I am still hopeful that he changes his mind (aka “The oligarchs backing him make it clear that he can commit suicide from five bullets to the back of the head”) and, after he finishes his morning ritual of watching 12 hours of fox news, he says something like “We were going to start the tariffs today but Canada have shown they are willing to listen to us. Let’s give them a week” and keeps doing that for the foreseeable future.

I am fully aware that is copium.