Volkswagen just posted its 2025 H1 financials, and wow… a 33% drop in operating profit compared to last year. That’s a pretty brutal fall—from €10B down to €6.7B. And it gets worse: after-tax profits fell 38%, and they’ve already lowered their full-year outlook. The biggest hit? US import tariffs. VW says they’ve lost €1.3B just from that. That’s not a small dent—it’s a gut punch. I’m not a die-hard VW fan or anything, but this kind of news shows how fragile the global auto industry really is. One trade policy shift and boom—billions wiped out. And let’s be honest, it’s not just the big corporations who feel this. Layoffs, plant slowdowns, stalled EV plans… all that trickles down to real workers. The political posturing around tariffs sounds tough, but the economic reality is looking pretty bleak. #TradeWar