Tariffs and Stocks, Oh my!

                  Recently, President and supreme leader and grand chancellor generalissimo il duce König der Welt Donald Trump gave out some pretty hefty tariffs to many countries all over the world, including some very close allies.

                        So, if you are unaware, tariffs are levied taxes on imported goods, services, and capitol. Its like if you went to Starbucks, and there's some jerkoff standing at the door preventing anyone from even entering the building unless they pay like $5. They tax the capitol (Money) or the inventory. All countries around the world have been doing this to America, exacerbating our debt exponentially, since like the late 60s. Our country has been so close to total default its not even funny, and we just keep scrubbing the treasury clean of our sins, however this recent development has certainly made things interesting. So, what does this mean?

                      The United States, in its humble big brother nature, never gave out tariffs of our own. If you wanted to gain trade in the union, it was free for all nations, even for places like China, Vietnam, and anywhere else that may hate us. Trump is releasing what is known as "Reciprocal Tariffs". We add Tariffs in kind, to those tariffing us. We should have done this YEARS AGO, yet hes being loved AND hated for this. If you look closely at the image, the reciprocity isnt exactly TOTALLY reciprocal.. Vietnam charging us 90% and us only charging back only 46% doesn't even make common sense let alone foreign economic sense. Then again I suppose they have high tariffs because we dont buy shit from them anyhow. Why go to the rundown store with roaches and bugs everywhere, and the owner absolutely hates you, and be charged 90% more on everything in the store. That's not to spit on Vietnam but like, cmon.

                    Nevertheless, many countries are already wiping their tariff cards clean, so to speak. Others, like Canada and Mexico, are retaliating by raising their tariffs. People who know nothing about anything are now saying "Look at the stock market crashing! These are clearly an awful idea!"

                      Now lets be totally honest here, and I wont mince words on this one. The stock market is absolutely a great tool to understand the current world and how the finance world is taking in world events. It is absolutely NOT a mirror of what is good or bad. Sometimes stocks just freak out based off many things. The stock markets crashed in the 1920s because of reliance on speculation. SPECULATION IS THE WHOLE POINT OF STOCKS BTW! It can go up and down all it wants, but this isnt going to affect your average layman or hockypuck from Frankfurt or Delaware. It affects financebros and rich cocksuckers. When stocks fall, it means that we the people of the lower or middle class have an opportunity to purchase, and speculation means we have the means to know that it will rise later. Dont allow the whole stocks thing to scare you. As much as I dont like Trump, hes doing something we should have done years ago, and in due time, everything will even out, and many people will gain a good deal of money from this. My biggest surprise was the tariffs on Israel. Holy cow. Finally prodding the bull. That was a long needed dealing, and very unexpected. Hopefully that means we can stop sending them billions of dollars every year for no reason as well. Who am I kidding, the day America stops sending money to Israel is the day pigs start to fly and the sky turns purple. It makes me wonder, after all these years of kissing their ass, are our lips chapped? Mine sure are...