The empire’s bleeding out, and these morons are slapping a Band-Aid on a gunshot wound,
calling it a win.
They sold us this tariff gambit as some grand chess move, re-industrialize America, slash interest rates on short-term bonds, flex on China like a badass in a bar fight. “Genius!” they crowed. “Masterful!” they cheered.
Well, how’s that working out? Spoiler: it’s a dumpster fire.
Re-industrialization? Still a pipe dream, those crony capitalists in Trump’s orbit aren’t sinking their billions into factories today any more than they were last week. In fact, they’re probably laughing harder now, counting their profits from the chaos.
Short-term bond rates? Shooting up, not down, meaning Uncle Sam’s shelling out more to borrow, not less.