I think the Tariff talk is just a diversionary tactic by trump intended to divert focus on the horrible week the West Wing is having.

Who is she, and why does she even rate a response?

...Not if they impeach him first.

Great analogy! What completes it is the knowledge that it’s Ryan’s rotten football, he’s kept it hidden until he handed it to Lucy, allowing no one else to see it, and expecting her to dutifully hold it all allow him to kick the “winning” extra point.

While I agree that “...shit takes time...”, it was also not the case that during Watergate Nixon wasn’t actively and relentlessly tearing down the country on a daily basis.