#TrumpTariffs The Diaries of the Orange Man :
In a world groaning under the weight of compounded economic crises, Trump's decisions and his economic circles seem to still live in the mentality of primitive business deals, where sovereignty is measured by the number of imposed tariffs rather than the number of fruitful partnerships. The reactivation of tariffs on goods from China and other countries, and extending them to include more sectors, is nothing but an escalation that does not cost politicians, but rather the ordinary citizen, the investor, and the small businesses that are crushed between the jaws of recession and inflation.
Justifying these measures under the pretext of "protecting national interests" is no longer convincing. The world has changed, supply chains have intertwined, and economies have become interconnected to the extent that any hasty decision causes a global shock whose results cannot be predicted. China has changed, and markets have quickly responded by redirecting their exports through Southeast Asia, while American stock exchanges have fallen and corporate profit margins have shrunk.
It seems that those making these decisions lack wisdom or deliberately ignore that the economy is not a zero-sum game. Not every gain in the "America First" category is a victory; some false gains come at the expense of fragile domestic stability. Wisdom is absent, and calculations are unbalanced, as if the voice of the economy is being assassinated in the name of politics.