To mitch and dave, who gave me "likes" for this post, I was totally mocking the MAGA apologists. trump was serious about the tariffs as long as he thought that he could get away with it.
But the people with trump Devotee Syndrome AKA tDS, his cultists, use this dumb excuse whenever they have no actual/reasonable rebuttal when he lies or just displays his ignorance (drink disinfectant for Covid, use a nuke to neutralize a hurricane). They are incapable of independent thought and consider trump above any criticism because he is perfect.
So, FYI, yeah, my post was totally sarcastic. I think that most people realized it.