Mia Wong

Now, it's maybe possible that if it was just these tariffs and all Chinese shipping was able to be routed through some other country, maybe we would only have a regular economic collapse, like an early 2000s tech bubble collapse and not like a 2008 one. But again, that's assuming that more and more tariffs go into effect. Now, the problem is that...

We went through this with the 90-day pauses on the Mexican tariffs and the Canadian tariffs, and then after 90 days, everyone assumed that they weren't going to go into effect again, and they just went into effect. So, the odds are that the absolutely catastrophic turf tariffs from Liberation Day are going to go into effect in about 90 days. That's probably what's going to happen.

We went through this with the 90-day pauses on the Mexican tariffs and the Canadian tariffs, and then after 90 days, everyone assumed that they weren't going to go into effect again, and they just went into effect. So, the odds are that the absolutely catastrophic turf tariffs from Liberation Day are going to go into effect in about 90 days. That's probably what's going to happen.

We went through this with the 90-day pauses on the Mexican tariffs and the Canadian tariffs, and then after 90 days, everyone assumed that they weren't going to go into effect again, and they just went into effect. So, the odds are that the absolutely catastrophic turf tariffs from Liberation Day are going to go into effect in about 90 days. That's probably what's going to happen.

There's probably going to be some attempts to negotiate them down, but again, those absolutely catastrophic tariffs, which are going to just fucking annihilate the entire world economy, are probably going to go into effect And, you know, part of what's happening here, right, is that, so the markets are doing this, they're like dead cat bounce, right?

There's probably going to be some attempts to negotiate them down, but again, those absolutely catastrophic tariffs, which are going to just fucking annihilate the entire world economy, are probably going to go into effect And, you know, part of what's happening here, right, is that, so the markets are doing this, they're like dead cat bounce, right?

There's probably going to be some attempts to negotiate them down, but again, those absolutely catastrophic tariffs, which are going to just fucking annihilate the entire world economy, are probably going to go into effect And, you know, part of what's happening here, right, is that, so the markets are doing this, they're like dead cat bounce, right?

And a lot of this is because they haven't actually stopped to think about, like, how much American manufacturing, and contra every argument everyone is making about this, there is actually a lot of manufacturing still in the U.S., but all of it relies on Chinese imports and various stages of, innovative stages of production, and they're fucked.

And a lot of this is because they haven't actually stopped to think about, like, how much American manufacturing, and contra every argument everyone is making about this, there is actually a lot of manufacturing still in the U.S., but all of it relies on Chinese imports and various stages of, innovative stages of production, and they're fucked.

And a lot of this is because they haven't actually stopped to think about, like, how much American manufacturing, and contra every argument everyone is making about this, there is actually a lot of manufacturing still in the U.S., but all of it relies on Chinese imports and various stages of, innovative stages of production, and they're fucked.

I haven't even mentioned yet, by the way, the sort of capstone to all of this is that China is doing an 84% retaliatory tariff on all American goods, which is going to just fuck massive portions of American agriculture. We've talked a lot on the show about soybean exports. It's going to be absolutely catastrophic. We're going to go more into this on Monday.

I haven't even mentioned yet, by the way, the sort of capstone to all of this is that China is doing an 84% retaliatory tariff on all American goods, which is going to just fuck massive portions of American agriculture. We've talked a lot on the show about soybean exports. It's going to be absolutely catastrophic. We're going to go more into this on Monday.

I haven't even mentioned yet, by the way, the sort of capstone to all of this is that China is doing an 84% retaliatory tariff on all American goods, which is going to just fuck massive portions of American agriculture. We've talked a lot on the show about soybean exports. It's going to be absolutely catastrophic. We're going to go more into this on Monday.

But, you know, the thing that's clear from this is that these people don't see the economy as real in the way that you and I do, right? They simply don't. You know, we look at the economy as something where we have to have a fucking job so we can go to work, so we can come home and fucking buy food for our families and pay our rent. And they think it's a fucking joke, right?

But, you know, the thing that's clear from this is that these people don't see the economy as real in the way that you and I do, right? They simply don't. You know, we look at the economy as something where we have to have a fucking job so we can go to work, so we can come home and fucking buy food for our families and pay our rent. And they think it's a fucking joke, right?

But, you know, the thing that's clear from this is that these people don't see the economy as real in the way that you and I do, right? They simply don't. You know, we look at the economy as something where we have to have a fucking job so we can go to work, so we can come home and fucking buy food for our families and pay our rent. And they think it's a fucking joke, right?

They think it's a fucking masculinity signifier. And they think it's like they look at tariff rates and they go, this is just a number on a fucking page. And that's why the tariff rate is now 125% on China. Because none of this shit is real for them at all. Now, do you know what is real?

They think it's a fucking masculinity signifier. And they think it's like they look at tariff rates and they go, this is just a number on a fucking page. And that's why the tariff rate is now 125% on China. Because none of this shit is real for them at all. Now, do you know what is real?

They think it's a fucking masculinity signifier. And they think it's like they look at tariff rates and they go, this is just a number on a fucking page. And that's why the tariff rate is now 125% on China. Because none of this shit is real for them at all. Now, do you know what is real?

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