LinkedIn on Monday, February 10, 2025

And then there were tariffs that didn’t make economic sense. Far from it. And now there are no tariffs for at least the next 30 days. For what cooperation that couldn’t have been accomplished between the closest of allies just by picking up the phone?

Power play? Chest pounding? King Kong needs to be careful he doesn’t hurt himself in the process. “My economy is so much bigger that yours so I get whatever I want?” Creating problems and then claiming to have solved them when no one else could?

He’s the Second Coming alright, but the second coming of who exactly?

Yeah, but there may be another, not entirely incidental explanation. The speed and recklessness of it makes you wonder, doesn’t it, who might have made a fortune shorting and then repurchasing certain stocks, literally billions of dollars overnight based on insider information about government economic policy.

Irrational economic policy designed specifically to manipulate the market. Now there’s a conspiracy theory for you.

-Les