Boy, oh boy are things… um… interesting. I almost miss the days of green-haired teenage girls with hairy armpits gluing themselves to the road to make the weather better.

Now we have craziness at the international trade level. At its core, it's all politics.

The now dead George Carlin had a skit where he told us why he doesn't vote. To quote:

"I don't vote. Two reasons I don't vote. First of all, it's meaningless. This country was bought and sold and paid for a long time ago. The isht they shuffle around every four years… doesn't mean a f* thing.

And secondly, I don't vote because I believe if you vote, you have no right to complain. If you vote, and you elect dishonest incompetent people and they get into office and screw everything up, well… you are responsible for what they have done."

We've had some conversations with clients who are questioning their own voting after the trade war kicked off. The problem with taking a position for or against any politician is that probability is not in our favour. We're bound to be disappointed because the vast majority of these podium donuts aren't there for our benefit. Sure, some of the things they may espouse are to our benefit, but then others aren't. What to do?