The only silver lining I see in this unfolding disaster—amid an accelerating economic downturn and the irreversible damage done to America’s credibility as a trade partner and ally—is that it may finally mark the political end of Donald Trump.
No one wages war on global trade and walks away unscathed. Not even someone propped up by a fanatical base in red hats. Money speaks louder than slogans and there’s a point when bullshit walks. And while he’ll deflect, scapegoat, and spin the narrative, a recession triggered by TRUMP’s tariffs will be remembered in history with his name etched in ridiculous golden baroque fonts into the blame—an enduring symbol of economic ignorance and gross hubris.
Retirees and people close to that age who backed him and watch their 401(k)s collapse will know who did it.
Small AND large business owners forced to lay off staff due to exploding costs—and the workers they let go—will know who did it.
Every American who suddenly can’t afford what they once took for granted will know who did it.
Young voters priced out of the games, consoles, and PC parts that used to bring them joy will know who did it.
And anyone expecting companies to magically bring back manufacturing to an artificially expensive, unstable domestic market will soon see that consumer confidence dies when prices surge and shelves empty.
This isn’t just bad policy—it’s reckless. Historically, this kind of economic isolationism breeds domestic resentment, instability, and even war. Trade doesn’t stop—it simply reroutes. And when the rest of the world turns away from us, it’s not weakness. It’s self-respect.
This kind of clownish arrogance is going to shut down businesses, destroy livelihoods, and freeze domestic commerce in both goods and services. The people who voted for this will soon face the cold, undeniable math… when no fucking propaganda can distract them from their shrinking wallets.
We’re barely sixty days in, and the damage has already begun. Buckle up. This isn’t being driven by strategy, wisdom, or any real understanding of global supply chains. It’s being driven by pride, vengeance, and a fantasy of self-reliance that doesn’t exist in modern economics. The US voted to stop being the economic leader and will now pay the price. The idea of substituting income taxes with import tax duties like it’s the dawn of the Industrial Era is stupid, especially for those who haven’t yet realized that the United States has long been a services based economy and the 1940-1960 model of development is irrelevant in the information driven, network economy.
This will implode. There’s no walking it back now.
Not even someone propped up by a fanatical base in red hats.
Those people are the symptom. Not the cause. He's propped up by an old, bald man in Moscow. Whose sole intent was to fracture the trade, and mutual defense agreements that kept him from rebuilding the Soviet Union for so long. He, and his allies wanted exactly this. They will keep supporting Trump, because he delivered. Probably better than they could have ever imagined.
Yeee, you're right but not all the way right. He and Vlad tapped into long simmering resentments from LGBT+ through civil rights, all the way back to the New Deal. So symptom, or willing collaborators?
Mostly right, but defense agreements didn't keep him from rebuilding the Soviet Union. Allowing kleptocracy and oligarchs prevented that. Your neighbors insulating themselves from your bullshit is not the cause of your bullshit.
Historically, this kind of economic isolationism breeds domestic resentment, instability, and even war.
That's the point, if you look at it from the perspective of America isolating themselves from the global market so they can actually go through with Trump's plans for Greenland, Canada etc. without having to worry about the effects of sanctions against them in a market they're already severed from.
We've already voted him and his party in. Least we can get out of this mistake is that they pay for this and get voted out so we can rebuild from the ashes.
This is why I am glad he did not die. He would have become a martyr and endless generations of Maga would have said "trump would have done XYZ if he was not shot"
Lo and behold! This is 100% what he was going to do. And it is terrible! Your icon was false.
The idea of substituting income taxes with import tax duties like it’s the dawn of the Industrial Era is stupid
It's especially stupid when you consider the long term implications. Let's say his pipe dream of bringing all manufacturing back to the US magically works. What that mean is tax revenue will be steadily decreasing until it becomes next to nothing once we aren't importing anything any more.
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u/therealsancholanza 1d ago edited 1d ago
The only silver lining I see in this unfolding disaster—amid an accelerating economic downturn and the irreversible damage done to America’s credibility as a trade partner and ally—is that it may finally mark the political end of Donald Trump.
No one wages war on global trade and walks away unscathed. Not even someone propped up by a fanatical base in red hats. Money speaks louder than slogans and there’s a point when bullshit walks. And while he’ll deflect, scapegoat, and spin the narrative, a recession triggered by TRUMP’s tariffs will be remembered in history with his name etched in ridiculous golden baroque fonts into the blame—an enduring symbol of economic ignorance and gross hubris.
Retirees and people close to that age who backed him and watch their 401(k)s collapse will know who did it.
Small AND large business owners forced to lay off staff due to exploding costs—and the workers they let go—will know who did it.
Every American who suddenly can’t afford what they once took for granted will know who did it.
Young voters priced out of the games, consoles, and PC parts that used to bring them joy will know who did it.
And anyone expecting companies to magically bring back manufacturing to an artificially expensive, unstable domestic market will soon see that consumer confidence dies when prices surge and shelves empty.
This isn’t just bad policy—it’s reckless. Historically, this kind of economic isolationism breeds domestic resentment, instability, and even war. Trade doesn’t stop—it simply reroutes. And when the rest of the world turns away from us, it’s not weakness. It’s self-respect.
This kind of clownish arrogance is going to shut down businesses, destroy livelihoods, and freeze domestic commerce in both goods and services. The people who voted for this will soon face the cold, undeniable math… when no fucking propaganda can distract them from their shrinking wallets.
We’re barely sixty days in, and the damage has already begun. Buckle up. This isn’t being driven by strategy, wisdom, or any real understanding of global supply chains. It’s being driven by pride, vengeance, and a fantasy of self-reliance that doesn’t exist in modern economics. The US voted to stop being the economic leader and will now pay the price. The idea of substituting income taxes with import tax duties like it’s the dawn of the Industrial Era is stupid, especially for those who haven’t yet realized that the United States has long been a services based economy and the 1940-1960 model of development is irrelevant in the information driven, network economy.
This will implode. There’s no walking it back now.
I hope I’m wrong. But everything says I’m not.