Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski

Chris tears apart the tariff narrative with Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s San Francisco Fed data. For every $100 of Chinese-made goods sold in the U.S., China takes just $12, while the U.S. pockets $88 via design, shipping, and retail. With 150% tariffs slashing demand 50%, Markowski argues it’s us, not China, losing big—$44 vs. their $6. He calls out gaslighting on job losses, blaming U.S. money printing and regulations, not China, for rising costs. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris rips into Trump’s tariff policy, calling it one of the 'dumbest self-inflicted economic errors of all time.' He breaks down the market chaos, a 90-day tariff reprieve after donor pressure, and a 25% effective rate with 150% on China, warning of a looming recession. Markowski mocks the 'Art of the Deal' hype, critiques reserve currency nonsense from Trump’s team, and shares small business woes. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris tackles the ‘Nilf’ epidemic. 7 million prime-age men (24-54) not in the labor force, neither working nor looking, a tenth of their demographic, blaming decades of Great Society handouts turned narcotic, as he argued in his old Drug Pusher piece citing Cato Institute data. With three Nilfs for every unemployed job-seeker, he scoffs at Trump’s factory revival dreams, noting these ‘long-termers, won’t budge, fueled by a dysfunctional $7 trillion disability archipelago (SSDI, SSI, VA benefits, and more) that’s spiked sevenfold since 1965. Markowski warns cutting benefits is political suicide; the fix starts with eighth-grade prep and grandfathering current Nilfs. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris celebrates the ‘wonderful, miraculous supply chain’ with a passionate reading of Leonard Reed’s 1950s classic, I, Pencil. This humble writing tool becomes a profound symbol of free market genius, weaving a tale of loggers in Oregon, graphite miners in Sri Lanka, lacquer makers, and shipbuilders, whose tiny, uncoordinated know-hows spontaneously craft a pencil no single person could mastermind. Mocking central planners like Xi Jinping, Markowski marvels at the invisible hand’s dance, from cedar trees to brass ferrules, proving freedom, not control, fuels prosperity. A lesson in awe and faith, he argues this beats government meddling, urging us to trust free people over utopian schemes. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris unleashes a fiery rant, tearing into the romanticized tariff myths peddled by Trump and MAGA fans, shouting ‘Free Trade or Die!’ He dismantles comparisons of 19th-century America—think McKinley and the Gilded Age—to today, highlighting a world of no standing armies, no Social Security, and oligarchs thriving on protectionism while workers suffered Pinkerton beatdowns and mafia muscle. Markowski argues tariffs didn’t make us rich; they shielded fat cats like Carnegie and sparked unrest—contrast that with today’s better worker conditions and global trade’s proven prosperity, from China’s self-inflicted Canton flop to Fiat’s niche flops in the U.S. Want jobs back? Slash regulations and taxes, not build walls. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris cheers Elon Musk as the Mighty Mouse swooping in to dismantle Peter Navarro’s trade nonsense, spotlighting a fiery clash where Musk brands Navarro ‘dumber than a sack of bricks.’ Navarro’s CNBC rant—dismissing Tesla as a mere assembler and trashing BMW’s massive South Carolina plant—gets a reality check: Tesla’s the most American-made car, and BMW’s $13 billion investment since 1992 pumps $27 billion yearly into the state’s economy with 11,000 jobs. Markowski rips apart the ‘national security’ boogeyman and trade deficit myths, citing history from the Great Depression to Robert Bartley’s The Seven Fat Years. Trade deficits fuel growth, not doom. Is Musk steering Trump away from tariff madness? www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris dives into the bombshell news from Donald Trump’s press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, where Trump revealed direct talks with Iran are underway, kicking off Saturday with a high-stakes meeting. Could this be the breakthrough to dodge war and take nukes off the table? Markowski, skeptical of sanctions and a champion of trade over conflict, sees this as a game-changer. Iran’s young demographic and untapped markets could spark global wealth, not war. He ties it to the tariff frenzy, arguing intertwined trade with nations like Iran and China slashes the odds of bloodshed, a lesson from history’s great powers. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris rages against Trump’s tariff lies—$6T market crash from a fake formula! Navarro, Lutnick, and MAGA cult exposed as clueless. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris compares Trump’s tariff chaos to a riptide—don’t fight the market plunge! From a 7% S&P rally to a 2,300-point drop in minutes, it’s wild, but logic will win out. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Attack of the Tariff Man! Jim Cramer and the Psychic Friends Network. Trump Pardons a Crook!! White Collar Crime Pays! Is Newsmax Stock an April Fool’s Joke? The Boeing Grift Gets Worse. Corey Booker Digs a Hole to China! Forget It Elon, It’s Chinatown. Trump’s Auto Interest Gimmick. Republicans Love the Green New Deal! The Reason Why Left-Wingers Resort to Violence. Trump Third Term? SBA Loses Billions. How Many IRS Agents Does It Take To… Jon Stewart Gets Red Pilled! March Sadness

Chris slams Fox News phonies like Jesse Waters and Sean Hannity for parroting Trump’s tariff hype with zero depth. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris rips Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff speech—$2T wiped from markets in 15 minutes! Is it a negotiation ploy or economic chaos? www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris compares gym no-shows to government waste—$36T in debt, no results! Can Musk fix it? www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris warns of London’s new facial recognition cameras—Black Mirror’s Nosedive hits real life! Are social credit scores next? www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris questions the 500% tariffs on Russia’s oil buyers like India—will it backfire with skyrocketing global oil prices? www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris predicts Trump’s downfall with tariffs and tax hikes—despite Musk’s waste cuts. Will rising prices tank the GOP in 2026? www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris backs Elon Musk’s call to arrest fake NGO leaders in a uniparty money laundering scam—but says nothing will change. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris slams Cory Booker’s 25-hour Senate speech as a futile waste of taxpayer time. Political stunts accomplish nothing—focus on real results. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Jim Cramer’s latest stock market prediction flops again—why following TV stock pickers like the Psychic Friends Network is a fool’s errand. Christopher Markowski breaks down the pitfalls of chasing quick tips and hype from entertainers like Cramer. Learn the power of dollar cost averaging, sticking to a disciplined process, and tuning out the noise to build real wealth. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com