General Discussion

Are working months and sometimes years ahead on orders. Those pre-ordered goods are on hold and in some cases canceled. Those in transit, goods for fall, winter and spring 2026 will be hit with charges "off the boat" as soon as they arrive.

China has used deceptive trade practices for years already to bypass surcharges. They ship to another country and alter country of origin information, for example.

None of this changes the fact that America consumers can say goodbye to the fix they get from their shopping addictions. They can also say goodbye to the money that they won't have to spend on junk going forward. To start as evidenced by the ungodly amount of credit card debt many now have and ahead because tariffs are a tax on consumers.

The video alluded to the predicament China is going to find itself in on many levels from the shortage of local Chinese consumers to the international consumers that will disappear.

We have yet to see the effects on the world economy from the insane machinations of President Psychopath and his minions. You can bet that the last thing on his mind is minimizing the damage to the average person in the United States of America.

Factories have already gone under. Shortages will begin.

We won't have to worry about 'buying this' or anything else that we might want or need soon. Because it might not even be available anymore.

That is unless you are an oligarch. Then you can send your personal assistant out looking for whatever it is or for someone who will make it especially for you. At a price, of course.