Desperate Scam: Corrupt $3.5 Billion “Bond Hole” Explodes at Ports, Fleecing U.S. Workers

AMERICAN BUSINESSES ARE BEING SYSTEMATICALLY STRANGLED by a TARIFF TSUNAMI, with a SHOCKING new report revealing a corporate bloodbath at the border. A RECORD-SHATTERING $3.6 BILLION has been seized from importers in just one year—money ripped directly from company coffers because they couldn’t keep up with the EXPLODING costs of Trump-era tariffs. This isn’t policy; it’s a GOVERNMENT SHAKEDOWN.

The data is a DEVASTATING indictment: customs bond “insufficiencies” have DOUBLED since 2019, with over 27,000 companies caught in the trap. Experts warn this is just the tip of the iceberg, as tariff collections have SURGED 304% to a mind-boggling $124 billion. “Companies are being BLINDSIDED,” one attorney revealed. Bonds that once seemed sufficient are now WORTHLESS, with requirements skyrocketing by as much as 550% for some manufacturers.

The result? CRITICAL SHIPMENTS are being HELD HOSTAGE at ports, supply chains are SEIZING UP, and the collateral damage is being passed directly to consumers in the form of higher prices. This is a DELIBERATE assault on free trade, creating a bureaucratic nightmare where businesses must hand over millions in NON-INTEREST-BEARING accounts just to participate in the market.

While the Supreme Court deliberates the legality of this economic warfare, thousands of businesses teeter on the brink, their assets frozen by an insatiable government machine. This is the hidden cost of a trade war they never signed up for—a silent, bureaucratic confiscation of capital happening right under our noses. The American dream of enterprise is being TARIFFED TO DEATH, one seized container at a time.