Bargaining with the Tiger

Trump bluffs, the markets panic, the Pentagon leaks, ICE smashes, and the tiger does not flinch.

Good morning! It’s Monday in America, and the markets are hungover, gold is soaring, and ICE is swinging axes at asylum seekers again. Pope Francis has ascended, Pete Hegseth is still somehow Secretary of Defense, and Elon Musk is trying to wage a holy war against wokeness, presumably while Neuralink uploads a new firmware update to his ego.

Let’s begin …