alt Hacker NewsThat’s the whole trick: if the feedback cycle is long enough, the next person gets blamed for it, not the current.
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marcosdumay • today at 2:29 PM
The most impressive thing about Trump is that he managed to shorten up the feedback loops on an overwhelming number of his policies.
You would expect the US industry to silently absorb his trade policies and only break decades after he leaves. Somehow, they aren't healthy enough for that.
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And likewise for the next person trying to take the credit for things that the previous one did when the effects take time to manifest: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/15/trump-washin...