{"id":81869,"date":"2025-04-24T07:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=81869"},"modified":"2025-04-24T08:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:13:59","slug":"that-wile-e-coyote-lull-before-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/24\/that-wile-e-coyote-lull-before-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"That Wile E. Coyote lull before the storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think there is a lot of truth in this:<\/p>\n

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The people of the US have been run off a cliff. Trump has guaranteed that there is no safety net left below them. The government, Presidential credibility, the rule of law, the economy, international relations, trade, and defence: all have been shredded.<\/p>\n

What we're waiting for now is the moment of realisation when they realise that.<\/p>\n

Then the crash that I talked about yesterday<\/a> will happen.<\/p>\n

It's just a matter of time before it does. We are in the phoney war: that period between September 1939 and the German offensive in the spring of 1940. But don't be deceived by it. The harm has already been done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think there is a lot of truth in this: The people of the US have been run off a cliff. Trump has guaranteed that
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