In Revelation 18, during the economic collapse of the Whore, shipping plummets to the Whore because the Whore no longer buys the goods of the worlds’ merchants.
Some context:
We are first introduced to the Whore of Babylon in Revelation 14:8 where God announces he is going to judge the Whore for forcing the nations into sexual immorality.
“…she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality.”
In the following verse God warns against taking the Mark of the Beast. We can therefore see that the Whore of Babylon precedes the Mark of the Beast.
While not explicitly stated, the flow of the text indicates that the Mark itself is part of the judgement.
This is reinforced elsewhere. In Revelation 18:23 we are told that the economic fall of the Whore occurs because her great merchants the rulers of the earth deceived the nations with a pharmaceutical deception. There is another mention of a worldwide deception in Revelation 19:20 which is the Mark of the Beast. In Revelation 16:2 we are told that the Mark has significant medical adverse reactions. Thus, there are either two contemporaneous medically significant deceptions (one of which is the Mark of the Beast) or they are the same deception as hinted at in Revelation 14.
The messenger who comes comes down laments (v.3) that merchants of the nations of the world have become rich through the Whore’s luxurious living.
This is a lament from the Messenger.
the merchants of the earth have become rich by the power of her luxurious living.”
Trump has lamented this exactly. His claims that the nations have taken advantage of the USA’s wealth and generosity and buying their goods. According to Trump, these nations’ merchants have been ripping off the USA.
His solution: The imposition of large and heavy tariffs. Trump has openly stated that China (the scarlet Beast) is the real enemy. According to Revelation 17&18 this plan to take down the Whore was carried out by the great merchants (18:23) but was to help the Beast (Rev 17:12-18). This is why the tariffs target China more than other nations.
Now after the lament against the merchants of the world getting rich, God calls his people to flee the Whore. This will be a moment of choice for many Christians. The messenger will appear to be sent by God to restore the USA for he laments the problems of the Whore.
Immediately after this, God also tells the nations to pay the Whore back double and pay her back with torment and mourning. The nations of the world will not respond well to the lament.
This makes perfect sense in the context of tariffs. Trump intends to use the tariffs to limit the merchants of the world being able to sell to the USA. As these tariffs bite, merchants will mourn. The merchants and nations will suffer, but it seems that they will not go over and join her.
The Whore cries, “I sit as a queen, I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.”
Trump claims the nations of the world are climbing over themselves to come and do deals. He denies that they will leave the USA because they need her.