In 2015, even before President Trump came down the golden escalator, CTH was outlining a ‘new era and dimension’ in American economics that could be possible if a presidential candidate focused on specific Main Street policy. {Go Deep}
Throughout the next four years we watched carefully how Donald Trump was organizing that Main Street revival {Go Deep} and what specifically was creating the economic growth {Go Deep}.
One of the points emphasized in 2016 about Trump’s unique MAGAnomic policy, was how both Trump and Bernie Sanders agreed on the problem. The difference between them was the solution.
Think of it like economic football.
Both Trump and Sanders identify the rigged game. Bernie Sanders wanted to change the referees so that government controls the game. Donald Trump’s approach was different. Trump wanted to change the rules of the game, not step in and try to play referee to a rigged game where the rules were flawed.
One of the examples of economic “rule changing” is trade tariffs. You don’t need govt to regulate the corporations directly (ie. raise corporate income taxes). Instead, you can change trade policy to make the better corporate decision a return of production back to the USA (a fundamental rules change).
Both approaches involve a different govt policy, but Trump’s approach changes behavior. That’s MAGAnomics.
One of the reasons Trump’s approaches are much more effective, is that his rule changes extend beyond the American corporate game. Trump’s approach changes the behavior of foreign governments and foreign corporations, a win/win/win.
An example is the Japanese government investing in America to offset reciprocity tariffs; while Toyota, a corporation, invests in specific auto manufacturing expansion to avoid baseline tariffs.
You don’t get that kind of result through Bernie’s approach changing the American referee in an all-American game and raising corporate income taxes. And don’t forget, the corporation can just move offshore and avoid income taxes entirely. Apple used to have their company incorporated in Ireland. Trump’s rule changes brought them back.
The Promethean Action PAC is now highlighting the fundamentals of Trump’s MAGAnomics and how the policy is distinctly different from all U.S. economic policy before it.
The Fed slams on the breaks to stop growth because The Fed doesn’t work for the U.S. The Fed answers to globohomo.
You paint the Fed as the bad guy when the bad guy is the Democrats in Government telling the Fed what to do. The Fed was politicized by the Democrats. Powell lowered rates for Biden/Harris while inflation was hot. Powell refused to lower rates for Trump. The guy behind the curtain telling Wizard Powell what to do was a Democrat.
The Globullists are telling the Fed what to do. The dems are crafty and sneaky, but not that smart. The rinos want money, they don’t care who is telling who, as long as their bank accounts get bigger.
END THE FED!!!!!
Read, The Creature From Jekyll Island.
End the fed before …07/04…
Less than one month to change the currency.
Change “politicized” to “owned” and I might agree.
There is only the Uniparty.
The Fed IS the bad guy. The Fed/central bank is the very reason we don’t have sound, honest money that enables obscene amounts of money to be printed for the political-class to the level of fraud and theft that it has, and will continue to. When Nixon untethered the dollar from gold it allowed virtually unrestricted legal counterfeiting. It took just 1 generation for the political-class to realize how they could profit from such an arrangement, and here we are.
Take away a central bank and the playing field becomes level for all and they can’t add any more zeros to a digital ledger.
Ron Paul has been proven right.
We do not have sound money because the Government/Congress spends trillions over what it received through taxes. That is where inflation starts…the government spending. The Creature from Jekyll Island is a book to get the suckers to look at the evil Fed instead of the evil spenders.
Listen to what you’re saying. How could Congress spend what they don’t have access to? You’re conflating cause for effect.
Nixon and the others recognized that he needed a different source of capital to sustain spending since gold was flying out the door.
No, sir. Inflation is a result of the Fed printing more money, thereby reducing the buying power of each dollar.
THAT is inflation!
Congress only spends because it knows the Fed will simply produce more toilet paper called US currency.
I agree with Sunshine……it’s the fact that the globalist are able to use the Dems policies to their ends.
It’s not just Dem’s benefitting from the incestuous relationship.
Are you still stuck in that Democrat bad vs Republican good paradigm?
It’s really too bad AI/Bot spellcheck and grammar aren’t fully operational…
Globohomo might have been intentionall 😂
spellcheck and grammar are on our devices.
The entire monetary and financial system is an intentionally complex scam.
“It was Henry Ford who said in substance this: ‘It is perhaps well enough that the people of the nation do not know or understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning’.” – Charles Binderup, 19 March 1937, in the House of Representatives (Congressional Record—House 81:2528).
NOT nutjob stuff:
The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind – Hidden Secrets of Money Ep 4 (29:34)
In Episode 4 of Hidden Secrets of Money, Mike Maloney breaks down one of the most important — and least understood — parts of the modern financial system: how currency is created.
This episode explains how Treasury bonds, Federal Reserve checks, banks, debt, taxes, and fractional reserve lending all work together inside what Mike calls the biggest scam in the history of mankind.
The core idea is simple but shocking: the Treasury issues IOUs, the banks buy those IOUs, the Federal Reserve writes its own IOUs, and currency springs into existence. The process repeats over and over, enriching the banking system while increasing the national debt and passing the bill to the public.
Mike also explains why inflation is not simply “prices going up,” why debt must keep expanding under the current system, and why understanding the difference between money and currency is essential.
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And I’m not a gold bug:
If the dollar were converted back to the gold standard I’m not sure anyone really knows what would happen to the price of gold.
True, but we do know it’s value will never drop to zero, unlike paper, fiat dollars.
All computer clocks would revert to 1999 and the end would be revealed. We’ve just been stuck in a DVD video skip since then.
Alex Jones will back me on this. s/
Actually, she, presumably one who did not understand PM’s and economics and the nature of money, will be at his house on day 2 begging him to buy her a sandwich and to marry her.
Good one.
The Fed slams on the breaks to stop the growth of what? You need to be clearer and more specific. Otherwise, your statement, while catchy, is meaningless.
Hi Mish,
I was reacting to a section of the video. Listening to the video will provide the context. Regardless, you have a point in that I could have added more context in my comment for those that didn’t watch the video.
Just my opinion but the globohomo is France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Italy and the UK. Switzerland and Austria are part of it too. All countries giving Islam freedom to control the whole of western civilization.
Globohomo – “global homogenization.” The push by global elites toward a single, borderless, uniform world culture that merges multiculturalism, mass migration, liberal-progressive values, corporate consumerism, and LGBTQ+ ideology.
It erases traditional national, cultural, and ethnic identities in favor of a rootless, interchangeable, “woke” global monoculture.
Seems to me the next President must continue MAGAnomics.
Trump is running out of time. To continue this, it needs to be added to.
Mr Trump would make a great Chief of Staff for the next President.
The big question is whether Rubio / Vance will continue the current policies, or will he be co-opted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and their allies, reversing the many gains under President Trump? There is significant pressure to continue H1B visa replacement of U.S. workers amongst the software industry, and many of the wealthy tech CEOs have access the administration. Musk and Ramaswamy very publicly aired their opinions more than a year ago in a somewhat foolish and clumsy manner. Wealthy interests who lack the skill to run for president and win will instead choose to lobby and co-opt the next president.
AMEN! We all presume and hope that PDJT’s wealth affords him historic freedom of movement to pursue goodness on behalf of the American people. Beyond that, our POTUS strikes me as a humanist with an intrinsic instinct to uplift those around him.
PDJT is a once in a century personality. He in a plain-spoken businessman with a heart and the abilities, means and determination to decisively succeed at the highest levels of complexity.
We will never see another in our lifetime, but the signature of a GREAT leader is the ability to foster apprentices to fill his shoes.
On the other hand, there is NOTHING in the Constitution prohibiting PDJT from assuming the role of “President Emeritus” if a fourth term is not in the cards for him! 🙂
Yep. It needs years to unfold completely. The next Democrat/RINO will destroy it all and claim it as proof it was destined to fail.
Jekyll Island meeting… others making bad decisions that impact your life a century ago….
“The Promethean Action PAC is now highlighting the fundamentals of Trump’s MAGAnomics and how the policy is distinctly different from all U.S. economic policy before it.”
It would be nice to get that out in a way that MSM could not avoid it and would be forced to cover it for the millions of low information voters out there.
Ephesians Chap. 5:13
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Instead the MSM will push “bad economy” and avoid talking about Biden’s (handlers) and Ole Yellen’s intentional “transitory” inflation.
Millions will not only believe it but believe the Democommunists can somehow provide “affordability”.
What you are not getting about the “low information voters” Is they are not watching ANY news, not our news not “their” news.
That’s why they are low information.
When the “News” is on they are watching Vanna turn letters.
Regarding the Toyota reference, if I am not mistaken the majority of Toyotas sold in the US are assembled there as well. Toyota has several automobiles that have more American parts in them than Ford or GovMo.
Correct, my Tacoma was assembled in mexico but damn near all the parts were made in the USA.
It does depend on the model. They used to assemble the Tacoma in San Antonio.
That’s pretty much Mexico
I believe the only Toyota sold here that is assembled in japan is the high dollar Four Runner.
Even the larger Pickup and the Larger SUV with the V8 engines are assembled here.
Yep. The big Lexus LX is also made in Japan but thats a tiny fraction of their sales.
Most of the Japanese and Korean autos are assembled in the US for that market.
Japan has a collapsing working age population and with Trump’s policies, it made sense for Japan to move jobs to the USA for the sales to the USA.
Their population is shrinking, but they don’t have the fentanyl and drug use “tax” on their working age population. A significant portion of our population is unemployable due to the drug scourge. Japan has been very talented at automating many service sector jobs. I also see many retirees working part-time in the tourism sector. Japan is very creative at meeting the worker shortage problem. Note also Prime Minister Takeuchi’s approach to working with President Trump versus Minister Carney
Takaichi.
And they were using robotics long before we caught on. They don’t need as many humans.
Big points:
Free Trade – bad
Socialism – bad
Globalism – bad
Communism – bad
Establishment Republicans are socialists (free trade). You hear a “republican” talking about free trade, primary their ass out.
Democrats are communists or Fascists – always bad except Fetterman (lol)
MAGAnomics – The American System. The U.S. manufactures everything we need in-house. That leads to full employment with wage growth that always outpaces inflation, if there even is inflation to begin with. Tariffs are a critical tool to ensure we manufacture everything we need in-house.
Free trade bad. We want The American System.
It returns America back to a manufacturing country. That provides jobs to those who don’t really need or want to go to college.
Self sufficiency = Nothing can be withheld from you, by friend or foe!
Who woulda thunk that Lurch would be the only rational member of the A-Dems family?
The stroke re-wired his brain back to some semblance of rational thinking.
He still is infected with Libtard Disease, though.
I discovered Promethean Action about 3 months ago and have found them to be a very good source.
Same here.
PA is doing wonderful work, but some of their stretching and shaping of their original founding thesis and diagnosis into the realities we are experiencing always caused me some reticence. There is so much more out there that we are not seeing.
Sundance, PA, Covid and Coffee and many others are doing The Lord’s Work shining the light and giving us better visibility of the world around us….
But everyone functions and operates in their “silos” (SHOUTOUT, Sundance!) based on who they are and what skills and perspectives they possess as they give WE The People more and more pieces of the puzzle to consider and weigh.
Five or ten years from now, we will have even more information and perspectives. I shudder to think of the good and evil at play, of which we are completely unaware, and how we will be viewing these amazing times in which we live.
In the meantime, I am thankful and grateful for any and everyone taking up the mantel to support and defend our Singular Constitutional Republic Under God. 🙂
And you can’t help but chuckle at how Our POTUS, DJT has looked at the world, decided that it doesn’t suit our needs, proceeded to upend everything, along the way branding it MAGAnomics, and is seemingly pursuing a path that puts the USofA squarely back into Hamiltonian economics and the core vision of our Founding Fathers….
All the while cleaning up the REFLECTING POOL!!!
5-D chess doesn’t even begin to explain what is going on around us! 🙂
He has been firing artillery at enemy forces non-stop.
Our POTUS always flies inside the OODA loop of his adversaries… and always in his own aircraft… 🙂
Is that Satriales ?
Who’s on the left? is that Pauli?
The British Empire cannot make what it needs.
It also needs lots of beta males who love their country and God.
That could take decades.
Here’s one for you neocons, eliminate the Social Security tax on senior citizens and stop spending trillions warring all over the globe. It won’t put any money into your campaign funds though so you never will do the right thing.
Don’t think there are any or many neocons HERE. Wrong website.
An encouraging word…
Free markets were not free, those markets were manipulated just like Canada and the US. We want fair markets. Free is utopia.
Free and fair for the consumer to decide. I would rather buy Japanese ramen soup over a can of Campbells or an American made luggage instead of a Chinese made one.
Free just means there is no one interfering between seller and buyer, as it is now and has been for a long time. Free doesn’t mean utopia in a market-based economy where people freely engage in transactions. If we had a free market, then we would have a fair market and level playing field for all.
*NB – This doesn’t mean equal outcomes are a part of a free, fair market. Some people are just poor with money and savings and have terrible spending habits.
All of this is Gods hand working through His anointed ones.
To realize the stark reality in the differences between not just the last (null and illegal) administration and this one, but also every administration going back to the founding of the nation is mind boggling.
The Golden Age is clearly upon US. At the helm,,,,one of the anointed and yours truly President Donald J. Trump. Winning is now kicking back in a swimming pool filled with popcorn and drinking ice cold lemonade. You just want to smile. 😁
That’s Oren Cass Bessent is talking to on stage. Cass’s think tank, Commonplace, is one of the best sources for articles expressing the intellectual underpinnings of this New American System, which is essentially Hamilton’s system brought into the 21st Century. You can watch the whole discussion at Commonplace, links below. While you are there, check out Commonplace’s weekly update Understanding America.
There is also another foundational piece, which is the speech delivered by Jamieson Greer, the US Trade Rep., on January 20, 2026. The link to that is also below.
https://www.commonplace.org/
https://www.commonplace.org/p/economic-security-is-national-security
https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/speeches-and-remarks/2026/hamilton-today-trade-and-us-economic-strategy
Not as bad as I thought.
How long will it take to return the manufacturing lost to other countries back to the USA?
Decades for a full or near-full reversal, but meaningful progress in targeted sectors within 5–15 years. Returning “lost” manufacturing comprehensively is a massive, multi-decade undertaking due to the scale of offshoring since the 1970s–2000s, structural economic shifts, and practical constraints.
Scale of What Was Lost
– US manufacturing employment peaked at ~19.5–19.6 million in 1979. It fell to a low of ~11.5 million around 2009–2010 (a loss of ~6.5–8 million jobs, depending on exact metrics and including broader trade/automation effects). As of mid-2026, it’s around 12.6 million.
– Estimates of jobs lost specifically to offshoring/trade deficits (especially with China post-2001) range from ~3–5 million in manufacturing. Broader declines also stem from automation, productivity gains, and the shift to a service economy.
– The US now runs massive goods trade deficits (e.g., record levels recently), reflecting heavy reliance on imports for many consumer and intermediate goods.
Full “return” to 1970s-era dominance (as a share of employment or output) is unlikely, as the economy has grown and evolved. Manufacturing’s share of jobs has shrunk from ~22% in 1979 to ~8–9% today amid service-sector expansion.
Current Reshoring Momentum
Reshoring (bringing production back) + foreign direct investment (FDI) has accelerated:
– Since ~2010, announcements total over 2–2.5 million jobs (cumulative), with recent years seeing 244,000+ in 2024 and projections around 174,000 for 2025. About 1.7 million of these have reportedly been filled.
– This represents recovery of roughly 40% of offshoring losses in announced terms, concentrated in high-tech, autos, electronics, semiconductors, batteries, appliances, and medical devices.
– Drivers include tariffs/trade policy, supply-chain risks (COVID, geopolitics), CHIPS Act/IRA incentives, automation reducing labor-cost gaps, and “Total Cost of Ownership” (TCO) analyses showing hidden offshore risks.
Examples: GE Appliances moving production back (creating jobs in Kentucky), semiconductor investments, Apple facilities, John Deere expansions.
Realistic Timelines
– Individual projects/facilities: 1–3+ years from decision to full production (planning, permitting, construction, supply-chain setup, hiring/training). Some simpler cases (e.g., assembly, retrofits) in 6–12 months with automation/warehouses.
– Sectors like semiconductors, EVs/batteries, clean tech: Major gains already underway via CHIPS/IRA; new fabs and plants ramping over 3–10 years. These are capital-intensive but policy-supported.
– Broader manufacturing base: 10–20+ years for substantial recovery in output/jobs across many industries. Building entire ecosystems (suppliers, skilled labor, infrastructure) takes time. Construction and commissioning alone require years of certainty.
– Full reversal: Decades or effectively never in the same form, due to automation (fewer workers per output), global specialization, and economic shifts. Optimistic scenarios suggest accelerating reshoring could close much of the trade gap over 15–30 years with sustained policy.
Recent data shows mixed signals: strong announcements but some slowdowns in construction/employment in 2025, labor shortages, and persistent deficits.
Major Challenges Slowing Progress
– Workforce: Severe skills/labor shortages. Millions of unfilled roles projected; training takes years. Aging workforce and competition from other sectors.
– Costs and infrastructure: Higher US labor/energy/regulatory costs in some areas; building supply chains from scratch is expensive and slow. New plants often cost multiples of offshore equivalents.
– Ecosystems: Many industries lack full domestic supplier networks. Scaling takes time.
– Policy and economics: Uncertainty in tariffs/taxes slows decisions. Automation helps competitiveness but limits job numbers. Not all production makes economic sense to reshore (TCO shows ~20–30% viable in many analyses).
– Global realities: Some “friendshoring”/nearshoring (e.g., Mexico) instead of full US reshoring.
Bottom Line
Significant, high-value manufacturing is already returning and will expand in the 2020s–2030s, especially in strategic sectors, supported by policy and technology. This could add hundreds of thousands more jobs and boost resilience. However, a complete return of all lost capacity (in jobs or output share) would likely take 20–40+ years or prove partial, as the US economy prioritizes higher-productivity activities. Success depends on sustained policy stability, workforce investment, automation, and TCO-driven business decisions. Optimists point to recent records as a turning point; realists note structural headwinds. Progress is measurable but incremental.
Communists and Democrats do not understand economics. They push policies that are economically unsound.
Just take DEI….. Do you think any manufacturer with a beating heart wants to hire unqualified people? There are enough mistakes to fix hiring the best. DEI leads to chaos which leads to not being profitable. Government can get away with it until it runs out of Other Peoples Money.
I’m curious how Mrs. S seems to always be the first one to comment whenever Sundance post something new. Curious cat.
I’m going with Divine Intervention for $500 Alex. 😎
She could hang out on the CTH homepage and keep hitting the “refresh” button every couple of minutes.
So my thinking shifts to the bizzare as I learn more and more about The American System and the current MAGAnomics.
Going out on a limb here. I am glad that Trump didn’t get his 2nd consecutive term. He got four years to plan and find a MUCH better cabinet to implement what is happening now.
Sundance,
I’m still reading both the linked page contained in this post and this post and processing some things, but I do have 2 immediate questions that jump out at me.
1) is GDP still going to play a large/majority role in this new Main St. economy? If so, I fail to see how this idea differs from our current economy due to the fact that GDP as it is now is based mostly on government spending. Put another way, if government spending is included in the GDP of this new economy, the new economy can be declared a success due to the inclusion of government spending.
And, related
2) Will the things that should be included in GDP that currently are not included be included in this new Main St. economy to more accurately reflect real, actual Main St. GDP? Those things are currently excluded so as to conceal the real, actual Main St. economy, which skew the governments numbers. This is currently done intentionally to hide how badly Main St. actual economy is.
All this being said … these are still not “American” Corporations!
The rules are still distorted such that, for example, the “Apple Computer Company” that was originated in a Cupertino, California garage … decided to become … “Irish?”
Fundamentally, our goal must be to re-educate American corporations to become … “American corporations!”
If you are doing most of your business in “America,” then you should be incorporated under its laws – and you should experience very-compelling business conditions that strongly encourage you to do so.
“Toyota,” “Hundai,” etcetera … Sure, it’s great that these foreign companies are creating substantial industrial plants here. But, they are not American corporations!
Adam Smith’s invisible hand, free trade, and free markets are the very principles that the American system is based on.
Where Smith fell short in his theory is in recognizing that in order for these principles to be effective, they must be implemented within a closed system, operating on the same fair rule book for all concerned; i.e. within the United States, vs an open system based on international markets and free trade that operates on many different rule books.
If the Dallas Cowboys moved to a different city they would still have to play by the same rule book, but if they could operate under a different rule book that allowed them to field twice as many players for the same amount of money, simply by relocating to a foreign country, they would be guaranteed to be Super Bowl Champions; within the blink of an eye, all NFL teams would relocate to that country. Implementing prohibitive tariffs against the Cowboys would get them to relocate back to the US, and prevent the other teams from moving out.
The irony is that Smith’s advocacy of zero tariffs and free trade with other nations destroys the very system he is advocating for. Free trade and zero tariffs only work inside our country, not without
Susan does not discern that difference; Trump does though, by using Adam Smith within our borders and protecting our free market from those who wish to destroy it.
I came to post this PA video & once again here it is.
The know-it-alls & the TDS trolls and the bots still won’t get it.
Promethian is a great site
Sundance — 2 questions, please
1 – who are the flag bearers in the political cartoon?
2 – who among PresTrump’s advisors had the depth of knowledge to formulate and administer the tariff-based economic strategy and foreign policy?
Who were the main strategists? If there was one main leading light, who would that be?
Thanks
OT……starting today……
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No virus scan warnings…..
No redirects to Google…….
What changed…..????
I came from the trades back in the 50s and 60s and when I was eight my Dad had me sweeping floors and sorting nuts and bolts in his and Uncle Joe’s storeroom on Saturdays. My boss, the storeroom manager, was a retired master sergeant namde Mr. Al By fourteen I worked summers in Dad’s machine shop, operating the drill press, threader and band saw, but not the lathe because I wasn’t good enough! Didn’t matter that I was the bosses’ kid…you got to be good enough!
Years later, when I came to work in a white shirt and tie, I still felt blue collar at heart. I never forgot my time working around machinists, blunt-fingered men who came to work in cars that smoked more than their cigars who washed their hands with Lava soap.
It was in the sixties that working in the trades started getting a bad name from the post-college generation who thought they were better than the plumbers, electricians and carpenters who allowed these young neo-snobs to live upscale lives without knowing how to fix anything in their lives, either at home and business.
But they weren’t better, they were worse, but they just didn’t know it!
When America was young, it was an honor to be accepted as an apprentice to a master tradesman, like a millwright or a cooper and nobody aspired to get doctorates in psychology or social studies, because such things were of no use to a man trying to afford to take a wife or to provide for family.
In my humble opinion we need to get back to that, to restore the dignity of working with ones hands and knowing how things actually work!
Trump is helping us be that way again! God Bless him and God Bless America!
Trump actually said some his economic policies agree with Bernie during the 2016 campain