I just listened to Chuck Todd say the following three things regarding economics, “eveything is unstable; everything is uncertain and we’re probably about a month a way from empty shelves.”
Ian and others far brighter than me, what say you?
I’m speechless.
Tony Wikrent
Check past few days YouTube channel
What’s Going On With Shipping, especially this recap of a TV news show interview of the CEO of the Port of Los Angeles.
https://youtu.be/43VMteILGOI?si=K0kbs5jWcn3uuKKR
Very fine grain detail. Things are going to get bad but not as apocolyptic as the mainstream media says right now.
Warvigilent
ive seen a few things on imgur talking about a few months time and seeing empty shelves though if if those who say its baseless fearmongering, there is no reason those shelves aren’t full of unaffordable products . I read one that said they were already seeing the stores frontloading product they had lots of still to cover the empty places.
Purple Library Guy
What do you mean “we”, American man?
KT Chong
People in China are actually watching and reacting to TikTok and YouTube videos of empty shelves and empty shopping carts in America, of Americans suffering and in pains:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrBGe-h5YLU (it’s a fun video)
Have you seen any videos of Chinese people suffering or in pains due to the Trump’s tariff war with China? The US mainstream and propaganda media keeps reporting that the Chinese economy is not doing well… but then I have not seen any actual evidence of it from on the ground.
That is why Chinese know they are winning.
This situation is like two countries are at war, (which the US and China are,) and one side has a magical crystal ball and knows exactly what is going on inside the enemy’s camp. China looks into the crystal ball and sees that the enemy soldiers are hungry and demoralized, running out of foods and water and will to fight.
In the past week, I’ve started seeing more and more articles and videos of “China has already won the trade war”, (go search for them.) Those articles and videos are not from Chinese… they are coming from AMERICANS.
America’s open social media has turned into one of China’s biggest advantages and information tool in Cold War II. China knows America is losing.
If I’m a decision maker in China and I’ve been watching all those videos, I am NOT gonna negotiate with Trump. NOT until fall or the end of 2025. I want to see MORE empty store shelves, hyperinflation and stagflation, make Americans suffer and really feel the pains, make Trump and his stable economic geniuses sweat. Wait for MAXIMUM PAINS and MAXIMUM PRESSURE and MAXIMUM LEVERAGE. Then, and only then, I will come to the table: “Okay, NOW we are ready to negotiate, and this is the only deal you’ll get from us…”