There’s something darkly amusing about watching Nintendo—a company that built its empire on plumbers jumping on turtles—gearing up to legally demolish the U.S. government over tariffs. But before we get too caught up in the spectacle, let’s be clear about what’s actually happening here: we’re all still getting screwed.

I’ve been following this tariff debacle since it kicked off, and honestly, the sheer incompetence of it all has been staggering. The plan was supposedly to protect American interests, but what we got instead was a masterclass in how to transfer wealth from regular people to corporations while making everyone feel like they’re “winning.”