I believe that he does, and he knows shit will cost more, but he ALSO knows that his followers have no clue whatsoever. So prices will increase, and he’ll blame it on one of their many “others”. Keeping them scared and mad is the key to their control over them

Yup, you can’t reason a person out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into

Ahhh America. “Yeah we’re wrong, but we can afford lawyers for centuries, lol good luck” land of the free