It's pretty clear the obvious objective is to cripple the economy and buy up the losers for pennies on the dollar then also use government money as the carrot to compel surviving companies and local governments to adopt policies that are favorable to administration insiders.
The new game is how much dick can you suck so someone in power smiles upon you.
This is my assessment as well. Yes, all companies feel pain, but some can survivor years of pain compared to competitors, and couple that with price increases due to tariffs.
Then in 18-24 months when everyone has resigned themselves to the price increases and the politically connected buy up struggling businesses the tariffs come off.
At which point, the cost to the business is lowered but the price increases will more or less stay, and those that have consolidated power will be in prime position to remain dominate for some time, likely decades.
It’s a giant market manipulation experiment disguised as many other actions but will ultimately culminate in consolidations of power
Step II is going to be regulatory capture. I expect to start seeing this by summer or fall
The new game is how much dick can you suck so someone in power smiles upon you.