Is this any surprise to anyone, except the MAGA faithful. What other outcome did any critically thinking person expect would happen when you put a failed businessman in charge of the world's largest economy. A businessman whose businesses have failed without exception.
And why did the MAGA faithful believe exporters would absorb 40 to 100% tariffs on their exports to America. And they only have to open a dictionary to read that tariffs are an import tax, paid by the importers and passed down to the consumers.
So now the receipts are coming home and the idiots who believed everything FLOTUS told them, despite the fact that he told over 38,000 lies in his 1st term, are finally waking up to the fact, that they have and are still being royally shafted by the current administration.
Well, let this be a wake up call for them for the up coming mid term elections
The part that still amazes me is how many people were convinced tariffs were somehow “paid by China” instead of being passed directly into the supply chain and eventually onto consumers.
That misunderstanding alone may end up costing American households thousands.
And now we’ve got a full year of data showing what happened when political slogans collided with economic reality.
A majority of americans were never convinced that tariffs would do anything remotely positive for anybody except the Don(g)'s groupies and shameless "investors". Gangsters have been plundering the US and international systems for decades but a harsh reckoning (foreshadowed by economic failures you've noted) is coming that will stalk "Project 2025" zealots. World history is full of grandiose gold ballrooms that inevitably became decrepit junkyards. The People includes ignorant factions but, in the main, isn't fooled nor impressed.
I agree. Frankly, it seems like both "parties" (with multiple meanings for its vain "gamers") take turns manipulating the emotions of a US populace that's too easily convinced that the sanctity of their emotional beliefs justify constantly fighting each other. Divide and conquer is a reliable stategy for voracious levels of power. If their system can perpetually instigate fights between emotionally engaged factions, it distracts attention away from masked marauders at Fort Knocks too.
Major Maggot in the whitehouse & so many maggots still following him! If that wouldn't blow your mind, what would it take? No wakeup calls available for this, only the most intelligent gets it :(
Meanwhile the Regime mouthpieces (Bessent, Lutnick, Hassett etc) proclaim the greatest economy in the history of the world, and the real world looks on with our jaws dropped to the floor going “seriously?”
That disconnect is becoming harder and harder to ignore.
You can only keep calling it “the greatest economy in history” for so long while consumers are paying more, manufacturing investment is slowing,
markets are swinging wildly, and businesses are openly warning about uncertainty.
At some point, people stop listening to press conferences and start looking at their grocery bill, retirement account, mortgage rate, and job security instead.
That’s when political branding collides with everyday reality.
Add to this the removal of rules and regulations on monopolies, mass firings in government and letting AI tech bros run amuck to replace humans with stolen data and you have masses of people unemployed with limited spending ability adding to that economic chaos. Moodys also indicates that over half the US states are in a recession, guess which colour those states vote?
I lived through the supply chain whiplash last year and it was hell, contingency plans on top of contingency plans all resulting in higher prices that for the most part were only starting to come down post pandemic.
When you elect a failed businessman to run your country into the ground the results are predictable.
The supply-chain point is important because people who didn’t live through it directly often underestimate how disruptive this stuff becomes behind the scenes.
One tariff change or policy shock doesn’t just affect one company.
It ripples outward through shipping, sourcing, pricing, staffing, contracts, forecasting, and inventory planning... all at once.
That’s why businesses crave stability more than slogans.
And you’re right that many companies were only beginning to recover from the post-pandemic chaos when another round of economic shockwaves hit the system.
The AI side of this is another pressure point entirely.
If governments simultaneously destabilize trade, cut institutional capacity, and accelerate automation without guardrails, you risk hollowing out both consumer confidence and consumer spending power at the same time.
That’s not a recipe for long-term strength.
That’s economic turbulence with extra gasoline poured on it.
Here are some additional impacts of these policies.
Start an economic war with your trade partners, US subject to retaliation as a result, farmer in the US lost many contracts to sell their commodities and have no market, US liquor and wine producers saw large drops in sales that lead to cut in production and significant layoffs. Global drop in tourism to the US due to public backlash regarding tariffs and other MAGA policies. US manufacturers that paid tariffs on import of production material like steel, aluminum and wood have made their products no longer price competitive impacting their export potential.
Exactly Luc. That’s the part many people missed when this started.
Modern economies are deeply interconnected now.
You don’t just “punish foreign countries” with tariffs... you also hammer your own manufacturers, exporters, retailers, farmers, and consumers at the same time.
A farmer loses overseas buyers.
A factory pays more for steel.
A tourism operator loses foreign visitors.
A small business suddenly pays more for inventory.
And once foreign buyers find alternative suppliers, some of those contracts don’t come back easily.
Very well said Fred. I think we all are noticing it at the gas pumps! I get upset that some blekkky orange ball is deciding where I go, or, don't go, due to high gas prices!
Is this any surprise to anyone, except the MAGA faithful. What other outcome did any critically thinking person expect would happen when you put a failed businessman in charge of the world's largest economy. A businessman whose businesses have failed without exception.
And why did the MAGA faithful believe exporters would absorb 40 to 100% tariffs on their exports to America. And they only have to open a dictionary to read that tariffs are an import tax, paid by the importers and passed down to the consumers.
So now the receipts are coming home and the idiots who believed everything FLOTUS told them, despite the fact that he told over 38,000 lies in his 1st term, are finally waking up to the fact, that they have and are still being royally shafted by the current administration.
Well, let this be a wake up call for them for the up coming mid term elections
The part that still amazes me is how many people were convinced tariffs were somehow “paid by China” instead of being passed directly into the supply chain and eventually onto consumers.
That misunderstanding alone may end up costing American households thousands.
And now we’ve got a full year of data showing what happened when political slogans collided with economic reality.
The receipts are getting harder to explain away.
A majority of americans were never convinced that tariffs would do anything remotely positive for anybody except the Don(g)'s groupies and shameless "investors". Gangsters have been plundering the US and international systems for decades but a harsh reckoning (foreshadowed by economic failures you've noted) is coming that will stalk "Project 2025" zealots. World history is full of grandiose gold ballrooms that inevitably became decrepit junkyards. The People includes ignorant factions but, in the main, isn't fooled nor impressed.
What strikes me most is how much of this was sold emotionally instead of economically.
People were told tariffs were strength. Retaliation was strength. Isolation was strength.
But markets don’t run on applause lines.
Supply chains don’t care about political branding. Investors care about stability, predictability, and cost.
And history has a nasty habit of humbling countries that mistake spectacle for strategy.
The gold ballroom line is a good one, by the way.
Empires rarely think decline applies to them while they’re standing under the chandeliers.
I agree. Frankly, it seems like both "parties" (with multiple meanings for its vain "gamers") take turns manipulating the emotions of a US populace that's too easily convinced that the sanctity of their emotional beliefs justify constantly fighting each other. Divide and conquer is a reliable stategy for voracious levels of power. If their system can perpetually instigate fights between emotionally engaged factions, it distracts attention away from masked marauders at Fort Knocks too.
It’s the same people that were convinced that Mexico would pay for the Wall.
Haha yes!
Please don't use "FLOTUS" to refer to that piece o'shit. In a better world, that means "first lady"; trust me, $trump ain't no lady.
Not sure if Melania is either. She seems to be more involved with Epstein than she is letting on
Haha no!
He's not even close to the bar of being described as a man, cause that is an insult to actual men!
Major Maggot in the whitehouse & so many maggots still following him! If that wouldn't blow your mind, what would it take? No wakeup calls available for this, only the most intelligent gets it :(
Meanwhile the Regime mouthpieces (Bessent, Lutnick, Hassett etc) proclaim the greatest economy in the history of the world, and the real world looks on with our jaws dropped to the floor going “seriously?”
That disconnect is becoming harder and harder to ignore.
You can only keep calling it “the greatest economy in history” for so long while consumers are paying more, manufacturing investment is slowing,
markets are swinging wildly, and businesses are openly warning about uncertainty.
At some point, people stop listening to press conferences and start looking at their grocery bill, retirement account, mortgage rate, and job security instead.
That’s when political branding collides with everyday reality.
Add to this the removal of rules and regulations on monopolies, mass firings in government and letting AI tech bros run amuck to replace humans with stolen data and you have masses of people unemployed with limited spending ability adding to that economic chaos. Moodys also indicates that over half the US states are in a recession, guess which colour those states vote?
I lived through the supply chain whiplash last year and it was hell, contingency plans on top of contingency plans all resulting in higher prices that for the most part were only starting to come down post pandemic.
When you elect a failed businessman to run your country into the ground the results are predictable.
The supply-chain point is important because people who didn’t live through it directly often underestimate how disruptive this stuff becomes behind the scenes.
One tariff change or policy shock doesn’t just affect one company.
It ripples outward through shipping, sourcing, pricing, staffing, contracts, forecasting, and inventory planning... all at once.
That’s why businesses crave stability more than slogans.
And you’re right that many companies were only beginning to recover from the post-pandemic chaos when another round of economic shockwaves hit the system.
The AI side of this is another pressure point entirely.
If governments simultaneously destabilize trade, cut institutional capacity, and accelerate automation without guardrails, you risk hollowing out both consumer confidence and consumer spending power at the same time.
That’s not a recipe for long-term strength.
That’s economic turbulence with extra gasoline poured on it.
Here are some additional impacts of these policies.
Start an economic war with your trade partners, US subject to retaliation as a result, farmer in the US lost many contracts to sell their commodities and have no market, US liquor and wine producers saw large drops in sales that lead to cut in production and significant layoffs. Global drop in tourism to the US due to public backlash regarding tariffs and other MAGA policies. US manufacturers that paid tariffs on import of production material like steel, aluminum and wood have made their products no longer price competitive impacting their export potential.
Exactly Luc. That’s the part many people missed when this started.
Modern economies are deeply interconnected now.
You don’t just “punish foreign countries” with tariffs... you also hammer your own manufacturers, exporters, retailers, farmers, and consumers at the same time.
A farmer loses overseas buyers.
A factory pays more for steel.
A tourism operator loses foreign visitors.
A small business suddenly pays more for inventory.
And once foreign buyers find alternative suppliers, some of those contracts don’t come back easily.
Economic wars have blowback.
That’s the part slogans never mention.
Great post Fred! Hope Americans are seeing it, to be aware of what their "choke, cough, spit" President, has done to them! So sad!
Thanks Patsy.
Honestly, a lot of ordinary Americans are seeing it now because economic reality eventually reaches the kitchen table.
People can argue politics endlessly online, but rising prices, layoffs, shrinking retirement accounts, and business instability hit differently...
when they affect your own household directly.
That’s why I focus so heavily on the data and the long-term consequences instead of the daily political theatre.
The receipts eventually speak louder than the slogans.
Very well said Fred. I think we all are noticing it at the gas pumps! I get upset that some blekkky orange ball is deciding where I go, or, don't go, due to high gas prices!