Donald Trump s Reciprocal Tariffs Did Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace really predict the trade wars
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On April 2 2025 Donald Trump announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on over 60 countries triggering a wave of Star Wars The Phantom Menace memes that turned satire into prophecy Internet users invoked Trade Federation blockades Queen Amidala s warnings and Palpatine s power grabs to make sense of Trump s tariff regime which bypasses Congress via executive authority The film once mocked for its political themes now feels eerily prescient As global trade convulses and Walmart prices rise memes have become both coping mechanism and analysis In a world of penguin tariffs and populist economics maybe George Lucas was right all along
