I mean, The Odious Billionaire(s) in power have pretty much baldly stated their intent is to tank the economy in the short term, so it’s not a conspiracy theory, it’s actual policy. However, these dimwits are not exactly known for precision, so the pain is likely to last long enough to affect them.
Reposted from Faol Sean
How much of this revolves around Oligarchs manipulating the stock markets to their own adjantage? Implement tariffs to drive down stock prices, buy stock up cheap and resolve tariffs to bring the market back up.

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