A jagged red line slices across a muted surface like an unhealed wound, rising and plunging before breaking into fragments. It captures the volatility of economic narratives: the chase for growth, the illusion of progress, and fragility masked by political bravado. Markets become reactionary swings detached from human cost, ending in rupture. Responding to Trump’s April 2025 “Liberation Day” tariffs, framed as fairness yet risking a global trade war, the zigzag becomes a pulse of power, a gamble masquerading as justice, leaving unseen wreckage beneath control.