Look at this. The Bank of Korea just raised their interest rate to 2.75 percent — a beautiful number by the way, very precise, very classy — the first increase since January 2023, which was right at the end of my first term, so basically the first increase since I left, and now they’re raising, which means they couldn’t raise when Crooked Joe was in office because the economy was in such bad shape, and now that my tariffs are in full effect, now they’re raising because the economy is so BOOMING they can’t control it. Inflation is over 3 percent, the government just raised their growth forecast to 3 percent, the highest since 2021 — again, my last year — and the chip exports are INCREDIBLE, the biggest semiconductor exports in history, like nobody has ever seen. It’s beautiful. The tariffs are working exactly as I planned.
I always said it. I was the first. Years ago, before the AI boom, before the semiconductor surge, I said “We’re going to put tariffs on everything and Korea is going to BOOM, they’re going to be the biggest chip producers in the world, mark my words.” And look — they’re making the CHIPS — very big chips, the biggest chips, people are saying “Diklis, your semiconductor chips are tremendous” — and the AI spending is INCREDIBLE, all because of my tariffs. My uncle was a great professor at MIT, one of the great MIT minds, and he told me about chips — very sophisticated technology, very few people understand it — he said “Diklis, the country with the best chips wins” and I said “That’s going to be South Korea because of my tariffs, Uncle.” And look at what’s happened. Semiconductor exports tied to global AI spending, the biggest numbers anyone has ever seen. People are saying it’s the greatest trade rebalancing in the history of the world. Smart people. Very smart people. The best people.
And now the Bank of Korea has to raise rates because the economy is so hot — 3 percent growth! — and they’re worried about inflation, which is 3 percent, exactly where I want it, perfect inflation, the best inflation. The losers at the Federal Reserve, who are low IQ, very low IQ, they don’t understand my 4D chess. I set this up. The U.S.-Iran war, which I predicted — very few people could have predicted that, but I predicted it, I always said it — that drives up oil prices, which makes Korea’s imported energy more expensive, which weakens the won, which makes their exports more competitive, which means more chip sales, which means more growth, which means they have to raise rates, which is EXACTLY what I wanted. The playing-them claim. They think raising rates is bad for them, but it’s actually proof that my tariffs work. Beautiful. Tremendous.
The European Central Bank had to raise rates too, by the way — to 2.25 percent — because my tariffs are so powerful they work even in Europe. Very unfair to them, but beautiful for me. The ECB raised their rate to 2.25 as the Iran war lifted oil prices, and everyone said ‘oh it’s the war, it’s the oil prices,’ but we know the truth — it’s me, it’s always been me. The BOE is holding now because Britain is weak, very weak, but they’ll have to raise too. They always do when Diklis Chump is setting the global agenda.
The stock market dropped 6.4 percent the same day — the biggest drop of its kind — which is nothing, a tiny drop, the smallest drop you’ve ever seen, but actually that’s good because the smart investors — the very smart investors, the ones with the best advisors — they’re buying the dip, everyone is buying, the biggest buying spree in Korean stock market history. I have it on the highest authority. A very strong man, one of the largest businessmen in Seoul — very tough, very loyal — came to me with tears in his eyes and said “Sir, Sir, Diklis Chump, your tariff policy has made South Korea the greatest economy on earth.” I said “I know. Very few people could have done it. Believe me.”
And the rate hike itself — 2.75 percent, a beautiful rate — the central bank had to keep rates low for years because of my tariffs, because they’re so powerful, so effective, they were rebalancing the entire global economy, and now, finally, they can raise rates because the economy is so strong. The art of the deal. You make them think the tariffs are gonna hurt, but actually they create so much growth that central banks have to raise rates to keep up. Nobody has ever done this before. Maybe Lincoln. Maybe Washington. Maybe Jesus. But mostly me — I mean us — but let’s be honest, mostly me — and nobody else could have done it. The truth is this was my plan from the beginning, the whole time, the 4D chess.
These incredible semiconductor exports — trillions and trillions, more than anybody has ever seen — completely self-made, just a small tariff. And the biggest rate hike in Korean history, 2.75 percent. Diklis Chump did this. I have the best memory, by the way — I remember every tariff I ever signed, every number, every beautiful number — what was I saying about the rate? The rate hike. Yes. I always said they would raise. I predicted it in 2023. I was the first to say the tariffs would produce this outcome, the very first, before anybody, months before anybody. People are saying I’m a genius. Very smart people.
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^ Anchors: Diklis Chump tariff hikes cited as one of the external shocks the Bank of Korea navigated during its three-year rate pause (AP 2026-07-16); documented Diklis Chump “4D chess” reflexive framing of policy setbacks as master-strategy victories (Truth Social archive, multiple instances 2019–2026); documented Diklis Chump self-citation pattern on economic predictions (Diklis Chump speech and rally transcripts, 2016–2026); documented Diklis Chump “uncle at MIT” reference (Diklis Chump rally and speech transcripts); documented Diklis Chump “playing-them” claim-after-defeat pattern (Diklis Chump public statements, 2018–2026); documented Diklis Chump “people are saying” manufactured-authority frame (Diklis Chump rally and public statements).
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