Trump Tells Carney ‘NEVER SAY NEVER’ and ‘WE DO NOT WANT YOUR CARS!’

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During an on-camera Oval Office meeting, Trump doubled down on his suggestion that Canada would benefit from becoming the 51st state even as Carney was adamant it would not happen. “I say ‘never say never.’ I’ve had many, many things that were not doable, and they ended up being doable,”

Trump said. “Canada loves us, and we love Canada. That’s I think the number one thing that’s important. But we’ll see. Over time, we’ll see what happens.”

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Trump Says He ‘Was Probably The Greatest Thing’ That Happened To Canadian Prime Minister After Election Victory

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President Donald Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that he is the “greatest thing that happened to him” in their first Oval Office meeting Tuesday since the new world leader’s election.

Carney was elected in April, granting Canada’s Liberal Party their fourth-straight term in office as Trump tariffs the country and talks about adding them as the 51st state. The new Canadian prime minister pledged to meet with Trump after he was elected, promising to negotiate economic policy.

“A few days ago he won a very big election in Canada, and I think I was probably the greatest thing that happened to him but I can’t take full credit,” Trump said with a smile. “His party was losing by a lot and he ended up winning so I really want to congratulate him. Probably one of the greatest comebacks in the history of politics, maybe even greater than mine.”

Carney laughed in response to Trump’s comment before the two got in a back-and-forth about whether the country of Canada was up for sale.

“I believe it would be a massive tax cut for the Canadian citizens. You get free military, you get tremendous medical care and other things. There would be a lot of advantages,” Trump said of his desire to make Canada the 51st state.

“If I may, as you know from real estate there are some places that are never for sale,” Carney said as Trump agreed. “Having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign over the last several months, it is not for sale and it won’t be for sale. Ever. But the opportunity is in the partnership and in what we can build together,” the prime minister continued, talking about the country’s national security.

“I must say, Canada is stepping up the military participation, as Mark knows, they were low and now they are stepping it up and that is a very important thing,” Trump said.

“But never say never, never say never,” the president smiled, pointing at Carney, who looked at reporters and mouthed “never.”

After covering the election of Carney, who replaced Trump-foe Justin Trudeau, and the prospect of Canada becoming the 51st state of the U.S., the two world leaders also touched on tariffs. To kick off his second term in the White House, Trump announced a flurry of tariffs on the country’s northern neighbor. There is currently 25% tariffs in place on all steel, aluminum, cars and auto parts leaving the country, as well as a 250% tariff on dairy.

Trump told reporters Tuesday that there was nothing Carney could say that would convince him to lift the tariffs.

“No. That’s the way it is,” the president said.

This is a bigger discussion. There are much bigger forces involved. This will take some time,” Carney countered.

Following the Oval Office meeting, the two world leaders are scheduled to meet in private over lunch.

When asked about what top concessions he wants from Canada, Trump had a one-word answer for reporters.

“Friendship,” he said.

The reporter pushed back over whether “friendship” was a concession.

“We are going to be friends with Canada,” he president continued. “Regardless of anything, we are going to be friends with Canada.”

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Trump Moves To Punish Outsourced Film Productions With Massive Tariff, Citing ‘National Security’

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President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he will impose a 100% tariff on all films produced outside the U.S., citing national security concerns and a desire to revive America’s “dying” film industry.

Trump authorized the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Commerce to begin the process of levying the tariffs, declaring foreign film subsidies a “concerted effort” by other countries to undermine Hollywood’s global dominance.

“The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A, are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!”

The president blamed a “grossly incompetent governor,” likely Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, for “Hollywood being destroyed” in a comment to reporters outside of Marine One on Monday morning.

“I’ve done some very strong research over the past week, and we’re making very few movies now,” Trump said. “Hollywood is being destroyed. Now, you have an incompetent, grossly incompetent governor that allowed that to happen, so I’m not just blaming other nations. But other nations, a lot of them, have stolen our movie industry. If they’re not willing to make a movie inside the United States, then we should have a tariff on movies that come in.”

Roughly half of all U.S. spending on film and television projects over $40 million in 2023 occurred outside the country, according to ProdPro, a firm that tracks global film budgets.

The Los Angeles fires in January further exacerbated the trend of overseas film production, according to FilmLA, a nonprofit that issues shoot permits in the city. The nonprofit’s first-quarter production report shows L.A. on-location production plunged 22.4% year-over-year, including a 28.9% slide for feature films and a 30.5% hit to television.

It is unclear whether the tariffs would apply to independent foreign-language films or joint ventures with American studios. The Motion Picture Association, which represents major Hollywood studios, did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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WOW: U.S. Government Spending Drops 5.1% in First Quarter

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RESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP: “It helps when you know that borders are not racist, speech is not violence, America is good, terrorists are bad, men can never become women, police are not criminals, and criminals are not victims.”

So much winning.

1st Quarter GDP Report Contains ‘Good News’ Despite Drop, Analysts Explain

MRCTV: ….the decline was driven by lower expenditures of taxpayers’ money and a one-time spike in imports, as BEA explains:

“The decrease in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected an increase in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, and a decrease in government spending. These movements were partly offset by increases in investment, consumer spending, and exports.”

Imports skyrocketed 41.3% in the first quarter as consumers stocked up in anticipation of price hikes that would result if President Donald Trump made good on his threat to institute reciprocal to offset the onerous tariffs other countries are imposing on U.S. products.

Without the huge spike in imports, GDP would’ve recorded an increase in the first quarter. Because net exports are a part of the GDP calculation, GDP lost roughly five percentage points due to the spike in imports.

Lower government expenditures, fueled by the Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) success eliminating waste of tax dollars, also suppressed GDP. Additionally, the BEA reports that January’s California wildfires had a negative effect on GDP.

According to the BEA’s annualized, inflation-adjusted advanced GDP estimate released Wednesday:

  • Real GDP decreased 0.3%, off from a 2.4% increase in the fourth quarter of 2024.
  • Government spending was down 1.4%, following a 3.1% increase in the fourth quarter.
  • Federal government expenditures fell 5.1%, after increasing 4.0%.
  • Federal spending on national defense activities was down 8.0%, after increasing 4.8%.
  • Nondefense spending declined 1.0%, off from the previous quarter’s 2.9% increase.
  • State and local government spending rose by 0.8%, the slowest growth since the second quarter of 2022, after increasing 2.5% in the fourth quarter.
  • Imports increased 41.3%, after falling 1.9% the previous quarter.
  • Final sales to private domestic purchasers rose 3.0%, up from the fourth quarter’s 2.9% rise.
  • Consumer spending rose 1.8%, down from last quarter’s 4.0% gain, as both services (+2.4%) and goods (+0.5%) increased.

Pres. Trump’s chief economic adviser Peter Navarro said in an interview with CNBC Wednesday:

“We had a 22 percent increase in domestic investment. That is off the charts. When you strip out inventories and the negative effects of the surge in imports because of the tariffs you have three percent growth, so we really like where we are at now.”

“Get the tariff barriers down, get the non-tariff barriers down. And we do that with the strategy we’re adopting – and I think it’s working beautifully,” Navarro said, reporting that trade representatives are lining up to negotiate tariffs with the U.S.

“Basically, the way GDP is calculated is: consumption plus investment plus government spending – plus net exports,” Navarro said, explaining why GDP won’t continue to contract:

“So, right off the bat, when you have this import surge that we’ve had to try to get in ahead of tariffs, that’s dragging down our GDP growth by something like five percent.

“I mean, it’s just like it’s extraordinary – but, that’s not going to be the case next quarter. So, like, take that off the chart.”

What’s more, the elimination of wasteful government spending, combined with successful extension of the Trump tax cuts, will greatly benefit Americans, Navarro said:

“And then, government spending, that’s like, obviously when you’re doing the DOGE thing and contracting government, that’s going to be fine and good for America because it gets rid of the waste, fraud and abuse.

“So, that leaves you with the two big drivers: consumption, which is the biggest of the two, and investment. And look, the Trump Program, with the deregulation, with the tax cuts that’s coming – which will be retroactive to January, which will allow complete expensing – it surged like 22 percent.”

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The Most Significant Accomplishments of Trump’s First 100 Days

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Since Franklin D. Roosevelt ushered in the New Deal in 1933 in just three months, historians have measured a president’s success or failure by its first 100 days. As we reach President Trump’s 100th day in office, the 47th president’s second administration has taken a whirlwind of decisive actions to protect life, end artificial support for extreme transgender ideology, uphold religious liberty, secure America’s southern border, restore national sovereignty, and return to a traditional America First foreign policy fostering peace and prosperity.

President Trump’s second first-100-days in office have been “all about one thing: promises made and promises kept. And we have pages and pages and pages of those promises being kept already in just 100 days,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) told “This Week on Capitol Hill” host Tony Perkins ahead of this week’s milestone.

Here are some of the president’s most significant accomplishments since his recent return to the Oval Office.

Abortion: Protecting Pro-Life Rights

President Trump began protecting pro-life advocates’ unalienable right to freedom of speech, reversing his predecessor’s weaponization of government against pro-life Christians, and stopping pro-life taxpayers from financing abortion on day one. By the afternoon of January 20 — inauguration day — a Biden-era government website promoting abortion, ReproductiveRights.gov, had gone offline.

On January 23, Trump kept a campaign promise he had made at the 2023 Pray Vote Stand Summit by signing the pardon of 23 pro-life advocates jailed by the Biden-Harris administration. “This is a great honor to sign this,” said the president as he held the pardon aloft in the Oval Office.

The Biden-Harris Justice Department imprisoned many of those nearly two dozen pro-life advocates under a novel legal theory that accused them of violating both the Federal Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. From this time forward, the Justice Department will only press charges under the FACE Act if the allegation results in “death, serious bodily harm, or serious property damage,” announced the Trump administration in a January 24 memo. “Cases not presenting significant aggravating factors can adequately be addressed under state or local law.”

Trump also protected U.S. taxpayers from funding foreign abortions and many abortions in the United States. A January 24 presidential memorandum reinstated his 2017 Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA), which assures U.S. taxpayers shall not be forced to pay any foreign organization that commits, refers, or advocates for abortion. The action also aims “to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.”

The same day, Trump signed an executive order “Enforcing the Hyde Amendment,” which assures the nearly five-decade-old policy embraced by President Jimmy Carter will be respected for the next four years. Although a younger Joe Biden voted for the Hyde Amendment — which safeguards taxpayer funds from footing the bill for most abortions through Medicaid — the White House detailed how the Biden-Harris administration subsequently undermined this longstanding norm by compelling taxpayers to underwrite “abortion-related travel expenses,” while “the Department of Veterans Affairs allowed hospitals to provide abortions, and the Department of Health and Human Services paid for abortions for illegal immigrants.”

Additionally, in March the Trump administration held up tens of millions of dollars in Planned Parenthood funding over allegations the nation’s largest abortion business adopted so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies that violated federal civil rights laws. Leakers have said this may presage a larger administration initiative to defund Planned Parenthood, which received $699.3 million in taxpayer funding and carried out 392,712 abortions in its 2022-2023 fiscal year.

The Trump administration’s pro-life actions should prove popular. Three out of four Americans (73%) oppose taxpayer-funded abortions overseas, and nearly six out of 10 of Americans (57%) oppose using federal funds for abortions at home, according to a Marist poll released in January.

Symbolically, Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a speech in person at the 2025 March for Life, and Trump sent a recorded message to the annual pro-life gathering. In his first administration, Trump became the first sitting president to speak to the March for Life in the flesh.

Extreme Transgender Ideology

President Trump has opposed extreme gender ideology from day one, protecting children from transgender hormone injections or surgeries, sheltering battered women and female prisoners from men who say they identify as female, and maintaining fairness in women’s sports.

On his first day in office, Trump signed the executive order “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” which said the federal government recognizes only two sexes, based in observable biological reality, from the moment of fertilization. “‘Female’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell,” says the order. “‘Male’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.”

Eight days later, the president’s executive order “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation” ended taxpayer funding for transgender procedures involving minors, allows those subjected to such experimental medical interventions to sue, and may lead to the prosecution of those who carry out transgender surgeries. The predatory transgender industry’s “maiming and sterilizing a growing number of impressionable children under the radical and false claim that adults can change a child’s sex … will be a stain on our [n]ation’s history, and it must end,” the order declared.

Trump underscored this in a March 4 address to a joint session of Congress, when he told American youth directly, “Our message to every child in America is that you are perfect exactly the way God made you.”

Trump made it official policy that the military’s emphasis on winning wars and lethality is “inconsistent with the medical, surgical, and mental health constraints on individuals with gender dysphoria. This policy is also inconsistent with shifting pronoun usage or use of pronouns that inaccurately reflect an individual’s sex” in his January 27 executive order “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” on January 27. The order reverses President Biden’s order opening the military to those who openly identify as transgender but grandfathers in those who have been “stable” for at least 36 months. The executive order stated that identifying as transgender prevents people from living an “honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.”

On February 5, Trump announced his administration would prosecute Title IX violations by schools or universities that force female students or athletes “to compete with or against or to appear unclothed before males.” Allowing males to compete in women’s sports is “demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls,” stated the executive order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” He also cut off student loan forgiveness for LGBTQ activists in a March 7 executive order, “Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness.”

The Trump administration has steadfastly implemented these orders against intransigent blue states such as Maine, led by Governor Janet Mills (D). On April 7, the Trump administration notified Maine officials that it would withhold all non-essential funding from the state Department of Corrections after it placed a 6’1” man who confessed to murdering both his parents (and his dog) in a women’s correctional facility. The Biden administration, by contrast, forced women to share prison cells with trans-identified male offenders and filed lawsuits against states that refused to go along with his orders. By January, 15% of all inmates in female correctional facilities were men.

On April 11, the Education Department announced it was moving to cut off all K-12 funding to the state of Maine for flouting federal law, cutting off prison funding. Similarly, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins held up USDA funding for “administrative and technological functions” in Maine schools that forced girls to change in front of, or compete against, boys.

Th White House released a theologically rich and inspiring statement celebrating Holy Week. One year earlier, then-President Joe Biden placed the weight of his bully pulpit behind a campaign needling Americans to celebrate the “Transgender Day of Visibility,” which also fell on Easter Sunday. Biden’s transgender proclamation ran nearly seven times as long as his Easter statement.

Trump press aides have said they do not respond to questions from reporters who put their personal pronouns in their biographies or social media profiles.

Restoring Religious Liberty

President Trump has established religious liberty departments within Cabinet agencies and recently hosted a conference on the violation of Christians’ rights. The administration has pointedly denounced violations of religious liberty and free speech rights by U.S. allies in Europe. Vice President J.D. Vance told the Munich Security Conference in February that the continent’s “backslide away from conscience rights has placed the basic liberties of religious [believers], in particular, in the crosshairs.” Days later, police handcuffed a 74-year-old grandmother for silently offering to talk to mothers outside an abortion facility. They charged her with violating Scotland’s Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act, which carries a potential fine ranging from £10,000 ($12,600 U.S.) to an unlimited amount.

Securing the Border

On the president’s signature issue, Trump swiftly returned order to the U.S. border by reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy, ending the policy of catch-and-release, designating criminal syndicates such as Tren de Aragua and MS-13 as foreign terrorist organizations or criminal enterprises, and using the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport illegal immigrants. He also signed the Laken Riley Act into law and turned the CBP One app from importing to exporting illegal immigrants. He has deported 135,000 illegal immigrants to date.

His policies have proven effective. “Illegal border crossings dropped precipitously. In March, U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement said 7,181 people were apprehended nationwide between border crossings — a 14% decrease from February and a 95% drop from March 2024,” reported the Associated Press. As Trump told Congress, “The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation. ‘We must have legislation to secure the border.’ But it turned out that all we really needed was a new president.”

National Sovereignty

President Trump has restored national sovereignty by withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO), effectively scuttling any chance the global body had of seeing significant progress on the WHO Pandemic Agreement. “WHO proved itself to be a corrupt organization run by the Chinese Communist Party and global leftists,” Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told “Washington Watch” earlier this month. “President Trump is acting boldly, swiftly, and decisively.” WHO reported a $2.5 billion budget shortfall shortly after Trump’s announcement.

The 47th president also promptly withheld U.S. taxpayer funds from the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

The February 4 directive also ordered the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to “conduct a review of [Ameria’s] membership in UNESCO,” the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. President Ronald Reagan exited the organization in 1984, but George W. Bush rejoined in 2003. Trump then withdrew again in 2018, but the Biden administration reversed that decision in 2023.

On February 6, Trump issued an executive order titled “Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court,” rebuffing the ICC for investigating U.S. personnel “without a legitimate basis” and for “issuing baseless arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant” for committing war crimes in Israel’s response to the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas.

Moving to Abolish the Department of Education and Hold the Federal Bureaucracy Accountable

In what may prove to be President Trump’s most consequential action, he has taken the first steps to abolish the Department of Education. On March 11, the Trump administration fired half of the Department of Education’s staffers. Although the DOE has spent more than $3 trillion since its formation by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, U.S. reading scores in 2023 were “not significantly different from the average score in 1971,” according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The action fulfills a campaign promise made in a July 2023 online video and repeated at the 2023 Pray Vote Stand Summit to “move everything back to the states.”

The same order directs the secretary of Education to assure all public schools abide by the “requirement that any program or activity receiving Federal assistance terminate illegal discrimination obscured under the label ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ or similar terms and programs promoting gender ideology.”

Trump’s executive orders and actions have also rooted out racially discriminatory policies branded under the label “diversity, equity, and inclusion” — which often include LGBTQ indoctrination — from federal agencies and sought to thwart bureaucrats who simply maintained DEI policies and offices under different names. Meanwhile, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has exposed federal waste, fraud, and abuse, and sought to make the vast federal workforce responsive to the will of the American people.

In less than 100 days, President Donald J. Trump has “accomplished more than most politicians and presidents accomplish in an entire lifetime,” Speaker Johnson told Perkins.

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Trump Has Given ‘Significant Hope To Our Industry’ Car Part Manufacturers Say, Ask For Time To Implement Tariffs

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The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), representing over 7,500 American automotive businesses, delivered a message of support to President Donald Trump’s trade agenda.

In a letter sent Monday, SEMA praised Trump’s leadership and commitment to restoring America’s industrial strength.

“We write to commend you and your administration for your commitment to restoring the greatness of American manufacturing,” wrote SEMA President and CEO Mike Spagnola. “Your return to the White House has given significant hope to our industry.”

The automotive specialty parts aftermarket is a powerhouse of American innovation. Contributing $337 billion annually to the economy and supporting over 1.3 million jobs, the industry consists of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of motor vehicle parts and accessories.

SEMA was one of the loudest supporters of Trump’s decision to revoke former President Joe Biden’s de facto electric vehicle (EV) mandate.

“On day one of his new administration, President Trump reclaimed the nation’s freedom of vehicle choice, proclaiming the authority of the United States of America, rather than so-called United States of California, to set national policies,” Spagnola said.

While SEMA’s letter made clear they support the president’s use of tariffs to bring jobs back to America, they warned the transition period has been challenging, especially for smaller operations that don’t have the capital reserves or volume pricing power of multinational giants.

“For many specialty automotive businesses that manufacture their products in America, they are forced to source components used in their products from international suppliers, because there are no domestic manufacturers or none that will produce components in smaller volumes that meet their needs,” Spagnola continued in the letter. “For businesses in this position, they have no choice but to source components from abroad.”

Rather than backing down, they are asking for temporary, targeted relief.

“Our primary request is that American automotive parts manufacturers, including our members, be provided a transition period to re-shore their manufacturing, as well as some form of economic relief to assist in that transition,” Spagnola indicated. “That relief could include tariff exemptions for things like molds, tooling, and machinery brought back to the U.S., as well as tax incentives to offset the associated costs.”

SEMA emphasized they believe in Trump’s vision and want to be on the front lines of making it a reality, they just “need a bridge to assist with the transition.”

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Comrade Newson and His Filipina Marxist Attorney General Sue President Trump Over Tariffs

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The Communist Chinese cheerleader Comrade Governor Newsom is suing the Trump Administration for the tariffs imposed globally initiated to equalize free balanced trade between the United States and other nations.

Newsom is having another one of his Trump Derangement Syndrome episodes as he tries to save his very close relationship with his pals in Communist China and its tyrannical leadership.

Newsom and his waterboy state attorney General (Filipina born) Rob Bonta want a ruling to stop the tariffs because they are hurting California consumers and businesses. Seriously? Sounds like they are worried about Chinese stores going under, not American.

Rob Banta is the same low IQ attorney that tried to eliminate cash bonds for criminals, just let them walk free from jail with no bondsman. He also banned private prisons. He even prosecuted companies for so-called excessive carbon emissions.

Perhaps the State Department should look at Comrade Banta’s immigration status and send his Marxist ass back to Quezon City in the Philippines where he was born and then he can focus on their air quality which is actually bad unlike California.

Newsom is also crying that more than 60,000 businesses in California export goods, apparently mainly to Communist China. Well the solution is to export California goods to friendly countries, not a country hell bent on invading Taiwan, a country trying to take complete control of the South China Sea and threatening the Philippines, Thailand and Australian economic fishing zones.

Newsom is also saying that tariffs will affect the procurement of construction materials critical to rebuild parts of Los Angeles, (Pacific Palisades) an illegal immigrant controlled city burned to a crisp from the fires his administration created by lack of forest management and failing to provide water to the fire fighters to save a fish.

Newsom says he needs timber, wood, steel, aluminum, and drywall products which are all available for procurement in the United States but Newsom wants to purchase these products from Communist China and the future 51st state of the United States Canada.

Newsom also fails to mention that the Mayor of Los Angeles a Communist Cuba government sympathiser, has yet to issue a single building permit so new home construction can begin using debris clearing as an excuse.

So while Comrade Newsom reminisces on his past trips to Communist China to discuss the fraudulent climate change agenda and his unconstitutional ban on the sale of new gasoline powered vehicles, lawn mowers, leaf blowers. BBQ grills and farm equipment.

With zero diplomatic experience, he actually spent more time meeting with his Communist Chinese pals discussing trade agreements of which California and the United States were always on the losing end of the deal, but not anymore. Not with Trump running things.

Governor Newsom and other Communist sympathisers in the Democrat Party have zero objectives to make America and California great again. They are concerned only with appeasing their handlers in the Chinese Communist Party leadership who have made significant inroads into state and local government blue states like California.

It’s very difficult for the Communist Chinese to infiltrate the Trump Federal level of leadership so they focus on weak local blue state operations like California. Vermont, Colorado, Minnesota and Massachusetts. Just follow the money and the politicians frequent trips to Beijing.

Governor Newsom and a few others like him are a bigger threat to our republic than the Communist Chinese because he (they) have control internally of their states like California. But, Trump will win and he will make America great again no matter how many of these low life bottom feeding Marxists cockroaches in the local and blue state governments try to stop him.

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China: America’s Aggressive, Escalating Adversary

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“If war is what the U.S. wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war, or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end,” declared the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in a statement reposted Tuesday by the Chinese Embassy. President Donald Trump has engaged the CCP in a punishing spiral of escalating tariffs, which have now exceeded 100% in both directions. But the conflict is not limited to trade, as tensions grow between the U.S. and China on numerous diplomatic and military fault lines.

Trade War

Front and center has been the trade war, with Trump hiking tariffs on Chinese goods to an effective tariff rate of 145%, while the CCP has raised tariffs on American goods to 125%. “The U.S. escalation of tariffs on China is a mistake on top of a mistake, which seriously infringes on China’s legitimate rights and interests and seriously undermines the rules-based multilateral trading system,” complained China’s Finance Ministry.

That grievance might carry more weight if China did not routinely violate the legitimate rights and interests of other nations, particularly the U.S., through currency manipulation, slave labor, intellectual property theft, and intense censorship.

Travel Advisory

In an apparent attempt to extend the trade war horizontally, China’s Tourism Ministry on Wednesday issued a travel warning for the U.S., stating, “Recently, due to the deterioration of China-U.S. economic and trade relations and the domestic security situation in the United States, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism reminds Chinese tourists to fully assess the risks of traveling to the United States and be cautious.”

The U.S. State Department issues travel advisories to discourage Americans from visiting parts of the world rendered dangerous through civil unrest, rampant crime, or oppressive or uncooperative governments. China’s travel advisory, especially the allusion to an imaginary “domestic security situation” is calculated to deter Chinese tourism to America, and thus hit the U.S. economy on another pressure point.

Cyber Attacks

The CCP has accompanied its longstanding economic belligerence with accelerating aggression in cyberspace. Last year, in a breach called Salt Typhoon, Chinese hackers broke into U.S. telecommunications networks, including those belonging to AT&T and Verizon, and they used the data to spy on the unencrypted calls and texts of government and political figures, including people working on the Trump and Harris presidential campaigns.

A separate breach called Volt Typhoon attempted to gain a foothold in computer networks managing critical U.S. infrastructure, while a third attack in December broke into the U.S. Treasury Department and accessed employee workstations.

The CCP has always denied responsibility for these powerful cyberattacks in public, but they came close to acknowledging a role in them during a secret December meeting in Geneva, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Thursday. At the meeting, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Wang Lei told the American delegation that the infrastructure hacks resulted from the U.S. military’s backing of Taiwan. The language was oblique enough to avoid a direct admission of guilt, but nevertheless clear enough to convey the threat.

In response to this reporting, China’s embassy in Washington dismissed “so-called hacking threats,” choosing instead to attack the U.S. for “using cybersecurity to smear and slander China.” The U.S. State Department responded that “Chinese cyber threats are some of the gravest and most persistent threats to U.S. national security,” and that “the United States will continue to use all the tools at its disposal to safeguard U.S. critical infrastructure from irresponsible and reckless cyberattacks from Beijing.”

Military Tensions

Regardless of the details of the secret December meeting — a last hurrah for former President Biden’s diplomatic team — American officials assess that China escalated its aggressive actions around Taiwan by 300% in 2024, in what the U.S. military calls not just exercises by rehearsals for an invasion.

“Foremost” of the challenges the U.S. faces in the Indo-Pacific is “China’s increasingly aggressive and assertive behavior,” said Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. “Their unprecedented military modernization encompassing advancements in artificial intelligence, [hypersonic missiles], space-based capabilities, among others, poses a real and serious threat to our homeland, to our allies, and to our partners.”

Unfortunately, China not only threatens the U.S. homeland from their own hemisphere but from ours. “China’s military has too large of a presence in the Western Hemisphere,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Wednesday at the Central American Security Conference in Panama. “Make no mistake, Beijing is investing and operating in this region for military advantage and unfair economic gain.”

After pressure from the Trump administration, a Chinese company agreed to sell ports it operated at either end of the Panama Canal, but Hegseth noted the further threat of Chinese military inroads into Latin America.

This brings us full circle, to the CCP declaration that opened this article: “If war is what the U.S. wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war, or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end.” Perhaps someone should tell them that cribbing lines from manipulative movie villains (“If it’s war Guilder wants, it’s war they shall get,” Prince Humperdinck, “The Princess Bride”; “If it’s a war Aslan wants, it’s a war he shall get,” Queen Jadis, “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”) makes them sound a little too sinister — not to mention eager.

“The era of capitulating to coercion by the communist Chinese is over,” declared Hegseth on Tuesday. China’s “growing and adversarial control of strategic land and critical infrastructure in this hemisphere cannot and will not stand.” Those aren’t quite fighting words, but I don’t think Xi will invite Hegseth to tea anytime soon.

AUTHOR

Joshua Arnold

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‘Companies Will Bring Work Back’: UAW President Defends Trump Tariffs In Verbal Slugfest With Befuddled MSNBC Hosts

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United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain engaged in an 11-minute verbal battle with MSNBC hosts Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele on Sunday over tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.

Trump announced reciprocal tariffs to address import duties and “horrendous imbalances” in trade with other countries during an April 2 Rose Garden event a week after he imposed a 25% tariff covering imported cars, SUVs, crossovers, minivans and light trucks, in addition to parts including engines and transmissions, citing “national security concerns.” Fain, who had been critical of Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign, said the tariffs would provide an incentive for jobs to return to the United States.

“Now, we’ve been very clear,” Fain said. “We do believe, and we know, when it comes to auto, when it comes to heavy truck, and agricultural implementation, we know that tariffs will influence these companies to do the right thing and reinvest in this country and reinvest in factories in this country.”

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“At the end of the day, we believe that Stellantis and these companies will bring work back because of these tariffs,” Fain added later.

While the leadership of the UAW backed then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election — Fain even labeled Trump a “scab” during the Democratic National Convention — many rank-and-file members of the union backed Trump.

“Since NAFTA’s inception in 1993, we’ve lost 90,000 manufacturing facilities in this country. Millions of jobs, and these weren’t, you know, low end jobs. These were jobs that paid decent wages, had good benefits, retirement security-” Fain said before Sanders-Townsend interrupted him.

“But here’s my thing… NAFTA was 30 years ago. The situation that we are dealing with right now, and I agree with you, I’m on the side of the folks that said they… did the American workers wrong, absolutely,” Sanders-Townsend said. “But right now we are dealing with a situation where it’s not — these are blanket tariffs. We are dealing with situation where manufacturing is not going to come back in two weeks. So what? How, I’m just, I’m really struggling to figure to understand how UAW has aligned itself with Trump on this.”

Trump campaigned on imposing tariffs to help boost manufacturing in the United States. After co-host Michael Steele questioned whether the tariffs could create jobs, Fain responded.

“NAFTA is still causing us to lose jobs in this country. Our broken trade system is still causing us to lose jobs in this country and no one from either party has been willing to even address the issue for 30 plus years. That’s the first thing,” Fain said. “And we support tariffs as a tool, a tool in the toolbox, not the end all be all. We got to fix the broken trade system. But tariffs are a motivator to make these companies do the right thing.”

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Trump Exempts Smartphones, Computers and Chips From New Tariffs

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It would be far too long to wait until they could be made in the U.S. but that is the goal.

The Trump administration exempted computers, along with smartphones and other electronics, from its reciprocal tariffs. This decision, announced late on April 11, 2025, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, excludes these products from the 125% tariff on China and the 10% global tariff on most other countries. The move benefits tech companies like Apple and Nvidia and aims to shield consumers from price hikes, as most of these goods aren’t made in the U.S. and domestic production would take years to establish.

The exemption of computers, chips, and smartphones from tariffs shows strategic recalibration—prioritizing consumer tech while maintaining pressure on China. The United States Reciprocal Trade Act (H.R. 735) allows targeted adjustments, avoiding blanket policies that could spike prices for everyday Americans. This isn’t retreat—it’s refining leverage.

China still faces 125% tariffs, but sparing critical tech components prevents supply chain chaos and protects U.S. innovation pipelines. The 90-day pause for other nations forces them to negotiate better terms. Smart policy evolves.

Trump exempts smartphones, computers and chips from new tariffs

By Nicholas Ballasy, Just The News, April 12, 2025:

President Trump exempted phones, computers and chips from his new tariffs on Friday.

The guidance that was issued also excludes flash drives and memory cards.

Trump has imposed 145% tariffs on imports from China.

He paused further tariff actions on other countries in favor of a 10% baseline tariff.

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As Trump Escalates Trade War with China, One Expert Says It’s ‘Ugly’ but ‘Necessary’

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President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to China on Monday to withdraw its retaliatory 34% tariff hike, saying that an additional 50% tariff would be imposed on Chinese goods by Tuesday if the tariff was not withdrawn. At least one expert is commending Trump’s escalating trade war with the U.S.’s largest trading partner, saying that America’s quarter-trillion-dollar trade deficit with China must be dealt with even if it means economic pain for U.S. citizens.

The standoff began on April 2, dubbed “Liberation Day,” when the Trump administration announced a 10% tariff hike on all goods imported into the U.S. from other countries. Trump further announced an additional reciprocal tariff on about 90 nations, including a 34% hike on China. Two days later, the communist regime announced a retaliatory tariff of 34% on American goods in response.

The tariff battle between the two largest economies in the world is showing no signs of abating, as Trump declared Monday on Truth Social. “If China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th. Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated!” If the Trump administration were to follow through with the threat, tariff increases on goods from America’s largest trading partner would equal 104% since the beginning of Trump’s term.

The impending tariffs, which are set to take effect this week, have led to massive tumult on Wall Street. Some economists are predicting that the rise in prices of consumer goods caused by the tariffs will add $3,800 of annual expenses for the average family.

Still, at least one expert says the economic volatility will be worth it, particularly in order to rectify the massive trade deficit that the U.S. has incurred with China. On Monday, author and China expert Gordon Chang, a distinguished senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, joined “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins” to analyze the unfolding standoff between the two world powers.

“[Trump’s tariff hike] is important because China right now is really out of ammunition,” he argued. “They’re the smaller economy. Their economy, even with their inflated reporting, is less than two-thirds the size of ours. And China is the trade surplus trader. Last year, [it] had a $295.4 billion merchandise trade surplus with [the] U.S. Countries can’t really do much in a trade war, and the only thing they can try and do is intimidate President Trump to back down. But President Trump is not backing down, and so I think Xi Jinping is in a very difficult position right now.”

Chang further contended that China desperately needs the American consumer market “especially now, because Xi Jinping has turned his back on consumption as the fundamental basis of the Chinese economy, which means his only way out of an increasingly serious situation is to export more. And he can’t replace the U.S. market, the largest in the world, and President Trump is just closing it off. So right now, Xi Jinping just does not have any options.”

Chang went on to assert that the American economy “can hold out for a long time” even with a rise in the price of consumer goods from China, and that the U.S. trade deficit with the communist regime must be addressed.

“[T]his has got to be done because we’re in an unsustainable situation,” he surmised. “America accounts for almost half of the world’s merchandise trade deficits. China accounts for almost half of the world’s merchandise trade surpluses. This just is not acceptable from any number of different viewpoints. And so I think President Trump gets high marks. Whatever happens, he gets high marks for trying to deal with this, something that his predecessors let slide for decades.”

As for the inevitable economic pain that Americans will feel as a result of the tariffs, Chang posited that it will be unavoidable due to a series of poor economic decisions made by past administrations.

“[A]s Americans,” he remarked, “we’ve got to ask ourselves, ‘Do we really think that we could get out of decades of misguided, really horrible trade policy and not bear some cost?’ Of course we’re going to have to do that, and President Trump has decided, I think, on the best way, which is to make sure that China doesn’t take over the American economy and take over the economies around the rest of the world. So, yes, this is the right move. It may look really ugly right now, but it’s absolutely necessary.”

Beyond the economic impact of the trade war, however, Chang expressed concern that too much of an economic squeeze on communist dictator Xi Jinping could result in armed conflict.

“This we ought to be concerned about, because Xi Jinping right now has an economy that’s not growing at the 5.0% pace that they reported for last year. It’s probably about zero,” he noted. “And with the actions that we have seen over the last couple of weeks, it’s probably heading to deep contraction territory. That means Xi Jinping may decide [to attack] Taiwan, Philippines, Japan, South Korea, India. He very well may decide to use it rather than lose it.”

Chang continued, “But also, we know that there are signs of instability at the top of the Communist Party. The infighting is getting intense. Xi Jinping may decide that war is in his interest — not to rally the Chinese people, because [he] knows that the Chinese people do not want war, but he might decide a war is in his personal interest to prevent other Communist Party figures from challenging or maybe even deposing him. So right now, I think the situation is extremely tense across China’s periphery.”

Chang concluded by expressing further worry that China’s recent aggressive military maneuvers may result in an unintended escalation of hostilities.

“I’m actually more concerned about something. Not that Xi Jinping wakes up some morning and says, ‘I’m invading the Philippines.’ But we’ve seen some very dangerous provocations in the last couple of weeks against South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, and Australia. And if one of those escalations goes wrong, I don’t think Xi Jinping will be able to control escalation, because right now he is configured China’s political system so that only the most hostile answers are considered to be acceptable, which means if something starts, it’s going to continue.”

AUTHOR

Dan Hart

Dan Hart is senior editor at The Washington Stand.

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MARKET SOARS: Trump Raises Tariffs on China to 125% But Announces 90-Day Pause For Countries Who Reached Out to Negotiate

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President Trump issues a 90-day pause on tariffs “and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period of 10%,” except for China. Isolating China.

Checkmate.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Do not retaliate and you will be rewarded. So every country in the world wants to come and negotiate. We are willing to hear you. We are going to go down to a 10% baseline tariff for them and China will be raised to 125% due to their insistence on escalation.

BREAKING: Trump Issues a Tariff Pause, Smacks China Again

By: Katie Pavlich, Townhall, April 09, 2025 1:33 PM

President Donald Trump issued a 90-day pause on tariffs for countries coming to the negotiation table with the United States Wednesday afternoon, sending the stock market soaring.

“Based on the fact that more than 75 Countries have called Representatives of the United States, including the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and the USTR, to negotiate a solution to the subiects being discussed relative to Trade, Trade Barriers, Tariffs, Currency Manipulation, and Non Monetary Tariffs, and that these Countries have not, at my strong suggestion, retaliated in any way, shape, or form against the United States, I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, also effective immediately,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

In addition, Trump increased tariffs on China as the Chinese Communist Party plays a game of chicken with their economy and trade negotiations with the United States.

“Based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets, I am hereby raising the Tariff charged to China by the United States of America to 125%, effective immediately. At some point, hopefully in the near future, China will realize that the days of ripping off the U.S.A., and other Countries, is no longer sustainable or acceptable,” Trump said.

Since announcing reciprocal tariffs from the White House Rose Garden last week, more than 75 countries have asked for negotiations on trade.

Market soars.

Continue reading.

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VIDEO: Karoline Leavitt Brings Receipts Of Dems Echoing Trump’s Concerns About Trade Policy

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt brought receipts of prominent Democrats making the same critiques about trade policy as President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s press briefing.

Trump has come under Democratic scrutiny for imposing reciprocal tariffs on foreign imports in order to create fairer trade practices and return manufacturing to the U.S. Leavitt said that Democrats simply do not want to admit that they agree with Trump on the need to change current trade practices, which prompted her to read direct quotes from high-profile Democrats who expressed concern over the status quo on foreign trade.

“Everybody in Washington [D.C.], whether they want to admit it or not, knows that this president is right when it comes to tariffs and when it comes to trade,” Leavitt said. “In fact, Democrats have long said that the United States of America has been ripped off by the countries around the world. They just don’t want to admit it now because it’s President Trump saying that.”

The press secretary quoted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said in June 1996 that her colleagues must “fight against the status quo trade policies that had contributed to America’s trade deficit with China.” She further quoted now-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former Democrat Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown remarks from 2007 and 2012, when they both sounded the alarm on the U.S.’s trade deficit costing American workers “millions of jobs.”

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“These are the words of Democrats years ago,” Leavitt said. “It is about time America finally has a president who is taking action to restore those millions of jobs back to the United States of American to boost our manufacturing industry. He’s doing what’s right for the American people. It will take a lot of labor, it will take a lot of effort. That’s exactly what the American people elected this president to do.”

CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings said he found it “amusing” on Monday that Democrats have suddenly become proponents of free trade and lower taxes while they criticize Trump’s attempts to cut corporate and capital gains taxes.

Trump’s officially imposed the tariffs on April 2, which he deemed “Liberation Day,” with the intention of preventing foreign nations from “ripping off” the U.S. and to help American workers. Several union workers celebrated the tariffs, stating that their industries will benefit from more job positions and more domestic production.

The tariffs caused U.S. stocks to take a steep downturn, with the Dow Jones sinking by 2,200 points on Friday. The markets faced a positive rebound on Tuesday as the Dow jumped 179 points.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business’ Larry Kudlow on Monday that up to 70 countries have gotten in contact with Trump to begin negotiations. Trump stated on Truth Social that nations across the globe are talking with the U.S. to negotiate on tariffs.

“Countries from all over the World are talking to us. Tough but fair parameters are being set. Spoke to the Japanese Prime Minister this morning. He is sending a top team to negotiate! They have treated the U.S. very poorly on Trade. They don’t take our cars, but we take MILLIONS of theirs. Likewise Agriculture, and many other ‘things.’ It all has to change, but especially with CHINA!!!” Trump said.

The administration is set increase tariffs on Chinese tariffs to 104% due to the country’s retaliation against the U.S., Leavitt said. The White House had initially planned in February to impose 20% tariffs on China for its role in causing the fentanyl epidemic, while Canada and Mexico received 25% tariffs for the flow of fentanyl and illegal immigration coming into the U.S.

The tariffs led former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to cave to the president’s demands on the border. Trudeau invested billions in securing Canada’s border and appointed a “Fentanyl Czar,” while Sheinbaum deployed 10,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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SCUMBAGGERY: 4 Traitorous GOP Senators Vote with Democrats to Undo Trump Tariffs

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A plague on our house:

  1. Mitch McConnell
  2. Susan Collins
  3. Lisa Murkowski
  4. Rand Paul

What the hell is wrong with the Republican party?

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4 GOP Senators Vote with Dems to Undo Trump Tariffs

By: News Addicts, April 3, 2025:

Early Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump excoriated four Republican U.S. senators who bucked his demand to implement sharp new tariffs on Canadian imports, calling the cadre “disloyal” for their recent votes.

It has been “extremely difficult” to deal with mavericks in the GOP, especially those intent on settling old scores or making a point rather than sticking together, Trump said in a lengthy social media post shortly before 1 a.m. on Wednesday.

“Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul, also of Kentucky, will hopefully get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change, and fight the Democrats wild and flagrant push to not penalize Canada for the sale, into our Country, of large amounts of Fentanyl, by Tariffing the value of this horrible and deadly drug in order to make it more costly to distribute and buy,” Trump declared on his Truth Social account.

Breaking rank only serves to project weakness, he added.

“They are playing with the lives of the American people, and right into the hands of the Radical Left Democrats and Drug Cartels. The Senate Bill is just a ploy of the Dems to show and expose the weakness of certain Republicans, namely these four, in that it is not going anywhere because the House will never approve it and I, as your President, will never sign it. Why are they allowing Fentanyl to pour into our Country unchecked, and without penalty,” he continued.

Trump then questioned whether the four are afflicted by the same “Trump Derangement Syndrome” so pervasive on the left since he returned to the White House.

“What is wrong with them, other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly known as TDS? Who can want this to happen to our beautiful families, and why? To the people of the Great States of Kentucky, Alaska, and Maine, please contact these Senators and get them to FINALLY adhere to Republican Values and Ideals. They have been extremely difficult to deal with and, unbelievably disloyal to hardworking Majority Leader John Thune, and the Republican Party itself. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

The salvo by Trump comes on “Liberation Day,” the administration’s much-touted revolution of U.S. tariffs spanning imports from countries around the world. The president is expected to announce the contours of his plan from the Rose Garden at 4 p.m. EST.

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Trump’s tariffs are all about putting America first after decades of exploitation

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For far too long, America has been the world’s punching bag regarding trade. Foreign nations—some allies, some adversaries—have exploited our generosity, reaping profits while draining our industries, jobs, and national pride. However, under President Donald J. Trump, that era of weakness is over. With his bold tariff policies, Trump is fulfilling his promise to put America first, leveling the playing field and restoring the United States to its rightful place as an economic powerhouse. The globalists, the outsourcers, and the Fake News can scream all they want—history shows they’ve been wrong every step of the way.

WATCH: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers ‘Liberation Day’ speech at the White House

Trump’s recent statement on X encapsulates the essence of this struggle:

In the coming days, there will be complaints from the globalists, the outsourcers, special interests, and Fake News… Never forget that every prediction our opponents made about trade over the last 30 years has proven completely wrong.

He’s right. For decades, “experts” championed disastrous trade deals like NAFTA, celebrated China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, and supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership—all while promising prosperity that never came to fruition. Instead, we faced shuttered factories, lost jobs, and a diminished middle class. Trump saw through the deception, and his tariffs are the remedy for years of betrayal.

Simply put, other countries have taken advantage of America for years. China, for instance, has flooded our markets with cheap goods, manipulated its currency, and stolen our intellectual property—all while enjoying unequal trade imbalances. Meanwhile, the European Union imposes hefty tariffs on American products while expecting us to keep our doors open. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the trade deficit with China alone reached $367 billion in 2015, before Trump took office. That’s billions of dollars flowing out of American pockets and into the hands of nations that don’t play fair. Enough is enough.

Trump’s tariffs serve as a wake-up call. By imposing strategic levies on imports, he forces these countries to reconsider their predatory tactics. His first term offers proof: despite doomsday predictions of economic collapse, Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum revitalized American industries. The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that domestic steel production increased by 8% in 2019, and thousands of jobs returned to rust-belt states like Pennsylvania and Ohio. The economy didn’t crash—it soared. As Trump himself noted, “In my first term, they said tariffs would crash the economy. Instead, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world.” The numbers support him: pre-COVID GDP growth reached 3%, unemployment fell to historic lows, and wages rose for working-class Americans.

The critics—those same globalists and elitists—argue that tariffs hurt consumers by driving up prices. However, that’s a tired scare tactic. In reality, foreign nations often absorb the costs to remain competitive in our market; when they don’t, American companies step in. Consider the resurgence of manufacturing during Trump’s administration. His policies encourage businesses to bring production back home, creating jobs and reducing our dependence on countries that don’t share our values. That’s not punishment—it’s patriotism.

Online, Trump supporters are rallying behind this vision. On X, @RealPatriot1776 posted, “Trump’s tariffs are a gut punch to China and the EU. They’ve been screwing us for decades—time to fight back!” Another user, @MAGA4Life, wrote, “Globalists hate tariffs because they can’t control us anymore. Trump’s bringing back American steel, American jobs, and American pride.” These voices echo a broader sentiment: Americans are tired of being the world’s doormat. A quick search of pro-Trump sites like The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart reveals article after article praising Trump’s trade stance. A recent piece from The Gateway Pundit declared, “Trump’s tariffs are the ultimate America First move—suck it up, Beijing!” The enthusiasm is palpable.

Of course, the left and their media lapdogs will cry foul. They’ll present sob stories about “poor” multinational corporations or claim that Trump is alienating our allies. But who are these allies when they’ve been picking our pockets? Trump isn’t here to coddle foreign leaders—he’s here to protect American workers. And let’s not forget: his trade war with China forced Beijing to the negotiating table, resulting in the Phase One deal that secured billions in agricultural purchases for U.S. farmers. That’s not chaos; that’s winning.

The truth is, Trump’s tariffs involve more than just economics—they concern our sovereignty. For too long, we’ve allowed unelected bureaucrats and foreign powers to dictate our destiny. Now, we have a president who prioritizes America, who recognizes that a strong nation begins with a robust economy. The naysayers have been mistaken about trade for 30 years, as Trump has pointed out. NAFTA harmed us, China exploited us, and the TPP would’ve completed the damage. But Trump is rewriting the narrative. With tariffs as his tool, he’s reclaiming what belongs to us—one job, one factory, one victory at a time. This is the MAGA approach, and it’s just beginning.

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