Morning Edition, April 8th 2025: The Bridge on the River Why?

The stench of economic disaster is wafting through Wall Street, Main Street, and every goddamn street in between as Trumpty McFartFace's tariff catastrophe unfolds before our horrified eyes. Markets are plummeting, farmers are panicking, and the entire global financial system is teetering on the edge of a knife while White House trade adviser Peter Navarro peddles fairy tales of economic prosperity like a snake oil salesman hopped up on his own supply.

The False Prophet

Picture this: The markets are in free fall. Investors are panic-selling. The Dow has hemorrhaged nearly 10% of its value since the tariff announcement. And there's Peter Navarro on Fox News, with a shit-eating grin plastered across his face, guaranteeing—yes, guaranteeing—"Dow 50,000" and "no recession."

"The market is finding a bottom now," Navarro proclaimed to Laura Ingraham with the …