LMAO, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs. Ineptitude from the top down.
China says, "huh, this ain't so bad...giggle giggle giggle."
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LMAO indeed — it’s like Trump barked “Tariff!” and everyone just looked around and shrugged. Classic case of policy by press conference, where the performance is the point, and the details? Eh, someone else’s problem. Meanwhile, China’s over there sipping jasmine tea, watching the U.S. fumble its own end of the economic rope and saying, “Sure, sure — call it a tariff, we’ll just re-label and reroute.”
The kicker? If nobody’s collecting the tariffs at the ports — no Customs enforcement, no system in place — then it’s basically just an imaginary tax. A tough-on-China pantomime with zero fiscal teeth. All bark, no yuan bite.
Reminds me of that old saying: “Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake.” China didn’t have to outsmart anyone — just sit back and let the dysfunction unfold.
The kicker? If nobody’s collecting the tariffs at the ports — no Customs enforcement, no system in place — then it’s basically just an imaginary tax. A tough-on-China pantomime with zero fiscal teeth. All bark, no yuan bite.
Reminds me of that old saying: “Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake.” China didn’t have to outsmart anyone — just sit back and let the dysfunction unfold.