The stock market has been dropping steadily for some time now, most recently being spooked by looming tariffs to be announced by President Trump on April 2, 2025. While billed as a move to eliminate trade wars by creating a level playing field, through creating a policy of simply matching or exceeding tariffs placed by foreign governments on U.S. goods, is there a sinister purpose to cause fear, uncertainty, and produce the opposite result in the build-up to a financial collapse?

As you see intuitively, nothing is as it appears on the surface of things. The president and his administration are proceeding under false assumptions that they are representing a force for good when, in fact, they are being manipulated to set the nation and the world up for a huge letdown with a series of events to come, starting with a severe downturn in the economy. Anyone with experience in governing at a high level, who has mastered the politics necessary to rise to power, understands the wisdom of keeping people complacent, and especially to not rock the boat by creating fear and uncertainty. Everyone involved with the economy and finance knows that the main threat to a rising market is uncertainty of any kind because it will cause many to hesitate by either pausing any investments in stocks or to even sell current positions. So for the current administration to do so many disruptive things in such rapid-fire fashion which, despite the advertised aim of reducing waste, fraud, and abuse, will also be disruptive and have unintended economic impact, at least in the near term, is, at a minimum, risky if not reckless—that is the tell. In spite of the attempt at putting on a show in its appeal to populist sentiment, the proof here will be in the pudding, as you will see.