You Did It To Yourself - Or What Happens When You Humor A Bully

It would seem that the great and good of Watch Town rode a roller coaster of emotions today. The joy of hearing about the Supreme Court's ruling that the current US tariffs were illegal, only to be be tempered by the tirade thrown shortly thereafter. I suspect that you and the other Big Dogs barely had a moment to savor your victory champagne before an angry retort was issued by the US President. It was somewhat reminiscent of that other great commentator on the watch business - Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris in Training Day:

"King Kong ain't got shit on me!"

Essentially?

You get a tariff, and you get a tariff, and YOU GET A TARIFF...

I mean, what's this world coming to when you invite a guy to your private luxury suite at sporting events, give him gifts that probably have yet to go through the office of protocol, smile and shrug because it's Papi Chulo Time! You do all that, and you still get the fuzzy end of the lollipop?!? 

With respect, when you appease a bully, you tend to get more of the same. Like the scorpion that stings the back of the frog carrying it across the water, dooming both to die, the bully can't help it - it's his nature.