8/24/2026

My Dear Friend & POTUS, DJT,

It looks like the Indy car race went off successfully even though cars crashed into each other & the walls. I’m amazed no one was hurt!

OoM, has anyone ever talked to you about your addiction to the quick-fix? Perhaps they’ve shied away from bringing it up for fear that you’d fire them, so I may be one of the few people who is in a position to broach this touchy topic.

According to the AI app, Claude, “A quick fix = a fast, easy solution to a problem that addresses the immediate symptom rather than the underlying cause, often as a temporary or superficial remedy rather than a lasting one.” 

BTW, I am still searching for my preferred way to refer to Claude. I am loathe to use a human name to refer to a robot because I don’t want to trick myself into thinking Claude knows me & cares about my welfare. It is an algorithm without feelings. It can be useful & I feel led to understand it, but I want to keep thinking for myself whenever possible. You will recall that I was calling Claude, Aa, but not frequently enough to remember it. For now I will use Artificial Intelligence Claude, AIC, for short.

Back to quick fix, AIC made a point that “quick fix” is not a scientific term although engineers, doctors & therapists use it as if it were. 

I speculate that you are addicted to quick fixes because you so often address complicated problems with an action that doesn’t address fundamentals & you often talk as if repairs will be immediate when, in fact, things they will take a long time. For example, regarding steel, putting tariffs on goods from Canada will not address China’s overcapacity in steel production that keeps the price so low US factories can’t compete. This challenge will require a multi pronged strategy & your quick fix to bar Canadian imports just kicks the can down the road.

Recently, I’ve decided some problems can’t be fixed & we just need to learn to live with them, or be like Sisyphus, & keep trying to get the boulder to the top of the hill. AIC says that Camus’s essay on the Myth of Sisyphus suggests we embrace the absurdity of life  & promotes the idea that we “find a kind of defiant meaning & even joy” in our struggles. An absurdist mindset might help you avoid the quick-fix, but it may take you a while to develop one.

As usual, I remind you to monitor situations around the world where citizens suffer & yearn for democracy under oppressive, violent regimes especially in Burma, Sudan & Somalia. Please do whatever you can to give the people hope.

BYBS,

RCA