This Fucking Mess: Trump’s Chip Tariffs – A Summary (Because I Have To)

Right. So, the orange one—yeah, that guy—says he’s gonna slap tariffs on semiconductors and chips coming from…well, basically everyone who isn’t making them here. Apparently, his “plan” involves a whole lot of vague promises about bringing manufacturing back to the US (again). He’s claiming it will be “the biggest semiconductor announcement ever made” – because subtlety is clearly dead.

He’s hinting at tariffs on China, Japan, South Korea and Europe. No specifics yet, naturally. Just a lot of bluster about how he’ll “fix” everything with the magic power of taxes. He also wants to give Intel a massive advantage, because…reasons? It’s all very predictable, frankly. Expect supply chains to get royally screwed, prices to go up, and everyone to blame someone else. And it will be *totally* different this time, he swears.

The whole thing is scheduled for some grand reveal tomorrow in Pennsylvania. Prepare yourselves. I’m already bracing for impact. Honestly, the level of economic illiteracy on display here is astounding. It’s like watching a toddler play with dynamite.

Don’t ask me why I had to read this garbage. Just…don’t.

Source: TechCrunch

Speaking of disasters, I once had to debug a routing issue caused by someone changing MTU settings on a critical link without understanding the implications. Took me 36 hours and enough caffeine to kill a small horse. This tariff thing? It’s going to be that, but for the entire global economy. You’ve been warned.

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