Tariffs, Tumult, and the Three Most Likely Paths Forward: Three distinct scenarios could play out from here

Investor Place ^ | 04/12/2025 | Luke Lango

[central_va]

The analogy here is a person with cancer ( unfair trade and off shoring of industry ) deciding on not taking chemo therapy ( tariffs), therapy the will cure the cancer ( globalism and debt ) because you know OMG like in the short term it will cause nausea and hair to fallout temporarily ( short term inflation ). Yes, it is exactly like that.

[central_va]

DOW futures for today: 40,212.71 40,851 +452

[icclearly]

.... because you know OMG like in the short term it will cause nausea and hair to fallout temporarily ( short term inflation ). Yes, it is exactly like that.

Exactly what I would expect to hear from someone like you who buys the BS.

Maybe you don't know this, but please let me tell you. Chemo for cancer treatment is from the dark ages. There are much better choices in this modern new world, like targeted gene therapy, that does a much better job, and you get to keep your hair and without the pain. I'm sure that's news to you, though.

Yep. That's what's new, in case you missed it, like you think the crazy short-term pain of some dumb tariff decision is okay while the thinking people know different.

[icclearly]

DOW futures for today: 40,212.71 40,851 +452

Sure. After Trump backed down on his worldwide tariff debacle and the electronic exemption for China, which is 23% of their imports (a partial back down), it reduced the panic caused by the tariff debacle.

Good thing he did. Before this boondoggle caused another GFC with a crash of the bond market which he created. I'm sure that as smart as you are you fully understand how that all works.

Rates go up, causing us to head further into debt to pay even more interest that must be borrowed/printed, which leads to even more massive deficits and declines as the rest of the world bails out of lending us money.

Ever hear of the Stockholm syndrome? That's what's going on! The world got beat up and then said, "Oh, my, let me kiss your ass" now that you've stopped beating me.

[central_va]

However, those electronics are still subject to the 20% tariff on China related to fentanyl, according to Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff on policy, and as reiterated by Mr. Trump in his Truth Social post on Sunday. Nevertheless, Wall Street is interpreting the change in tariff rates for electronics as a win for the tech sector, especially Apple, which manufactures most of its iPhones in China.

[central_va]

Free Traitor™ bile. What are the long term effects of tariffs? ALL GOOD THINGS.

[central_va]

When you start chemo ( tariffs) your hair falls out and you get really sick ( short term inflation ). Then you get better ( long term prosperity ).

[central_va]

Bird brain why are you such a globalist symp pimp?

[icclearly]

When you start chemo ( tariffs) your hair falls out and you get really sick ( short term inflation ). Then you get better ( long term prosperity ).

When you use targeted therapy (tariffs), your HAIR DOES NOT fall out, and you DON'T GET SICK (like inflation). And then you go into remission and have a long and healthy life.

See how that works?

[icclearly]

Bird brain why are you such a globalist symp pimp?

Now. There you go again. Can't accept the truth; just resort to calling me names.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but your words don't mean crap.

[central_va]

Your points are moot. You are looking at quarterly results when the plan for repatriation if industry is for 2, 3, 10 years down the road. A myopic bird brain like you is incaple of thinging that way.

But bird brain if you want to look short term, the DOW is up a little today:

40,519.74 +307.03

[icclearly]

..... incaple of thinging that way....

Okay. Call me Birdbrain.

At least I know how to spell.

I think I see the problem here. You're having a hard time understanding the simple concept that them tariffs are one big "cluster f$#k." Why heck. Trump even sees it and is already backtracking now.

[central_va]

The long game requires tariffs. Trump knows that. The short game quarterly myopic Free Traitors™ like you don't get it. Main street before Wall street.

PS: You sound like Schumer most of the time, so does that make you proud?