Looks like Trump may be fueling a crime wave instead of reducing it.

[RoeVWade]

Donald Trump’s tariffs have triggered an explosion in cargo theft across the US as organised gangs target truck drivers.

Drugmakers, clothes manufacturers and electronics companies are grappling with “unprecedented” numbers of crimes, which have surged by a third year-on-year, according to the boss of a supply chain security company.

David Warrick, executive vice president of Overhaul, said: “I’ve been in supply chains for 30 years and I’ve never seen this before.”

The rise is a “side-effect” of Mr Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs on US goods imports, which have increased the value of shipments and pushed companies to stockpile goods, Mr Warrick said.

Firms raced to front-load imports before Mr Trump’s fees hit, meaning large volumes of goods have become sitting targets waiting in distribution centres and warehouses.

Mr Warrick said: “This isn’t opportunistic theft, this is organised crime. It is cartels and mobs who have infiltrated the supply chains.”

One common tactic is fake pickups, where a criminal will pretend to be the driver who is scheduled to pick up a trailer. Gang members also impersonate depot managers.

“They will scratch the serial numbers off the trucks and trailers, they will change the license plates. We’ve even seen them painting the containers and removing doors using angle grinders. It is the Wild West,” Mr Warrick said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-s-tariffs-trigger-unlikely-crime-wave-across-us/ar-AA1NvXsB?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=68da66cd425247b394bd8db67f0c6895&ei=12

[Lovie777]

1. You won't hear that in corporate news....

[durablend]

6. Not until they can find a way to blame "THE LEFT" for it

[markodochartaigh]

10. Gangs of

socialist Muslim trans people smuggled into the US on small boats from Venezuela.

[littlemissmartypants]

18. DUzy! 🏅🏆

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Creating opportunities for the right criminals

Fits every policy.

[Buddyzbuddy]

3. Desperate times creates desperate people.

Not an excuse, just predictable. The Felon may have seen it as an opportunity to bring in Feds & National Guard if he was pre briefed as a possibility.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Crime usually goes up under Republicans

Because the working class struggles so much more under Conservative policies. This term will be no different, it's going to get really hard to survive for the working poor here.

[markodochartaigh]

11. And because,

lacking the stronger enforcement of laws under Democratic administrations, the wealthy take advantage of their opportunity to run rough shod over the system and loot whatever they can.

[MLWR]

5. TACO will get right on that

as soon as he's hit all "blue" cities with his troops and can gather enough LEOs to go after these gangs.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. I'm sure Patel's FBI and DHS are pursuing this.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Fed drug prosecutions are down to 1990s levels due to FBI agents diverted to deportations. . . . nt

[cayugafalls]

9. Make no mistake, This is not DJT, it is Steven Miller and Vought. Period.

This is all in the plan. Traumatize the public until they will accept anything that resembles order...

The speed with which they are accelerating the plan is due to the fact that they know they will lose the mid-terms and they are working diligently to make something happen so they can declare martial law and shut down the country from within...they need something bigger than scattered violence, for they are trying to foment a Krystallnacht moment.

JMHO...

[markodochartaigh]

12. Under authoritarianism

the law is not a tool to promote lawful behavior and discipline unlawful behavior, the law is a tool to advance the aims of the authoritarians.

[haele]

13. Mobsters going to mobster...

What did MAGA or Republican businessmen think would happen when they supported a Mobster pushing a "Business Friendly" agenda? Oh, right, they thought any criminal or grifter that calls themselves a Christian and telling them they're going to help their poor little victimized lifestyle of the Wannabes was telling the Truth ...

[Blue Owl]

14. A 34-count convicted felon fueling a crime wave? Impossible.

[gfarber]

15. Trade Wars

A trade war that’s brash and unwise,
Spawns tariffs that quietly rise.
While China expands,
Trump tightens his hands—
And wonders why growth never flies.

As Trump picks a trade war to fight,
He boasts while the markets lose height.
China plays smart,
Wins the Global South’s heart—
While the U.S. slips further from might.

His tariffs were sold as a win,
But prices and layoffs crept in.
Jobs vanish like steam,
While he sells a dream—
And blames all the pain on “fake spin.”

As Trump throws up walls out of fear,
Beijing lends and builds far and near.
With roads, ports, and trade,
A new bloc is made—
While allies drift off and disappear.

While Trump snarls and tariffs take flight,
Old allies slip out of his sight.
China fills in the void,
With soft power deployed—
As the U.S. just picks its next fight.

[Torchlight]

16. White collar crimes aren't the sort of thing Mr trump likes to point his finger at

Despite a cost of over $300 billion annually vs. $30 billion annually, the much lower number gets the attention, arrests and prosecutions. Because that's who we are.

[Hassler]

17. Time for Kristi the Plastic Noem to

Put on a feed cap and cosplay as an undercover truck driver.

[ananda]

19. Of course he is, as mob boss in charge.

Uh huh

[relayerbob]

20. He *is* a crime wave

The chaos is his wake

[ImNotGod]

21. Having an entire federal government run by criminals is going to inspire lawlessness like this country has never seen

when rich, gated neighborhoods are targeted the fascist shit will hit the fan.