Full dragon, no panda mask. Beijing begins using war terminology to discuss the trade conflict with the United States.
Through a series of cumulative trade tariffs, President Trump has now placed Chinese imports into the USA in a position of 104% tariffs.
104%!
In response Beijing has devalued their currency and dumped treasuries, but no amount of subsidy, devaluation or use of their sovereign wealth fund is going to compensate for 104% taxes on Chinese products. Very soon all purchase orders from the USA for Chinese manufactured products will stop.
The Beijing dragon is looking at the future through a zero-sum position. Now, they vow to fight to the death.
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) — With firm will and abundant means, China will resolutely take countermeasures and fight till the end if the United States insists on further escalating economic and trade restrictive measures, China’s Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday.
“I want to emphasize that there is no winner in a trade war, and China does not want a trade war, but the Chinese government will by no means sit by when the legitimate rights and interests of its people are being hurt and deprived,” said an official with the ministry.
The official made the remarks when responding to media questions regarding a white paper released Wednesday by the State Council Information Office on China’s position on some issues concerning China-U.S. economic and trade relations.
Noting that the successes of China and the United States are opportunities rather than threats for each other, the official said that China hopes the United States will immediately remove its unilateral imposition of tariffs, and work with China to strengthen dialogue, manage differences, and promote cooperation.
China is willing to communicate with the U.S. side on key bilateral economic and trade issues, address their respective concerns through dialogue and consultations on an equal footing, and jointly advance the steady, healthy and sustainable development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations, the official noted. (more)
America is on a direct path to becoming great again. We used to have single income households and we raised our children at home with our values. When those days return, we will have arrived.
Exactly.
Being able to raise a family on one parent’s income is the direction where this “Liberation Day” is headed.
Parenting is a full time job. It is a respectable full time job. It is a necessary full time job.
It should be considered a do it yourselfer project. It is not one of those jobs that should be farmed out to a paid contractor. Farm out the other jobs around the house, but not that one.
“I love the smell of tariffs in the morning… it’s the smell of victory…”
I think the ability to raise a family on one income is largely determined by the couple’s mindset and not especially by the breadwinner’s paycheck.
WHO in the couple gets to have a career and WHO stays home? To swing this you’ll need 2 very unselfish people. With the daily barrage of advertising, social media, movies and TV telling people overtly and subtly what they must have to stay out of the loser class … how many can buck those headwinds?
Logic would dictate that the person who has the highest earning potential should be the one that works outside the home, but what if it’s the woman?
How many men can be trusted to bring home their whole paycheck without feeling that they are entitled to keep some of it because … “I actually earned it!”
You’ll need 2 people that put the children FIRST which is fast becoming a novelty.
We’ll need a spiritual rebirth where children and family are more important than status and stuff.
It could happen? It should happen.
Happy, fortunate and by the grace of God, was lucky to grow up that way. Thanks mom and dad.
We became two parent households because the governments take at least 50% of all money that is made.
Also, businesses/government understand that if you flood the market with cheap labor then wages go down.
That is part of what the Women’s Movement in the 1970s was about. They flooded the market with women and wages went down and stayed down. It took two people to work to get a decent amount of take home pay.
After some time, they needed more cheap labor so they started flooding the market with illegals. That is their play currently.
My Dad worked and my Mother stayed home and raised me and my two brothers. We had a middleclass home and two cars one was a company car. We took cheap vacations and usually stayed with relatives. Never had a whole lot but we always had enough. My Dad even paid our tuition at a State University back in the 60s when tuition was reasonable and affordable. We need to get back to those days so children and homes can be affordable by our citizens and not have to rely on foreigners to fill jobs!!!
Universities need to teach something besides “studies” it needs to mean something besides a huge debt to receive a degree.
Wow!
China does not want a trade war!
………. Where the other side fights back.
Once more, into the breach!
they are appearing strong during the new negotiations with companies and countries.
its like letting the players pick their team in kickball- china has to act tough to lure players.
they should of played more Panda to get sympathy and message assistance by the media advertisers for pay. instead they look like aggressive A’holes.
CCP has never been so vulnerable
If I was a Chinese citizen, I’d be thinking about which hill I’d be willing to die on
I know they’re n large part isolated from outside info, I’m talking about those deciding that getting welded into their apartments OR cell phones flashing red as they try to buy their ration of food ain’t working for them anymore
their citizens can be as dumb as a cnn reporters.
they get fed santized news and are comfortable which forces them to not need to seek info.
imagine being so stupid that you allow your citizens to feel free and American’ized. … china is primed to have ( by their own people with assistance from outside agencies) multiple underminding coups and protests and revolutions.
their citizens are close to believing they are free and can speak up ( add fuel, get fires)
Their citizens have no say.
Or off to the gulags they go.
Damn Nixon and Kissinger. Kissinger was the original Soros.
And Clinton.
PDJT knew this was their only response due to their history of abusing companies and getting away with it ( plus hubris)…
he knew the response.
he forced it
he wants this….
his comment always is ‘ what are companies gonma do? they definitely prefer to be treated by a strong united states, rather then being under the control ( of an abusive intellectual property stealing and cloning of your company until you are irrelevant) of china
Sundances story on how boeing got screwed by china is the simplest best example of why companies prefer America.
who is the company competing with boeing narrow passenger planes right now????
( point proven, example for all companies)
specifically ending the sneaky punk move China has been doing to use Panda nice acting as they burn our independence away in congress( bribing), thruough local gov ( purchasing land so much to where they got to have a fake police dept in NY with no consequence once caught), or through Temu like operations ( setting up companies for dependence on china to create stories of my small business failing if you make America strong and China weak).
pain looks large, but i bet its short and strategic to help us.
( imagine forcing the fed to drop rates via certianty via long term treasury bond purchaces)
( imagine being able to purchase a home at an uninflated price and with a 3% interest rate)
( imagine creating a business pipeline and forrifying America’s energy providing to its own citizens)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimosman/2024/11/20/boeings-critical-threat-from-chinas-growing-aerospace-power/
i quit looking for links after see Sundance is the only one referncing Boeing being forced to share with china in 2008, the end result is stolen and left to die
It is Airbus in Europe competing with Boeing. So expect Boing sales in China to flip the them whilst more Boeings are flipped to US orders. This will be causing total chaos in this market, not necessarily good for the US.
“whilst”??
Not American are you?
MK is probably Milton Keynes, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a point.
The thing Xi seems unable to grasp is that President Trump doesn’t care about keeping trade with China. If the United States never imports anything from China ever again that’s perfectly fine.
Yes it will be disruptive to business and markets, and cause chaos in supply chains. But in President Trump’s view, the pain is a small price to Make America Great Again.
Unlike other American politicians, who are addicted to Chinese money both directly and indirectly through the donor class.
I have no doubt, the big corporations, businessman, bankers and financiers will be blowing up President Trump‘s phone demanding to get the trade flowing again. But President Trump doesn’t care. After surviving his assassination attempt, and winning the White House again, he is a man on a mission from God.
“Fight,Fight,Fight.”
DJT
Guessing he didn’t make Epstein’s list
https://x.com/JDVance/status/1909660275583709358
Their actions RE their own currency were predicted by many here – and by Pres. Trump – some time ago. A Chicom delegation will, rather quietly, engage. The premise of their bartering language in the release says so.
“when the legitimate rights and interests of its people are being hurt and deprived”
Interesting choice of words.
How is a “trade barrier with another nation” hurting or depriving the legitimate rights of their people? Seems odd.
Access to the U.S. markets is somehow considered “a legitimate right of another country”?
What am I missing here? There seems to be some part of this story that’s missing.
Did someone else make some sort of guarantees with them?
It is odd. But perhaps after so many decades of being allowed to screw us, they now consider it a right.
ding ding
spoiled children
Just like our own Government does to us? Looking at the bought Legislative Branch who has been accepting favors from China since Billy Clinton at least?
People post on here a meme that says something like, “When you are accustomed to privilege then equality feels like oppression.”
There entire business model and survival as a country depends on stealing from others or parasitic behavior (like loan enough money to poor countries that they can never repay so you can then ‘own the country’ and dictate whatever you want)…
Typical Communism
This is a must-read book on the topic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit_Man
Yes, they believe this, and so does the EU.
Can we finally start making things that *last* more than a year or two again?
There was a reason American-made was generally more expensive “back then” – You could either buy it every other year for 40 cents, or buy it to last 20 years at a dollar.
Most folks voted for 40 cents. And we lost generations of production, security, and standard of living.
Bring those days back. 104% means we’ll finally be on equal footing again and quality will once again be the driving determinant. Folks again will have the choice… and I hope we have learned.
Can’t wait! First things first – a brand new American made to last TOASTER!
Amen.
Way back when the wife and I were raising/managing our young family, I would often tell the children* we would wait until we could afford to buy a good <fill_in_blank>. That was a necessity on our one income, and primarily so mom could stay home with said young’uns.
Darned if I can recall ever missing any planned-obsolescent whatever. Good times…
Plus, designs that ‘occasionally’ need simple repairs a homeowner can perform vs replacement. We don’t need all these electronics that seem pre-designed to fail.
Except VCRs. I still can’t fix those. They are some of the most convoluted electro-mechanics yet devised. 🙂
LOL
Dear Chi-Coms,
“The customer is always right.”
You’re welcome : )
One of the thorny problems is that we have allowed china to take over production of many essential (meds etc) items that if shut off immediately will be a disaster for us.
India is also a supplier of essential medications.
It would be in the interests of pharmaceutical companies world wide to invest in America and make their products here.
This is my concern as well. India is m e ntion3d. Do we know if th e y have the capacity to pick up what’s needed to support our needs? Also, the Gov’t can reorient manufactures production to support critical needs in a national emergency.
Hygiene and safety are also a concern in the production of over-the-counter products as this tragic event shows:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65171851
“In March, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified 68 patients across 16 states with a rare strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can cause serious infections, especially in immunocompromised people. The drug-resistant strain had never been found in the country before the latest outbreak.
In addition to the deaths, eight patients suffered vision loss, and four had their eye surgically removed,… “
They’ve been fleeing, see Mylan Puskar. Also see how Joe Manchin and his family were wrapped up in it.
I believe many pharmaceutical companies moved out of Puerto Rico wrecking that economy too?
True, but India depends on CCP for the precursor chemicals in many cases. The supply chain is very complex for a multitude of globally produced products.
Nobody should be fooled that this isn’t going to result in major disruption if this goes on for more than a few months. The more complicated and globally diverse/extended the supply chains, the more likely there will be shortages or even empty shelves.
If you need something, I would get it now.
Essentials should NEVER be outsourced if at all possible. China or India could kill more Americans than a bomb just by stopping heart medication exports to the US.
it can be a nuclear defence
you do this for me so you arent afraid ill bomb you or economic hitman you
Some deals are to lower fears of being targeted
Blame a Federal Circuit decision circa 2000 – federal agencies are required to buy USA unless there is a major price difference – but the Fed. Cir. in Acetris Health, LL, C v. United States, Appeal No. 18-2399 (decided February 10, 2020) decided you would qualify as made in America if you imported the drug and then made the pills with the drug here. A stupid decision contrary to what Congress intended, but lazy Congress hasn’t bothered to fix it. All they would need to do is add a special provision to subsection (c) of Section 8302 of title 41, that essentially says pharma means the drug or bulk drug substance or chemical entity performing the clinical/therapeutic work must be made in the USA to qualify; and then update the procurement reg referenced in the decision to reflect this as well.
I take levothyroxine for thyroid problems (weaning myself off) and I just tried to see where it was manufactured. The result I get is that it is “made by Pfizer”, with no information about WHERE. Hmmm.
I have thyroid problems. The first thing to do if you haven’t already is fo cometely gluten free.
Red China is our enemy. Helping them create a blue water navy was globalist folly of the highest order.
Bring it!
China could have simply removed their tariffs and trade barriers but this is better.
To the American industrial consumers of Chinese goods- They are inferior products. Why would you buy inferior products for the same or more money than you could pay for far superior products?
Let the tariffs do their intended job!
They have a Billion people to keep employed so they are not in Tienanmen Square again.
My brother negotiated a deal to buy parts from China (and others) when all manufacturers were fleeing USofA manufacturing.
They(China) agreed to pay 100% for service calls if one of their parts failed in a customer home (within warranty) ….. they paid almost as much for warranty repairs as the brand paid for those parts to begin with.
Not many explanations for doing that, other than my opening line…… & I guess try to make better parts or lose their a$$s or both.
Don’t know if quality improved, never got much more info from bro, probably not tho, when mom’s (item) failed, he said I should fix it instead of getting a new one…. not a great thought there for QA(quality assurance) standpoint.
To be fair, not all of the goods made in China are rubber dog turds or junk. Some have no direct US competitor. Take 3D printers, the leaders of consumer grade FDM printers are Chinese (Bambu) or Czech made (Prusa). If you do a quick review of American made printers, not only are American designs 2 or 3 times the cost, they haven’t kept up with advancements in design. Then how much of that American made printer is made in America? Is it just like a vehicle assembled here? Someone on the Treehouse said the Ford F-150 had about 25% American parts.
There are some things that the Chinese have made significant advancements in, or maybe do better than us, because we have allowed things to atrophy in the economy and education. We should recognize where that is then do better to increase our value. I find all of this attitude about Chinese products similar to earlier attitudes about Japanese or South Korean products.
True, but I don’t think, as a general rule any ‘free’ nation should depend exclusively on tyranny supported by slave labor for critical components.
We should have made our trade contingent upon CCP making concrete and steady steps towards becoming a constitutional republic.
Unfortunately, the Marxists infecting the US and the Western world had other plans.
China needs American consumers. By and large, American exporters don’t need Chinese consumers. We’ll see how this goes.
You know democrats are telling China to play hard ball .
china believes they need to get their money’s worth that was spent on cnn, politico, nyt, congress
Audit the money flows into Congress. Remove the compromised ones and force the States to replace them pending the next election cycle.
China has to try to “push back” on this. They have no choice.
We will be able to see the full extent of the tentacles of how far and wide China has spread their influence across the globe.
The Panama Canal was just one small but strategically important example. I suspect when the lights are turned on we’re going to see the full extent of how far and wide their reach has been.
Big picture, it had to be a Global Tariff plan to capture/encompass all the spread.
“ With firm will and abundant means, China will resolutely take countermeasures and fight till the end if the United States insists on further escalating economic and trade restrictive measures, China’s Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday.”
Could the “abundant means” part of that be referring to the thousands-perhaps millions-of spies, revolutionary agents and corrupted Americans-embedded throughout our government, our schools, our corporations, our financial institutions, and our media at the federal, state and local levels?
It sure sounds like it.
Another communist country learning what it means to run out of other people’s money.
Hang on, wild ride ahead!
Shout out to the Chinese that lurk and spy, yes you, one of Trumps readings is “Sun Tzu” and when Trump went to school, there really were not gender studies and nonsense degrees. Just business. Trump learned to think like the Chinese, long term.
Let’s be honest: The U.S. doesn’t owe China market access to anything—especially not goods that undermine our industries or values.
So when they say “fight to the end,” what they really mean is: This was never just about trade—it was about controlling the U.S. through dependency.
And they are losing it.
Take note China, without the US consumer market your end is very near.
I offered this yesterday: Battle of Stirling, as seen through the eyes of the makers of Braveheart:
Medieval knights were supposed to have been invincible against foot-soldiers…until they were not invincible against foot-soldiers!
You simply had to find the right ground (soft and marshy to hobble the horses) and the right techniques to defeat them!
Sound familiar?
You could learn a lot about their brilliant military tactics and strategy by watching that movie. The producers and writers did their research, and they were determined to portray things accurately. The plot was fine, but it was also great to sit back and watch the meticulous production.
LEVERAGE (AKA “The Art of The Deal”):
Chy-na needs us MOAR than we need them.
QED.
FAFO.
I just don’t understand the unmitigated gall of the countries that believe they have some natural right to have unfettered access to American markets but who themselves have manipulated trade within their own markets. These countries have made decisions about trade policies to protect their own economic interests. What gives them the right to declare “war” over our attempts to do the same? This is another example of President Trump’s uncanny ability to rip the masks off the faces of our erstwhile “friends” to expose the underlying treachery hidden therein.
So you don’t believe that the World believe’s in DEI? It’s only “fair”that China takes advantage of the US consumer in order that power is balanced in the World.
the MSM drumbeat continues.
morning news listing consumer goods likely to become unaffordable due to tariffs.
today it’s clothes, coffee, cars, and bananas.
you’ll be nekked, cranky, stuck at home, and low in potassium.
oh, and your weiner will fall off, or something like that.😂😂
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/trump-tariffs-20-items-and-goods-most-exposed-to-price-shocks.html
Where were they when all goods became unaffordable due to Biden’s inflationary policies just a short while ago?!
These people are evil
Wow! I see opportunity everywhere! 💰 I’m gonna go to Wal-Mart and walk down any aisle. They’re going to be buying that stuff from me very soon!
They are doing this on purpose to try to undermine Trump. It is the latest strategy by the Uniparty Congress. This time the coup will be lead by journalists pretending to know things.
China just announced 84% tariffs on our exports to them. Fine. The announcement immediately drove down the futures markets. China’s economy is much more fragile than we’re led to believe. Naturally they’ll align with the EU, whose economy is likewise a house of cards.
Of course, some young whippersnapper on Maria B’s program just said the idea of China and the EU is a hoax. I guess that clown didn’t read Ursula’s statement. This is getting to be fun, net worth decline notwithstanding.
companies getting rich on importing to china were already rich.
they were just tappin in to more customers.
non issue unless they grew so big thy need those customers live check to check
When you have the perspective that the Market is a casino and most of it is funny money, taking a haircut with everyone else isn’t as depressing. Frankly, it’s just unnatural we expect the market and wages to always go up, or that there should be a rate of inflation. If we consider the relative purchasing power of a dollar from 1913 to now, you think we’d be wanting massive deflation. I guess we’ll keep adding zeros to the cost of things. The money is mostly digital bits now so who cares?
Most people do not even realize how MANY zeros. Ask them.
I have a friend that does business with several companies over there. They are pretty mcuh run out of Twain He says thet there is problems in manufacturing and that some companies are having trouble making widgets and have went under. Friend says that India and some other countries are picking up the slack. Might be China is going to be outsourced.
Interested article linked by Sundance at end.
“It is well proven by history and facts that by raising tariffs, the United States will not solve its own problems,” the official said, noting that instead, it would lead to drastic fluctuations in the financial market, drive up the U.S. inflationary pressure, weaken its industrial foundation, and increase its risk of economic recession, and ultimately, backfire.”
Source: Xinhua
Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: / ˌʃɪnˈhwɑː /), [3] or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People’s Republic of China. It is a State Council ‘s ministry-level institution, and was founded in 1931. It is the largest media organ in China.
I am ready to live off crawdads, frog legs and cattail reed tubers, sleeping in the rain while being bit by every flying bloodsucker in Florida if that means we get china’s mind right, restore our manufacturing and are able to provide a livable future for mine and y’all’s children and grands.
Who else “packs the necessary gear” to get it done?
us companies are stocked full of imports and will have months of product before a need to increase prices honestly.
this us why the turmoil now is a non issue. we will repositioned wayyyyyyyy before that
That be me… I’ve been a practicing Boy Scout my whole life.
I wonder what Mitch thinks of this?
Is India going to be the next China?
I sure hope not, if people think quality is bad now, wait until you see what the Indian workforce is capable of. My perspective of that is pretty small, but not encouraging.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/why-india-ranks-among-the-top-five-countries-for-counterfeit-products-and-how-to-combat-it/
Does Mitch still have thoughts?
LOL
When do they release Covid 25 to reset the playing field?
Time to stock up on Ivermectin 🙂
Has China pulled the plug on US Treasury holding?
Treasuries ‘Fire Sale’ Sends Long-Term Yields Soaring Worldwide
“A significant selloff of US Treasuries, particularly 30-year bonds, occurred, causing yields to soar above 5%.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/treasuries-fire-sale-sends-long-065717018.html
These events could be the start of the World not wanting to lend the USG money, ie buy Treasuries. This means the USG is going to have to fund more of its debt from within the US, almost certainly raising interest rates. Note that most debt is short not long term.
This is a US weak spot and China knows it.
China-Mart (AKA, Wal-Mart), hardest hit……
Target’s stuff, Staples, Costco, all the stuff comes from China.
It’s a pretty simple situation: We win, you lose China.
The stated goal of the CCP is to supplant the US as world hegemon by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the revolution. Biden’s term accelerated that timeline. They were also helped by our so-called elites selling out to them for market access along with Clinton allowing tech transfers of dual use technology to move their missile programs.
Dumping treasuries while a master of debt and finance sits in the White House?
There’s an upside, and President Trump will find it, including balancing the federal budget.
fed will be forced to cut rate.
cut rate makes refinancing usa debt smart.
magic wand’d
All of this is a real eye opener. It showcases just how passively and mostly overtly our very government has been working against us. To our disadvantage and destruction. These criminals are fighting tooth and nail to keep this from being fixed. Even Rand Paul is flushed out like a cockroach.
they profited by engineering this abuse of America.
pelosi. mcconnel, romney, biden…
force regs, and benefit from purchases that benefit from your own personal rule changing.
Yeah, where has nanzi been lately?
why is she invisible and silent lately?
is she in failing health since hip fracture?
is she laying low to avoid scrutiny?
China, in particular, has been abusing its so-called “trade” with the USA for about fifty years now. And, they know it. The executives at Wal-Mart had to know that the day would come when the price of everything in their stores would explode. But, you can spend a long time skating throughout their cavernous stores to find one thing that isn’t “Made in China.” Even the most basic products: “not made here.”
No, “104% tariffs” won’t last long. But, they will have a permanent effect. So, maybe you should look again at that “abandoned factory building” in your home town. Maybe you should buy it, and set up a factory which produces the things that other factories will soon need. You will need to teach the locals what it means to “work on a line,” but you will be able to afford to pay them well.
As for “what else you can produce,” walk down any aisle at Wal-Mart. They are going to be buying from you very soon . . .
they thought investing in our congress and media would subvert us
they were not smart enough to see vote filled 18 wheeler’s having a traffic violation enroute
Hopefully China’s end. China doesn’t really make anything original. They copy other’s work and duplicate it with precision and speed that no one can reproduce. But if they are cutoff from the biggest market in the world for their crap they will sink
The Chi-Coms never play by the RULES, our own government (Elites ) have been bought and PAID FOR by the CCP. The intellectual property theft is staggering, DEPORT all the students on VISA’s and raise the tariffs to 400%……….Let’s end this charade!
cnn is constantly stumbling over admiring how PDJT is pulling this off.
This conflict is equally economic and political, with the latter driving the former.
Xi Jinping will not back down and massively “lose face” on the world stage.
PDJT is standing on Xi’s chest, and Xi cannot survive politically by losing a massive confrontation with our president.
The confrontational ugliness is shifting into a higher gear, and both unexpected and extraordinary events should be anticipated.
Get some you Commie Chinese! I truly think the Chinese thought Trump wouldn’t go through with it. They have FA now they are about to FO.
“HAH! Me show yew gwai loh! Me no serr yew nutting! I see! I know! Yew be velly solly yew fuk wit midder kingdom!”
Seeing that scumbag Xi lose face is priceless.
I see a number of comments re: China’s end, but the real goal is the end of their Communist party and a free Chinese people.
The CCP fears losing control.
If the Chinese people perceive that the party has lost the mandate of heaven, they are not long for being cast-off in favor of new leadership.
They want to talk, as long as you’re willing to undo the new tariffs, give up, and go back to being screwed. No thanks. KMA
as Sundance key’d our eyes to long term treasury bonds in previous articles- i found the recent news interesting ( google yourself)
““Markets are pricing a growing probability of an emergency [interest rate] cut, just as we saw during the Covid turmoil and the height of the GFC [global financial crisis] in 2008.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/09/dramatic-sell-off-of-us-government-bonds-as-tariff-war-panic-deepens
id like to refinance our debt and take loans out Mr Federal Reserve… sorry for forcing you do this …
Yuan disintegrating, China’s choices:
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1909705129193775546
Psalm 7 ,14 -16
Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.