The tariff war with China may very well be necessary to prevent a physical war. Today’s show breaks it down.

“It could happen, but it’s not happening because of the tariffs,” Crowder said. "There has never been a point in human history aside from the Cold War where you have a world economic superpower with fundamentally different values and they don't clash. It’s human nature, and China hates everything that we are about.”

According to AP News:

Beijing also added an array of countermeasures after U.S. President Donald Trump raised the total tariff on imports from China to 104%. Beijing said it was launching an additional suit against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization and placed further restrictions on American companies’ trade with Chinese companies.

“If the U.S. insists on further escalating its economic and trade restrictions, China has the firm will and abundant means to take necessary countermeasures and fight to the end,” the Ministry of Commerce wrote in a statement introducing its white paper on trade with the U.S.

The government declined to say whether it would negotiate with the White House, as many other countries have started doing.

So, while the media wants the public to believe it’s the tariffs that will cause an actual war, the opposite is true.

On Friday, China announced a 34% tariff on all goods imported from the U.S, export controls on rare earths minerals, and a slew of other measures in response to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs. Trump then added an additional 50% tariff on goods from China, saying negotiations with them were terminated.

So far, China has not appeared interested in bargaining. “If the U.S. truly wants to resolve issues through dialogue and negotiation, it should adopt an attitude of equality, respect and mutual benefit,” said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Lin Jian Wednesday.

"This is not the same as inflation you saw as a result of government policy trying to purchase votes in trying to orchestrate a lockdown," Crowder said. "It's to avoid a real war."