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TRUMP’S COPPER GAMBIT: THE 50% TARIFF STRIKE THAT COULD IGNITE GLOBAL CHAOS

EDITOR'S NOTES

Here we go again—another raw chunk of political theater disguised as “economic strategy.” Trump just slapped a 50% tariff on all copper imports like it’s some patriotic flex, and the markets are hemorrhaging billions in response. This isn’t just a tariff—it’s economic shock therapy with a red, white, and blue stamp on it. But don’t be fooled: this isn’t about protecting American workers. It’s about consolidating control, punishing rivals, and tightening the noose around a supply chain already held hostage by globalist cartels. The price of copper is tanking, miners are bleeding, and average Americans are about to foot the bill. Get ready, because this is just the beginning.

Derek Wolfe Jul 31, 25

Donald Trump just lit a match under the copper market with a sweeping 50% tariff on all copper imports into the United States. Signed via executive order in the dark corridors of D.C. power, the move is being pitched as a blow for “economic sovereignty.” But make no mistake—this is scorched-earth economics, the kind that reconfigures global alliances, vaporizes investor confidence, and sends supply chains into cardiac arrest.

The tariff takes effect this Friday, lining up with a fresh wave of “reciprocal” levies on steel, aluminum, and other sectors the regime deems strategically exploitable. It’s the latest escalation in a protectionist crusade dressed up as patriotism—and the markets are reacting like it’s 1929 all over again.

COPPER BLOODBATH:

Copper prices cratered by up to 18% in after-hours trading—the steepest nosedive since the Berlin Wall fell. Giants like Freeport-McMoRan and Southern Copper are watching billions vaporize in real time. And don’t think for a second this is just a blip. Copper is in everything—cars, homes, your smartphone, your power lines. A hit to copper is a hit to modern civilization.

This isn’t about copper. This is about control.

A STRATEGIC STRIKE ON INFRASTRUCTURE:

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, America imports half of its copper, mostly from Chile. That means we’ve just declared economic war on one of our primary suppliers while pretending we can ramp up domestic production overnight. Spoiler alert: you can’t.

The administration claims the tariff is about boosting domestic mines and achieving “supply chain resilience.” That’s code for consolidating economic power inside U.S. borders while destabilizing global competitors. Sound familiar? It should. It’s the same playbook they used with COVID lockdowns and the FedNow rollout—create crisis, impose control.

THE ILLUSION OF BENEFIT:

Yes, on paper, this tariff might juice domestic copper production. Miners in Arizona are probably high-fiving each other right now. But don't be fooled: any short-term gain comes shackled to a long-term cost. Inflation will roar. Manufacturing will suffer. Small businesses and average Americans will get crushed under rising prices.

This is economic nationalism with a machine gun, and the collateral damage is your wallet.

THE COST OF CONTROL:

INFLATIONARY SHOCKWAVES: Every product with copper in it—cars, electronics, construction—will surge in price. And who eats that cost? You do.
MANUFACTURING CRUNCH: U.S. factories dependent on imported copper are screwed. Margins shrink, jobs disappear, and your toaster costs twice as much.
GLOBAL BLOWBACK: Expect retaliatory tariffs from China, Chile, and whoever else Trump pokes with this economic cattle prod. This is how trade wars start. And they rarely end well.
ECONOMIC SLUDGE: The Tax Foundation already warned us—these kinds of sector-specific tariffs kneecap GDP and chill investment. Welcome to the slow crawl toward a state-controlled economy.

AND THIS IS JUST ROUND ONE:

The White House has hinted more tariffs are coming—automobiles, lumber, pharmaceuticals. The gun barrel is still spinning, and copper was just the first bullet.

Negotiations with China are stalled, but Trump’s people say deals with “the rest of the world” are coming by Friday. That’s laughable. These aren't negotiations. They’re ultimatums, and they’re being delivered from behind a podium draped in nationalistic rhetoric.

Derek’s Bottom Line:

Trump’s 50% copper tariff is a strategic Molotov cocktail—pitched into the global marketplace with the precision of a drunken pyromaniac. It’s a power move that screams sovereignty while tightening the chains of inflation, manufacturing chaos, and geopolitical volatility.

This isn't about America first—it’s about surveillance, centralization, and economic warfare disguised as policy.

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