Don Jr. rushed into the bathroom to show me a really hilarious JibJab video called “Grandma Got Run Over By the Group Chat”. The door hit my elbow, my hand lurched inward, and the Q-tip lodged deep in my frontal cortex.

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