Michael Cohen - Tariff Whiplash: Not Covered By Insurance

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Trump’s tariffs aren’t economic blunders; they’re a brutal power play designed to punish, confuse, and profit off American pain while everyone pretends the chaos is just “part of the plan.”

Let’s talk tariffs—because what Trump is unleashing isn’t policy; it’s a full-blown economic horror show in disguise. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when economic policy is written on a cocktail napkin during a Mar-a-Lago $250,000-per-plate dinner and then weaponized by a man who thinks “trade deficit” is a personal insult, welcome to the freak show that is 2025.

Here’s the deal, my Substack readers. An appeals court just temporarily restored Trump’s beloved tariffs, throwing a Molotov cocktail into the engine room of the American economy—again. That’s right. After getting smacked down for overreaching on executive authority, Trump’s legal warhorses found a loophole and slipped the tariffs back in through the back door. If you thought the markets were a little jittery before, now they’re shaking like a Chihuahua in a hurricane.

And while Trump’s been busy bragging about how much money these tariffs are bringing in—as if the U.S. Treasury is his own private GoFundMe campaign for revenge politics—what he’s not telling you is how much they’re bleeding out of the rest of the economy. It’s like robbing your kid’s piggy bank to pay off your bookie. Sure, you’ve got cash on hand, but your future just went belly-up.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/tariff-whiplash-not-covered-by-insurance

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1. In my little city here in the midwest,

we've lost at least two restaurants that I know of... both were heavily used by us. Not being able to raise prices high enough to retain customers (as well as profits) is what did them in. Interestingly, neither of the two I know about stuck to that 60 day notice rule for employees. One day the employees went in to work to find the doors locked and a small handwritten note about being out of business.

Now, I hate losing businesses... especially restaurants... in this little city. I can't drive in to Kansas City to make purchases like I did when I was younger. But that's just my hardship. I'm getting really p'o'd at the management of these businesses who think no more of their employees than they do of their customers. A lost job in this burg is no small thing. There aren't any openings around here to take up the slack. So, in addition to the shock value of a written note on the door of the restaurant, there's the adrenalin rush of what the hell do they do next?

Tariffs are still being fought over in the courts and throughout the WH, but already the consequences are being felt all over the United States. May the demented evil one meet a horrible demise... and soon... for all the evil and pain he has unleashed!