One of the most significant aspects to President Trump’s administration was the trade and economic team he assembled to drive the “America-First” Main Street resurgence we saw on display throughout the four years in office. Readers will note, there was no turnover of personnel in the trade and economic team, because they were the priority, the fulcrum of the Trump Doctrine. One of the key people driving the America-First agenda was Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
President Trump’s trade and economic team were laser focused on bringing back domestic Main Street economics as the foundation of our economy. That approach put Wall Street multinationals at a policy disadvantage. No-one without an interest in U.S. economic security was allowed a seat at the Trump table.
Policies and practices that supported made in the USA domestic manufacturing and industry were the prism through which all actions taken by the Trump administration were viewed. The massive growth in U.S. jobs and wages was a result. We also had an unprecedented period of deflationary pricing. Things were, well, economically astoundingly good for American workers.
As a direct consequence China, Europe and ASEAN partners who had their foothold in the U.S. economy were weakened. This made the U.S. (Wall Street) multinational corporations -who rely on outsourcing, offshoring and raw material export- very angry. The exfiltration of American wealth was halted by Trump. There were trillions at stake, and many enemies were made because of the America-First agenda.
Those Wall Street enemies of Trump are essentially allies of Joe Biden policy. Biden has not only re-instituted policies to make the U.S. dependent again, ie. a service-driven economy, he has driven up the prices of energy, raw materials and created massive inflation directly as an outcome of policy.
Today, just as the Biden administration continues using the DOJ to target former Trump officials, China announces they will target Wilbur Ross with sanctions.
Make no mistake about this, China is taking this action against the America-First team because they can. They are, in essence, doing Biden’s bidding…..
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) – China said on Friday that it has imposed counter-sanctions on U.S. individuals including former U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross in response to recent U.S. sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong.
The sanctions are the first imposed by China under its new anti-foreign sanction law, passed in June, and come days before U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is due to visit China amid deeply strained ties.
China also imposed unspecified “reciprocal counter-sanctions” on current and former representatives of a range of organisations, including the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. (read more)
Dang.
thank you, Sundance
The oldest way to make a lot of money. Sell something that doesn’t belong to you:
-America’s manufacturing
-America’s consumer market
-America’s capital reserves
Way back, they were content to sell a bridge to some naive dupe. Now they sell a whole country and mock us in our faces as they do so.
Also, bankrupt the companies drilling for oil and gas, then buy the leases at rock bottom prices. Just like the theft of family farmland in California by cutting off the water.
water that was promised would always be there by the federal government when those farmers’ ancestors settled there in the 30’s and 40’s
My infrastructure plan would include a network of water pipelines, crisscrossing the whole nation. No-one would ever want for water.
Ditto, seems like Lake Superior could provide water to a bunch of people, and barely even drop the lake level.
I don’t know about that.
With enough time and pipe you definitely could lower the level of that lake.
People have been after the Great Lakes water for decades. It is a constant fight to keep water vultures away.
The Americans and Canadian near Niagra Falls who use that water to produce electricity would be very angry
We have the Mississippi but that could affect navigation.
No longer needed. New tech enables us to pull all the water we’d ever want
directly from the air, wherever we are – even in the desert. Easy-peasy.
But it takes a lot of energy to condense water from the air.
Also to desalinate seawater at the coast.
Even with recent advances in system efficiencies.
And don’t forget the large capital and long-term operating (maintenance and repair) costs of the equipment. This is something many overlook too, with the pie-in-the-sky big infrastructure ideas.
Except in Colorado. Water and air belong to the state there. Peasants pay for everything!
State capture?
“State capture describes a form of corruption in which businesses and politicians conspire to influence a country’s decision-making process to advance their own interests. As most democracies have laws to make sure this does not happen, state capture also involves weakening those laws, and neutralising any agencies that enforce them.
-State capture: Zuma, the Guptas, and the sale of South Africa
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48980964
And China is the “fence”.
The guy you see to sell ill-gotten goods.
And like JoeBama, China wants 10% off the top.
Who are the dupes now?
us
President Trump needs an overwhelming Mandate to destroy Marxism. It empowers Ken’s and Karen’s and that multiplies their power.
Right!
And how do we stop them?
Because it has come to this!
Not trying to be snarky, but so what? Unless you’re doing business in China. If you’re America First why would you?
my first thought was sanction him from what?
No fortune cookie when he eats at Panda Express.
LOL! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
very good!
Good question. Does he have investments in China?
Yes.
That was actually an issue when he was commerce secretary. He wasn’t fully divested from some companies until about 18 months into the administration.
Phew! Thankfully Mitch McConnell and his wife’s ChiCom investments are safe from sanctions!
That was a close one. Good thing Jan. 6 happened … so Mitch could publicly scorn PDJT
I don’t think the CCP has any question about whether they own Cocaine Mitch.
I know! How can a commie country sanction a single American citizen? Especially the brilliant Wilbur Ross. He’s a sex symbol (because he, Lightheizer (sp), Navarro), and all the rest totally understand what is on the line for our continued survival.
We were moving from survival to thriving with President Trump, despite all the evil roadblocks by the Swamp. You know their names. We see their deeds and they are not pretty. They are terrorists who hate us and want us dead.
I am with you.
GLOBAL CORPORATION – would be impacted.
We don’t mind global AMERICAN FIRST companies.
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hope that helps simplify it, and takes it out of abstract platitudes.
Biden is the perfect disguise for Obama’s third Presidential term. I believe, unless we draw and quarter Obama, our Republic is lost. Going to be hard for this old guy to learn Mandarin. Maybe impossible.
Don’t worry about learning Mandarin as that’s for the upper class and you, deplorable, will be lower class.
cantonese?
Maybe BHO will develop a chronic condition?
hopefully he gets his booster jab
BHO spent EIGHT long years stockpiling Deep State Fellow Travelers in every Bureau, Board, and Agency in the Federal Govt.
Remove BHO from the scene and his appendages in the FBI and Intelligence Agencies just carry on …
We must completely turn over the Deep State. And Education. Completely turn it over … to Americans.
Nuke DC
Fourth term. The traitor never left DC, Valerie Jarrett moved in with with him and Michael and they never stopped running the the Deep State/IC as a shadow government.
I sort of wonder if China is doing Bidens’ bidding or if Biden is doing it for China.
Biden will be in near-vegative state in a year as his dementia progresses.
again I ask, where is Dr. Jill Biden?
That would be “Jill Biden, Ed. D.”. She’s currently in Japan trying to see if Prime Minister Suga is as impressed with her Doctorate of Education as the American media.
You can bet he will be turned out before he has to face another election. They will go with Kamala, until it is clear she can’t win a Presidential election either. They will do whatever it takes to hang on to the Government and you can bet on even COVID23 or some damned other crisis that only an autocratic Government can handle.
kamala’s citizenship is in question. she might leave due to “medical” issues long before the evil tard in chief. replaced by future pres pelosi. gag.
Biden has no bidding. He is doing chinas bidding via hussien obama
seems we are all doing china’s bidding
Time to withdraw our ambassadors to China and send theirs packing.
Agree! Sever all relations with CCP. Close the UN
I disagree. Keep the UN. 100% tariff everything from enemies, declare war. But make it an economic war (if that’s possible). Anyone aiding the enemy gets tried for treason. When the UN Cries foul, call in the markers for all countries who have underpaid their pledged % of GDP. Tariff all their goods if they do not pay immediately. Install forensic accountants at the UN to determine what was and will be siphoned off to crooked nations.
Ban all travel to and from China to the west. Countries who fail to do so, get any aide cut off and tariffs. The one precursor will be a repeat of the diplomacy with allies PDJT already created.
quit letting the UN meet here. let them meet in china. let them take their debauchery there. i understand that when the UN is is town you have to lock up your children and pets to keep them safe.
Keep friends close and enemies closer seems to apply in this situation. But I respect your viewpoint.
Excellent report, SD.
Although very discouraging, we are better off knowing the hard cold reality truth.
I’m avoiding as much as I can buying anything made in China.
Especially “Doctors”
Anyone not avoiding chine everything is just as complicit as these Muts. I. Mean. Everything. My wife and I have for over a year consciously done this. IT IS NOT HARD. Pay fkg attention to what you’re doing.
True. Very many American products are cheaply made in China. Then add original American stuff that is made anywhere except here. Peanut butter made in India. Dates from Algeria. Makes me feel sold out. Yes?
Why hasn’t Barry congratulated Obiden for getting more votes then He did ?
Why do we allow the communist into this country unless our elected officials open the door and allow them in
Elected—that’s a joke, right? You mean installed.
selected, not elected
Obama was not a legitimate President. He was born in Kenya. Ever wonder why his academic transcripts have never been released? His own grandmother and half-brother confirmed he was born in Kenya. He is a Muslim and was reared in that faith
Ozero’s birthplace is IRRELEVANT and a distraction as they meant it to be…his LEGAL father was not a US citizen so he was never nor could he EVER be qualified under the requirements in the US Constitution
Has anyone else noticed that Obama’s wedding ring has disappeared from his hand since he left the White House? He has not worn it for some time.
he was a foreign exchange student here
“The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Make You Miserable”
Is it Biden and Xi = Bonnie and Clyde or is it Xi and Biden = Capone and Nitti ?
Not Make America First but Make America A Province Of China.
I miss Wilburine
Yes, he was always great when he was on Lou Dobb’s show.
I miss the entire complement of Wolverines.
My only real concern at this point is that the powers that be will truly manufacture and release a real bio weapon, virus or not, that will really require a vaccine to avoid. I really think its come to that point already.
Up until now its been a hoax, stealing the common cold/ flu and replacing it with a brand name for the purpose of manipulating the will of the majority of people. The common cold, you see, is a coronavirus.
The description of an infection from a common cold on the CDC website is identical to what is called “a mild case of covid-19.”
A positive test result shows you may have antibodies from an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19. However, there is a chance a positive result means that you have antibodies from an infection with a virus from the same family of viruses (called coronaviruses), such as the one that causes the common cold.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/07/joseph-mercola/common-cold-may-trigger-positive-covid-19-antibody-test/
In my viewpoint the jab vaccine is a real bio-weapon.
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Consider that based on recent data from the UK the vaccine does not seem to stop the virus or make it less severe.
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One wonders, what is its purpose?
The purpose is to make people willing to take any future vaccine, whereby everyone the Globalists do not want to try to feed will get dead. Presto, Communist world order.
I wonder about the nefarious possibilities as well.
However, staring us in the face, in addition, is a big fat payday for the vaccine investors – and doesn’t that include “Mister” FauxChi?
“its been a hoax, stealing the common cold/ flu and replacing it with a brand name“
Nope. It was an animal virus modified to infect humans. Then was patented for testing kits and vaccine.
Time to manufacture semiconductors in the middle of the continental USA. Like Kansas. Colorado would work well too. Plenty of defense tech going on there. Cut a deal pronto with Taiwan Semiconductor to locate a plant here so that we don’t get cut off in the near future.
We do not need to have a hot war with China. Not yet. China can cripple us by taking over Taiwan Semiconductor.
Biden isn’t going to war with China. Biden and China brought the war here.
China owns Biden
Yep
Oh ye of little faith.
The TMSC plant was one of the first things negotiated by Pres Trump.
2 June 2021
“TSMC starts construction of $12bn Arizona chip plant”
“Taiwan company’s first US factory in 20 years set to begin production by 2024”
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/TSMC-starts-construction-of-12bn-Arizona-chip-plant
I would feel better if that were 2022 instead.
That is an excellent start. Thanks for posting.
4nm plant IIRC which is the latest bestest tech atm
Well, I call that good news. Thanks!
Yep. Past time. This is the reason China wants to absorb Taiwan.
One of the many questions I would like to ask President Trump is if he thinks it was a mistake for his administration to even try to negotiate with the CCP.
NO! it wasn’t a mistake, his policies would have brought the CCP to its knees & ultimately benefitted the Chinese people along with Americans, IF, our own Government would have backed him. At least President Trump showed the American people what ‘America First’ could have done for EVERYONE in this country & other countries as well
Including the victimized people of China, controlled by technology and military force of Marxist overlords who profited from our tax dollars delivered by Biden&Co.
I agree! Said the same thing this afternoon. Shut it down and close their embassy
Sick!
made a president outta cheating
This makes me feel like we are on the losing team.
He’s 83 years old. What would “sanctions” mean to him? There are comments with a CNN by-line online that he was going to be “indicted” for “lying” about something to Congress but the DOJ decided not to, a couple of days ago. In other words, they couldn’t make s*** up enough, even for them. Blessed be God there is a Last Judgment.
Bannon and Navarro are taking being sanctioned by the CCP as a badge of honor.
I hope Wilburine feels the same.
Who is that in the leade picture at top? The person behind Wilber Ross to the right sitting at the table behind facing the camera. He looks like Hunter Biden. Could that possibly be?
I don’t believe that’s him but I do agree it looks like him.
Because, obviously, the threat to the free world is Trump supporters and not China. Got it.
I despise these people more and more every day that passes.
Work with our enemy against our own people.
and the Left will say ‘they deserve it’ with zero understanding of how dangerous this is to tolerate. Because they are consumed by hate.
Ever get the feeling you’re on the Titanic just after hitting the iceberg?
Wrap the anchor chain arund the nearest iceberg.
No but I often reflect on the fall of the Roman Republic and the Greek City States.
I’m proud of the effort our Founding Fathers put in to the documents that govern our Republic. They did their best safeguard the Constitutional Republic from evil doers and charlatans.
Here’s a favorite quote from Plato, “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
There have been two good presidents in my nearly 60 years on this planet. Each sought to govern to expand individual liberty and freedom and limit the government. The left vilified Ronald Reagan (Ronnie Raygun, he’ll end the world, etc.), and loathed Donald Trump.
Of course, years later, we even hear Democrat politicians including Pelosi pull out Reagan’s name.
The reason is simple. The people loved him. And they love Trump.
That is why we are dangerous. That is why President Trump, those that worked with him and we, the people, have to been squashed.
Working with China to sanction Trump associates is another layer of evil.
And I reflect on what a difference it would have been if Goldwater had been elected instead of LBJ.
Maybe he was…
Hey, Hoosier…that one line is so important…
Here’s a favorite quote from Plato, “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
We have so many citizens indifferent….or they treat politics like its high school where one clique rules the the rest. And the rest suffer…being bullied.
Hi Aggie, glad you appreciated it.
The sad truth is that for decades the opposition has been working to program our citizens with cult of personality dogma and overall dumbing down of content. I know I dealt with it and I am no spring chicken.
You remove Civics from schools, make the PTA a fundraising tool instead of parents participating in their children’s education, populate the schools at all levels with Marxist propaganda and teach them to hate this country and every single thing that makes it special. Have a president (Barrack Obama) say that the USA is NOT exceptional while on an apology tour.
Basically, you take impressionable young minds and you fill them with misinformation, a loathing of their country and then throw in praise for radical ideas and activism. Hell, we elected a community organizer as president… twice. (or did we?)
I agree with those that have said start in your own town and schools and churches. Push back, sorry for the Maxine Waters quote!
There are far more of us than them and we are perilously close to an inflection point. Refuse to be rattled, don’t let name calling stop you. The only ones playing by the rules are us. The opposition has played outside the lines for a very long time.
I’m not talking about illegality, I’m talking about civility.
Remember when you’d watch Fox news (last year) and the Marxist mouthpieces for the DNC would talk over any Republican? That’s what I mean. I refuse to lose my country because of intimidation, disdain, disgust, domination and lies.
The Fascist DOD is also working with the Fascist Biden INC, Administration to assault America, Americans and their Constitution.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/pentagon-reportedly-tracking-web-searches-including-phrase-the-truth-about-black-lives-matter/
“Pentagon Reportedly Tracking Web Searches Including Phrase ‘The Truth About Black Lives Matter’“This report, if correct is one of the most egregious attacks on the 1st amendment in America’s history.”
Reports circulating Tuesday reveal that the Pentagon is working with a contractor to track web searches that it describes as indicators of “white supremacy,” citing the phrase “the truth about black lives matter” as one example.
This is a shocking revelation, considering The Jewish Voice has reported over the last several years relentlessly on the subject of Black Lives Matter, its founders, and its belief system.”
And remember, all military personnel take an oath to that very US Constitution that they are trying to destroy.
They don’t care if you seek THEIR truth about BLM, however.
“Bureau of Land Management” supremacy
This is Bullsh*t.
Comment of the day. This is what anyone who works for Trump should expect before signing up. It really has not been a secret.
I was doing a video call with someone in Taiwan the other night. I brought up China invading Taiwan. He said he is not worried because the US is their ally. Biden would sell Taiwan for a few right priced Hunter paintings.
“The sanctions are the first imposed by China under its new anti-foreign sanction law, passed in June, and come days before U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is due to visit China amid deeply strained ties.”
Reuters is lying as usual. Ties aren’t “deeply-strained” at all. China gives orders and Biden obeys–strainlessly.
Right now, Biden will be transferring every secret we have. My concern is if it comes to a Taiwan invasion, China will order Biden to engage but lose–humiliation AND defeat.
Kompromat is not just some fictional stick to beat True President Trump with. It’s real and it’s magnificent and every tyranny on the planet has it over Biden. Including the Deep State.
It is really mind boggling when people are so self-centered that they are prepared to destroy their own country to get their own way and foolishly think that down the line this will not hurt their friends and families. The Republican politicians who would not call out the unprincipled in their own ranks are certainly not going to call out their opponents across the aisle and their stream of defamation.
Unprincipled Mitch.
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Our Government is robbing us, and have a scheme with self enrichment through laundering and diverting our tax dollars to Themselves and Their Donors.
this scam must of been going on for decades.
Solution – 1 State step up and direct banks within the State to NOT ALLOW the IRS to access without a jury case. Kick the banks out if they have a problem.
no company targeting people in you jurisdiction can be allowed to exist in your jurisdiction. ANYTHING , ANYTIME, Sand Storm it.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1418680232563724289
“Make no mistake about this, China is taking this action against the America-First team because they can. They are, in essence, doing Biden’s bidding…..”
obama
God help us…..
I’ve always wondered — how was was Trump able to appoint Wilbur and the rest of the Wilburines that had cabinet positions, when Mitch would only approve his short list for so many other positions? I mean, if Mitch and the rest of the Uniparty was all-in for globalism and China, how did these Main Street vs. Wall Street guys manage to get in?
Because Mitch knew the fix was in…even that far in advance.
Not sure what you mean by that. Why not tie Trump’s hands economically and in his international dealings? For 4 years, we saw what it was like to have someone like Trump in charge who knew how to leverage things using the economy, and people got a taste of what post-Obama success really was. Factories came back. Unemployment plunged, and middle America was thriving. Why would Mitch want Trump to succeed in that area?
I don’t think Mitch knew what was coming. I also think Mitch, along with almost everyone in DC, hasn’t a clue about business. For example, IIRC “tariffs against China will start a trade war and the US will lose and sink the economy” was a standard line.
Wilbur and Navarro knew their field, so politicians and news readers were light weights who didn’t dare debate or fight with them as they would be revealed as the know nothings/ puppets that they really are.
I am not sure Mitch thought that the wolverines would be successful. Most didn’t. It shocked most everyone.
Thanks, sheepdog and twoharts. That makes sense to me that Mitch may have allowed them to be approved because he underestimated what they could do.
One thing about it. The CCP and traitors to the US are sure comfortable showing us who they are.
Makes target acquisition easy when they self identify.
Joe Biden and the NYC hedge funders should be escorted through ANY Ohio factory town at gunpoint to see the damage.
Jill Biden is still a skank.
Bannon, Pompeo, Pottinger say, “Welcome to the Club”.
Americans haven’t had enough of this crap to do anything about it.
They will hound everyone associated with Trump, all the way to the grave. These people are ‘get even with the world’ psychopaths.
They may reinsititute IIRC
The smiling corpse trials during the Reformation in Holland.
The prosecution would have the graves of those they considered heretics dug up.
The bodies than placed on the witness stand.
Questioned by the prosecution about their beliefs. Since they didn’t answer, the jury found them guilty. Then their bones were burned.
The juries remind me of the WOKE faction.
Classic commie stuff.
They will not have power forever. When the lose it and Trump comes back I hope he watches the end of Godfather 1 and takes notes on how to get revenge.
That’s a move that they will soon regret!
True, sanctions may or may not impact Wilbur Ross directly but think in terms of isolation.
This is aimed at isolating him should he try to do business with a company that touches China Inc., no matter if the deal between Wilbur Ross and any company touches China or not.
US sanctions work the same way.
It makes NO SENSE for the Chinese to place sanctions against Wilbur Ross.
Was their goal to do harm to anyone who supported Trump?
THAT doesn’t scan well, UNLESS this action is part of a QUID PRO QUO with the Biden administration, and Wall Street, who are each desperate to eradicate Trumpism.
China is ultimately going to prevail and dominate the world as the USA declines. It will usher in a dark period for mankind. China knows how to capitalize on the sad fact that capitalists will sell out their own country for a buck.
In case your curious what this “Counter Sanctions” means :
In practical terms, if Wilbur Ross has any financial connections, either direct or indirect, with China, that connection can be sanctioned.
Say, as an example, Wilbur Ross went to work for Ford Motor Company, China could impose sanctions on Ford Motor Company unless they fired Wilbur Ross.
Given that China has strong financial ties with many US and other companies, you can see how this could mean Wilbur Ross might have a hard time getting a job.
Publicly advertising these sanctions is a way China sends a message to anyone who even thinks about double crossing them.
https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/210630-chinas-new-anti-foreign-sanctions-law.html
Does the Constitution allow for removal of treasonists & their foreign allies in legion with them, who have taken over the Government of the People of the United States of America.
And if so, what is the means?
I will not pledge allegiance to the false government of the United States & their Chinese Communist Party allies.
Is there any doubt we have a Chinese operative in the White House? Not in my mind. America’s service driven economy was created so we did we did not have to compete with the multinational foreign based manufacturing concerns. Now we are dependent on them for vital needs like pharmaceuticals and computer chips. If we aren’t destroyed by man made Chinese viruses manufactured in China, then then next best thing is to destroy us economically. Our corrupt politicians are a partner in this and now they control machines that count the votes. If your worried about the cost and availability of lead based ballistic products they probably won’t do you a lot of good at this stage. Enjoy what freedom you have until they have made bill of rights completely irrelevant.
First we had imposter obama in office now china in chief.
Wilbur Ross is not in the administration anymore, what sanctions can they impose on him?
Garrett worked for Peter Navarro. Fabulous conversation about the America First Doctrine. Perfect for this article.
Garrett Ziegler: Trump White House Director Pulls No Punches.
By The Professor’s Record with David K. Clements
Published July 22, 2021
https://rumble.com/vk6y2l-garrett-ziegler-trump-white-house-director-pulls-no-punches..html
P.S. to Sundance: You should watch/listen to this! 🙂
The very essence of this is so sad. Trump clearly had America first in everything he did while in office.
Those who want to sanction his administration, etc…they are the ones who need to be taken down.
” THE DEMS NEED TO BE DESTROYED because they think nothing of destroying conservatives! They are anti- America.
China needs to be taken down several notches. Trump did that = why they hate him.