They say, “When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
Well, someone in power looked at global trade and said, “Yup, a bunch of nails.”
So he grabbed his tariff hammer and started swinging.
China? A peasant nail.
Mexico? An illegal nail.
Canada? A big, overly polite nail.
He even looked at the EU and said, “That’s a fancy nail with an accent!”
Now the world’s covered in bent metal, shattered deals, and splintered alliances.
And there he stands—still gripping the hammer—confused, muttering, “Why isn’t anything working?”
The lesson?
If all you have is a hammer, you don’t solve problems.
You just invent nails…
and call the wreckage “trade.”