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American manufacturing has been declining for half a century. It hasn’t disappeared, of course; manufacturing is still a big part of the American economy. But it’s not what it was, and that’s a problem.
This continuing series is examining communist China’s various strategic initiatives and lesser schemes that together aim to rejuvenate the Chinese economy, promote Chinese leadership in virtually every sphere of human endeavor, and aim to supplant the US as the only global superpower
Thanks to President Donald Trump’s tariffs our relationship with Communist China is again receiving the tiny bit of scrutiny that passes for Communist China-relationship scrutiny.
The Globalist trade status quo has been AWFUL for the United States. For many, MANY decades. DC has happily served as the world’s butcher.
Watching the Trump’s Tariff War from afar, I find it hilarious. He has managed in the past week to get the world to accept a 10% tariff on everything while triggering Red China to engage in an actual tariff war that is financially suicidal for the communist regime.
Congressional inaction on the languishing No Tax On Tips Act, is not just bureaucratic inertia; it’s a direct financial hit to millions of hardworking Americans in the service industry.
Our current federal debt stands at nearly 37 trillion dollars. That’s more than a “37” with 12 zeroes behind it. It’s an amount of money which is nearly impossible for the human mind to grasp.
‘Government is like an infant: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.’
Trump’s tariffs may be a big shift away from globalization or just a bargaining ploy. Regardless, tariffs isn’t an antidote to devastating changes.
Billionaire Bill Ackman’s feet got cold over tariffs. He’s calling for a 90-day delay on imposing tariffs on the world because the Dow fell precipitously. He wants to avoid Trump taking the blame for a global economic meltdown.
President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been systematically exposing MASSIVE government waste, fraud and abuse.
The overriding strategic goal of the Chinese Communist Party (and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in particular) is “to restore China to a position of glory and influence commensurate with its ancestral heritage.”
President Trump imposed tariffs on nations that take advantage of our free trade policy. The cheaters include nations that we protect with our military at our expense. Our NATO allies roll us like we are the town drunk.
Focused, temporary tariffs designed to level the playing field may or may not work as designed. Permanent tariffs kill capital which kills jobs.
When I was in college, I worked in a factory and it paid for a house, a car and college. I can attest to the skill level.
For decades Globalists allegedly justified their sending tens of millions of jobs overseas by screeching “Cheap stuff!!!” at the top of their lungs.
As bureaucrats in the US and elsewhere, are being required to work and justify their existence, they are upset. Welcome to the real world.
As you read or view media reports on Trump’s Trade Wars, bear in mind these facts. Mexico’s GDP is $1.8 trillion a year. Its exports to the United States are $506 billon a year. Exports to the USA make up 28% of its economy. Exports to Mexico make up less than 2% of our $27.7 …
On March 18th, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announced their collaboration in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.