[verandaguy]

"Sit tight and assess" as used above is probably a reference to the movie "Don't Look Up" from a few years ago, which (heavy-handedly) parodied administrations like Trump I (and which unortunately seem much less like parody in the Trump II era).

[TheRealPomax]

having literally never heard of this, despite being in North America, it's a good idea to not make assumptions about who's seen which pop culture thing.