Vice President JD Vance appears on Fox News this morning to discuss the trade tariffs and the ongoing MAGAnomic trade reset.
The reciprocal tariffs and global trade rebalance are two components of a much larger MAGAnomic policy. Tax structures to the benefit of the working-class, upward pressure on wages and expanded GDP growth are all elements of increasing the wealth of Main Street and middle-class Americans. WATCH:
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We’ve seen how you count.
Speaking of counts, I should be in the CTH Hall of Fame for getting the least upvotes ever on a first post.
Uh, you’re surprised no one at CTH wants to hear what Judas Pence has to say?
Chill, it was just a joke, Dude.
In the olden days…common parlance for making a joke was to sneak in a /s tag for those less comedy inclined…I liked your joke…and understood without the snark tag…but some folks are very literal.
I can appreciate knowing this is one of the last vestiges of a globalist tool posting aspects of the latest Big Lie for the minions to post on their fb pgs, still thinking if its read everywhere, people will come to believe it aka one of the tactics of Hitler and the Nazis.
Newsome acts like he’s switching to conservative, but not really, typical Anger Mgr, and can no longer be relied on for such complete bs, so there remains Pence, who no one listens to anymore, and that is apparently where the Globalists are at. Good to know.
In order to counter the false narrative, you have to know what the false narrative IS.
80% of communication between humans is NON-VERBAL, consisting of facial expressions, body language, tone of voice and even pheremones, …..NONE of which comes across, in an aseptic comment, tweet, text or email.
Hence, the legitimate need for emoticoms, and things like /S, to convey those things like sarcasm, irony, etc.
🎯😉🫡
As a literal thinker, I didn’t see any comedy in it….
Unless you’re laughing at the audacity of his posting this garbage….
We are still too close to his treachery…..
Perhaps folks here don’t know you well enough to take your comment as humor/sarcasm.
Just the mention of Mike Pence turns everyone off.
Mike who?
I forgot all about him. Bad memories all around…
Better known as Traitor Pence or Judas Pence.
I might have Liked the post had Michael B. taken PTDJ’s sharpie and added horns to Judas’ photo.
He should have used the /Sarc tag. Without it, it’s fake news and shouldn’t be here imo.
You should have said that in your post – especially since you are apparently new to CTH.
Yeah, I’m not new.
Then why did you say “I got the least upvotes on a first post?”
Because maybe he got the least upvotes on a first post whenever it occurred!
Upvoted.
ahahaha, thx, Dude!!
Judas Pence is an inside joke.
Mike Pence is an outside joke.
Jokes are a threat to democracy.
lol
LoL
You posted during early bird special time
I didn’t know it was your first time.
If POTUS would just sign that “social ” security EO,
I would wager that there’s more than a few seasoned citizens who could use an extra couple grand…
Right about now…
Stocks are on sale…
For those who would want to risk investing in America…
That is…
In God We Trust
{All others pay cash}
Trust God
Fear not
They are on sale and it’s now a great time to buy. I just purchased some TESLA stock.
My favorite widows and orphans stock? Not on sale.
Up votes i think not
Bullshit
Is he now parroting MSNBS?
Mole-Backstabber-Turncoat
He pulled a Romney….he was for tariffs before he was against tariffs.
I noticed he leaves out “if a person doesn’t buy something, they’re not taxed on that product”.
I don’t believe I have ever hankered for anything from Europe.
Scottish shortbread
Can bake that myself
Ribena is awesome, and sadly not a single person in America makes blackcurrant cordial! Why not? There’s a fortune to be made!
We need to go back to being Americans, where we band together against foreign enemies, including those that want to destroy us financially. I can loose interest in Canadian, French and Chinese imports real easy. Hello Taiwan and all other nations who are happy to be win win with America, as opposed to those who are mad they won’t continue getting all that nonreciprocal income as they help destroy us at the same time.
Once upon a time…
Or if a person buys a product made in America.
The problem has been that in large part due to globallust trade policies, many American ” makers” fled to other countries. With every day that goes by, more and more products will be available that are made in American.
We are now moving back to an economy that works for the average person. It might be that due to technology advancements we will experience differences in the jobs available or need to change jobs, but good paying jobs will be available.
Trump-Pence?
Sorry buddy, you were along for the ride and got kicked out of the car because your farting in the back seat.
Hey Mike, is that rabbit of yours still hoppity hoppin’ these days?
https://images.app.goo.gl/fdk4rK2wmBy8LwGd6
Sorry, Mike, your opportunity to be relevant came and went on January 6, 2021…you chose poorly on that day and have forever cemented your legacy as a coward and a turncoat. You will be proven wrong, AGAIN, but since you will never again have a position of influence or importance, your opinion on this, as on everything else, is meaningless!
ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT From INDIANA –
The BOY From LONG BEACH Indiana – SCOTUS
and
The BOY from COLUMBUS Indiana – ( was ) VPOTUS
NOW –
HOLCOMB Moves INTO HIS Pet Project – SOLAR PANELS in FARM LAND…
( what you Would Expect from a City Slicker )
https://doral-llc.com/news/former-indiana-governor-holcomb-joins-doral-renewables-board-of-directors/
Indiana
Pence’s wife didn’t look happy at Carter’s funeral.
Carter’s wife looks happy with Indiana Jones and the Eco-Doomers.
Well said.
Funny 30pence was nowhere to be found to criticize Biden’s intentionally created inflation costing American families mucho $.
And shame on the RepubliCONS that could be reminding people of this as the media drones on all day complaining about tariffs.
Mike Penice’s assumption is that all of the tariffs remain in place for the foreseeable future. Where expectations are for a ‘reset’ to level the playing field, which is should occur in the near term, as foreign dependence on the US market force countries to rethink their own interests and remove tariffs. Let’s see how it plays out.
Today’s stock market smash is what John Maynard Keynes called ‘the euthanasia of the middle class.’
And it’s only getting started.
So much winning!
He actually said euthanasia of the “rentier”, aka he despised people who saved their money and viewed them as “oppressive capitalists”. That really has nothing to do with the market today; what is occurring is years of entrenched interests built upon a system of economic exploitation of the American working class being dispossessed of their unearned privilege. But thanks for “playing”.
As an aside, I posted another comment here which was never approved, I assume because it had a link.
Buy buy buy!
For a crash it’s rather minor.
Deals to be had!
This from a guy who ran for President against a whole array of others, and dropped out in less than one week. Then, he gladly accepted appointment as the VP candidate, and once elected simmered in the background imagining he should have been President. Mike, you are a personally unprincipled hypocrite. You are irrelevant. It’s time for you to find a real job.
Doing what, shoveling manure?
Proverbs 14:8, The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way, but the foolishness of fools is deceit.
Therefore;
Proverbs 23:9 … the fool will despise the wisdom of your words.
Here are some good proverbs and verses:
https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Fools
Upon the troubles of Michael Flynn, I told a family member in February 2017, “You better watch Pence.”
He didn’t believe me then. He was from KY and Pence was from IN and had been constantly on local Evansville IN TV.
One of the simple little obvious clues was Karen Pence. She constantly smiled as First Lady of I diana. But, she never smiled when she was Second Lady of US and in the company of the Trump’s.
Call this a simple observation.
Back to the removal of Flynn, and his supposed “lying to VP Pence”: After the installation of Pence’s good ‘ole soul-mate Dan Coates (IN), my beloved family member began to slowly awaken. Coates’ wife is also employed by the intelligence community.
He believes now.
Pence is another snake in the grassy, murky, smelly swamp.
two words for you Mike Pence and they aren’t “let’s dance” – as the old saying goes lol
I thought the saying was “Happy Birthday” for the two words but we all know what the words meant.
Shut your mouth traitor. Go home to your karen and leave the discussion to those who actually gives a darn.
..Oh and by the way its PRESIDENT Trump.
We are at war with N.Korea. We are under armistice but the war is not ended. This means this is WAR TIME not PEACE Time.
Well now, look who crawled out from under his slimy rock to try to say something to appear and become relevant! Evidently he has no comprehension of how despicable an individual he is to the MAGAs and patriots. Go away Judas pence, your fifteen minutes were up a long time ago.
I get the feeling from the big smiles of DeSantis and Biden, some are happy when the checks have been cashed and the job for their globalist overlords is done. Unlike those two, clearly, Pence’s job was not over when he dropped out of the race.
Seemingly no matter how hard he tries to be obvious and ridiculous, to the point of being looked on with disgust and ignored by both sides, he keeps getting called up.
Thx for reminding us what a traitorous POS he is.
You had your chance.
Make Ukraine First Again – Sean Pennce
If this group gets any tax dollars then DOGE needs to expose it and then, whoever is in charge of whatever department is funding it needs to cut off its funding. Let Pence and his group of little liars pay for their own group.
Where are they getting this $3500 number?
Ouija board?
Pence you are damn snake. You are not smart enough to carry the water for the globalists. Go sit down with the children and let the Adults talk.
Trying to stay relevant?
Sorry.
Not.
Wow!
How to totally hijack a thread, just quote Mike Pence, lol.
You’re full of it… with all DUE respect !
(NOT YOU, Michael B)
gotta love a shrewd sense of humor !!
God Bless America !! And All her TRUE patriots !!!
fk him
Unlike that endless, trillion-dollar, black-budget, limited war biz-model that costs us blood and treasure-?
Shag-off, Thirty-Pence. Your services are no longer needed.
Thanks for sharing your stupid opinion, 30 Pence, you can go back to being irrelevant now.
No one cares about that POS. Trump never chose him, he was foisted on him!
Douchebag(Pence not the poster). Wish he and his zero credibility would go away.
Mikepence = Benedict Arnold = traitor = POS
Like a jigsaw puzzle, these tariffs are just one piece fitting precisely into President Trump’s MAGA agenda.
Not an agenda for the rest of the world.
An agenda for America.
As promised.
Buckle up Rest of the World…
He’s just getting started.
Can I get one in a medium?
Hurry while supplies last!! 😂
Bwaaahahaha!
😉
Lol! Best one yet. I’d put that on my wall.. 🤣🤣
Note German economy minister and Gaia worshipper who has done so much to destroy his industry’s industrial behemoth, Robert Habeck and his delusions .
You keep telling yourself that, Herr Habeck.
FAFO 🇺🇸
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/trump-will-buckle-under-pressure-if-europe-bands-together-over-tariffs-german-economy-minister.html
The proof is in the pudding.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/stellantis-idles-plants-in-mexico-and-canada-due-to-tariffs.html
Yeah, HH, LOL…
GO ahead and try to find your “coalition of the willing” and watch as Britain caves, Hungary runs to establish a bi-lateral trade deal, and then everyone follows.
More like their hair on fire.
Yes, let those other whining countries set about doing something good for THEIR countries, if they know how.
Actually, I would say it IS an agenda fir the rest of the World, as well.
See the whole board, and look at it long term.
PDJT is reshaping geopolitics so that countries compete with each other, like companies do.
Companies do not literally go to war wih each other, because its counter productive.
In order to be competitive, eventually countries will have to adopt those aspects of the American system of governance, that give us Americsn exceptionalism.
The rights of our citisens, as enshrined in the BOR, the Rule of Law, representative Democracy.
Otherwise, they simply won’t be able to compete.
China steals intellectual property, because all of their “free thinkers” have been harvested for parts.
China doesn’t comntinue to produce crap, because the chinese people are inherently incapable of quality; look at the Ming Dynasty,, etc.
They produce crap because their conmunist system actually rewards and encourages corruption.
Presidents Trump (taking the lead) with Presidents Putin, Bukele, Miliel, and others are taking on the Globulusts barstuds, exploiting their inherent weaknesses, in 4th World War, that will reshape the World, in ways we can not fully imagine.
Maybe this is why we are watching unbridled hysterics, completely unhinged meltdowns. I’d actually call it fear and panic.
They’ve lost control of the narrative which is covering up financial malfeasance and the exposure of it. You can tell also by their hijacking elections and convictions/cancelling of their opponents. They are unraveling.
One of the side benefits of President Trump’s tariffs meant for our prosperity and the rebuilding of America?
It just might be.
“to discuss the trade tariffs and the ongoing MAGAnomic trade reset.”
I had to change the channel on my mother after the local weather today.
A constant parade of lies from the doomsayers on MSM.
NY Rep. Langworthy (R) needs a better talking points (IMO) to defend MAGA. Unless the local news edited them out. I told him about this site when I saw him in a meeting late last year.
My (D) Rep. Tim Kennedy is a suck up shill mouthpiece – regurgitating the party talking points/ lies.
I read somewhere that someone used the parental controls to block the unwanted channels from their parent’s cable. 😉
Oh, I would not do that. It is mom’s house, TV & cable that she pays for.
It is just that watching the local news is ingrained in her and she really does not like changing channels looking for something else to watch.
I know what she likes, so I do it for her.
She is one of those people that did not vote for ~30+ years until PDJT came on the scene in 2015.
By 2016 she was registered to vote again and on the MAGA train.
Team Trump is going to need a massive and highly effective messaging campaign to get through the initial turbulences these tarrif changes are going to cause.
I think Trump should formally address the nation (often) to explain what is happening, and highly coordinate the messaging with the right leaning media and other media influencers.
The corrupt mainstream media is going to have a field-day with this unless Trump counteracts the messaging and calmly / clearly explains what is happening to the American people, and the LONG-TERM BENEFITS to these changes.
I don’t know, what if what all the naysayers say never comes true?? (Hint: it won’t)
I think a short-term correction can be beneficial: we need deflation and lower interest rates.
Trump term 1: low inflation and low interest rates.
Long-term deflation and low interest rates benefits savers.
George Gannon uses a period in the late-1800’s as an example. It had a long period of deflation, meaning you could work your entire career at McDonald’s (he knows there wasn’t McD’s then) never get a raise but have had an effective raise through 20+ years of annual deflation.
5% annual deflation with a 1% annual raise = 6% compounded growth on savings alone (given you save at the same percentage).
Compared that to 3% annual inflation with a 1% annual raise = 2% annual compounded losses.
Low interest rates do not benefit savers. It forces savers into riskier equity positions to generate yield.
I get what’s happening here, but let’s not kid ourselves about tarriffs and deflation: THERE WILL BE PAIN. Rember 1981? We had a deep 2 year recession to get inflation and interest rates under control.
I think what Trump is doing can work. But it’s going to be a bumpy ride. And the administration needs to have clear and consistent messaging around this instead of the yo-yo we’ve been seeing for the last month. Tarriffs on / tarriffs off / tarriffs delayed / back on / now 50% / now 100% / now everybody. It’s like the Oprah meme.
You are absolutely correct about messaging.
I found my customers would tolerate almost anything IF I kept them informed of what was going on.
Remember though the enthusiasm POTUS VSGDJT brings is extremely powerful.
Remember the doom and gloom of carter?
47 is the exact opposite.
It’s April Fools.
See this mask, it works.
See this mask, it doesn’t work.
Oh Wow.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/02/20/hassett-miller-and-waltz-join-karoline-leavitt-during-white-house-press-briefing/
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/02/jesse_watters_media_aays_america_cannot_afford_tariffs_-_we_cannot_afford_not_to_have_tariffs.html
President Trump needs his own worldwide television network. I suggest to meet with Joe Seales at RSBN. We need to implement MAGA TV in all languages around the world.
Not a terrible idea 🤔
Trump needs to do this through Truth Social. He can launch an internet based TV news organization through Truth Social. Needed for messaging, but the valuation of Truth Social would soar with all the subscribers, eye balls, and ad revenue such a platform would generate. Devin Nunes, just sayin’.
Truth Social is a part of the renewal of good news for everyone to absorb. The combined projects would counteract the garbage from the global elite.
It needs to be done on a massive scale which will overwhelm and surpass the current manner of communication via internet. cable, satellite and broadcasting.
Good idea.
Trump understands currencies. Very few (including me) fully understand.
You either trust him or you don’t.
More people need to trust that he knows what he is doing.
Few (including me) understood how the Marshall Plan allowed other countries to tariff USA to help rebuild their countries while USA became the most consuming country on earth.
That began 80-years ago.
We are now $37-trillion in debt.
This is not sustainable.
Hopefully Trump with Vance and Bessent can bring understanding to the common taxpayer/voter how USA now must reciprocate on tariffs.
Hopefully, they will successfully communicate what products the other countries have tariffed/percentage(s)/ and how long other countries have been doing it to us while we subsidized their economies.
POST IT ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE!
Let the people see.
And while we are at it, remove CCP-China from being listed as an under-developed country.
Show us pictures of China’s brand new state-of-the-art cities compared to our crumbling roadways, bridges and communities.
Geeeez!
Just listened to Victor David Hanson on Charlie Kirk’s show on RAV.
Trump needs to hire Hanson to explain all this.
He was fantastic.
You admit you don’t understand currencies, and DIDN’T understand the Marshall plan,…but obviously you DO NOW!
I would say that President Trump and team are doing a damn good job of edumacating the public, and you are evidence of that, as you just summarised it beautifully!
television
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/08/02/2923625/0/en/Trump-Media-Technology-Group-Begins-TV-Streaming-Rollout.html
I don’t think Orange Man Democracy needs it right now.
-Trump sounds dead serious about a third term
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/politics/trump-third-term-constitution-bannon-what-matters/index.html
Or gee,…if the U.S. Government just had a worldwide media organisation, to transmit it message by radio and television, ..call it, ..oh say VOICE OF AMERICA/S
And he has assigned a real bulldog, or pitbull “Trump in a skirt” with a background in broadcasting, to clean up a corner of the Aegean Stables that is as dirty and filthy as USAID, and she is on the case.
If this globullist statement was true, that means we would have to accept as “fact” that they’re really just looking out for the little guy…….
The parasites keep harping that tariffs are paid by importers. They mean that Americans will pay the tariffs upon entry, and not foreign countries. That is technically true— but deeply misleading, which is why China is freaking out and not Walmart.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/morning-in-america-thursday-april
I just found out about that column a few weeks ago and look forward to reading it every morning it is published (Mon-Sat) from the link in my email.
I did not notice who posted it here, but Thank You!
Right? Some people here recommended it, and it’s been a part of my daily digest since.
Wal*Mart heir took out a full page ad saying how we need to honor commitments to our “allies.” I would say that was pretty panicky.
That was just an ad telling people to be nice to each other, nothing more.
Walmart was built on almost 100% goods from China, etc. at cheap prices
which decimated small town businesses and workers all across America.
The heirs have strayed far from the vision of Sam Walton, founder of Wal*Mart.
I am not bothered much on this if it causes a hit to their bottom lines with how many of them are billionaires. Maybe they should rediscover those values their forebearer had and maybe invest in American prosperity for the future.
What Trump is doing is “strategic” and defined as “statecraft”
Grant Williams and Michael Kao interview Rabobank’s Michael Every on the decline of the post-WWII Liberal World Order (LWO) and the rise of Economic Statecraft. Best explanation yet that I have seen on the intent of the Trump administration
https://www.urbankaoboy.com/p/kaos-theory-episode-9-michael-every?r=jt0hj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
The problem with being a statesman in the present world is that there so few others to actually negotiate with.
The majority of our “allies” are helmed by petulant children who think saying it hard enough makes it true.
Right now I’d count Putin, Orban, and Milei (with Xi on the opposing side) as among the only other Statesmen on the planet presently.
And if you notice, President Trump shares your view, although there are a few other adults in the room, like MBS of SA, Bukele of El Salvador,…
President Trump is basically ignoring Zman and the eurowienies, and negotiating with Putin for a restoration of relations, restoration of access to SWIFT, and eventually joint ventures with Russia.
And with this move with tariffs, he has stuck a fork in the eurowienies, it may take awhile, but their done.
The Real Reason Behind Trump’s Tariffs: A Cold War With China Is Here
https://billcara.com/help-you-invest/the-real-reason-behind-trumps-tariffs-a-cold-war-with-china-is-here/
China has very serious internal problems, which many observers fail either to recognize or to acknowledge. For instance, a lot of manufacturing has relocated out of China. But the article makes sound points about the possible future.
I thought Chinese workers were giving “laying flat” a try?
China has serious internal problems that are only going to be ultimately solved one of two ways; internal regime change (which would require a civil war) or offensive action internationally. I don’t want to see the country collapse, but I want even less to see WWIII.
Internal regime change does NOT neccesarily equate with civil war, or kinetic action.
Research the “Velvet revolution”.
If every citisen of China, upon seeing/hearing the tanks were headed for tianamin square, had put on a coat, gone out into the street, and linking arms with their neighbors begun to walk towards the nearest Govt. offices, the CCP would have no choice but to withdraw.
China has and is relocating manufacturing out of China, in China friendly countries to prepare for this Trade War.
This is all planed.
“China friendly countries”? Not any of its neighbors, then cause China has pissed off every one of its neighbors, from India and Vietnam, to the Phillipines,…they are the big bully in the neighborhood..
Trump has fired the opening salvos and ignited this trade war with his tariffs . China will return fire. They have many heavy economic weapons to use. None of them good for our economy.
Like Russia was prepared to successfully battle western sanctions and make them boomerang right back to us. . China has been preparing for this battle for years. They have done their best to sanction and tariff proof their economy.
China has amassed allies in BRICS and is gathering more with economic alliances in Asia.
China is in this for the long haul and plans to turn tariffs into the downfall of the dollar.
Welcome to the Trade War
What CTH really needs is an Underminer to blindly naysay Sundance and President Trump at every turn.
😉
“gold miner” is a non-stop whiner about everything that the Bad Orange Man doing and how it is going to destroy us all.
I thought that it would have given up by now but, apparently, there are still USAID funds to be gotten.
That is not true at all. I applaud what President trump is doing domestically. Big thumbs up for dismantling USAID
Its The trade War I have problems with. The world will not take this lying down.
I could understand and support small targeted tariffs on certain parts of trade. To right some unfairness.
But a total Trade War? Even if you OD in Winamins. Nobody wins.
The U.S. has always had, and still has an inherent advantage when it comes to trade.
Due to a variety of factors, collectively causeing “American Exceptionalism” we buy far more stuff, than anyone else; its not even close.
AND, we CAN produce everything we need, ourselves.
Those two factors, give us such an overwhelming advantage, that any trade war is over before its started. Its like Hulk Hogan wrestling a 115lb 15 y.o. girl, its simply no contest.
They can no more mount an effective offence against us, than the EU can form an effective army to fight Russia.
To applaud what President Trump is doing domestically, but condemn what he is doung with international trade, is respectfully to display a gross lack of understanding of how its all connected.
Disnantling USAID, the work of DOGE, etc. are inextricably linked to what he is doing with tariffs, is just as inextricably linked with Russia/Ukraine, is inextricably linked with the ME and IRAN, is inextricably linked with CHINA.
SEE the WHOLE BOARD, instead of fixating on one small scirmish, in one part of the board, between two pawns and a rook.
Looking 3 turns ahead in anticipation of the opponents next move…I think the concern might be that the globalist collective, who removed Trump in 2020, can survive the next 4 years unless there is a game plan to ensure election integrity.
This idea that accurate predictions came be created with multi-factor models in a poly-factor world is the core reason for the poor performance of prognosticators be it in weather, AI, politics, and chemometrics.
However, there are a few mavericks that are able to see how the big picture is affected by a few critical paths. President Trump has consistently said that America’s sustainability and prosperity will not come from reduced spending alone, but through the combination of increased revenue, lower regulation, incentivized re-industrialization, and responsible spending.
Successfully exiting from America’s declining trajectory requires a multi-faceted effort on all fronts with his team (including his supporters) all rowing in the same direction with big, hairy, audacious goals (The impossible).
Having had some experience with the role of a Maverick over my career, I can say that the noise level right now is about pitch perfect. If people were only concerned, then the goals outlined would not be bold enough. Hysterics is the key metric in gauging how close to the bleeding edge of what is possible you are located. Trump 2.0 hysterics is reaching pitch perfect hysteria. Now is the time to bend the shoulder and push forward with all speed. A lengendary legacy is not achieve by the weak of heart.
You are understandably fearful of the future and who could blame you after what we have witnessed over the last 10 years.
Not much point in attempting to engage a gang who have singled you out for wrong think. It has morphed into a auto-immune response of over-active T-Cells and as of now there is no cure.
Bullseye
Has the sky fallen in your neighborhood yet? Mine is being barely held up by my ladder…. I’ll holler soon…
Nice try at pretending . The US is reacting to the trade war that has been conducted against the US for decades. FYI, the tariffs being levied by POTUS Trump are “reciprocal tariffs”. In addition, it is significant to note that the US is the world’s largest market to sell goods into. Also, POTUS Trump has stated numerous times that he wants free trade (zero tariffs or equivalent tariffs). This action resets the globalist one way highway into a two way expressway. The days of the US being taken advantage of as the world’s money trough being dipped into by anyone without contributing to the trough are over. With respect to China, you forget the dynamics of their economy and the impact that 45’s tariffs had on it. A 20% loss in GDP. And if BRICS is so great as you assert, then why did India land on the doorstep of the White House to negotiate the impending reciprocal tariffs? So whine away shedding your faux tears because your bs with respect to the previous outcomes has no relevance whatsoever.
and all non pretenders say AMEN.
No doubt the globalists around the world are teaming up to outlast and survive the next 4 years. You are justifiably concerned that all this Winning will not last and everything gained will be lost again as am I. Which brings me to my #1 focus of election integrity. The winning will continue when the new normal election fraud loopholes initiated during the hoax pandemic are nullified. It is reassuring to know Trump is well aware of this problem and has already begun to implement counter measures. As long as our vote is not manipulated up and down the ballot as it so obviously has been on a unprecedented scale since 2020, we can in fact ensure a long term Winning streak and all the anti-MAGA resistance foreign and domestic will be brought to heel.
Not surprising while the market adjusts and the hedge fund managers that like making a million dollars a day have their temper tantrums.
Dow Jones Drops 1,500 Points a Day After Trump Tariff Announcement
All three major U.S. stock indexes saw declines on Thursday morning.
“…In the interview, Vance suggested that short-term pain under Trump’s tariffs would lead to long-term economic health. He said that the tariffs would make it more difficult to send American jobs to other countries.
“Frankly, a lot of people have gotten rich from American jobs moving overseas,” Vance said. “But American workers have not gotten rich. And, frankly, American companies have not gotten wealthy from the increasing growth of foreign competitors manufacturing overseas.”….”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/dow-jones-drops-1400-points-a-day-after-trump-tariff-announcement-5836170
What stuck out at me was the use of the word “suggested”, like this is a “maybe it will – maybe it will not” situation.
Instead of coming out and outright declaring that this is the fix for what ails us.
Buffets warning from 2003
America’s Growing Trade Deficit Is Selling the Nation Out From Under Us.
https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/growing.pdf
Warren! Buy the dip!
Buffett sitting on mad cash.
He KNEW
I’M WATCHING the TRAFFIC COUNT as BUFFETT’s RAILROAD TRAFFIC Goes By the Farm Here to ASSESS The ECONOMY
The MORE STEEL and TANKERS – The BETTER
https://financhill.com/blog/investing/which-railroad-does-warren-buffett-own
Cynical….but funny!
Musical chairs: US started a round of musical chairs, “change your seat” and US hopes to sit on more chairs once the music stops.
This has potential to go either way. It could pull more industry towards US, but it also has propensity to decrease “quality of life” for people in the US significantly. (Think inflation, less choice of stuff to buy, stuff gets more expensive, more borrowing to make ends meet)
Hard to tell since its the world economy with many intertwining facets people dont realize are there until they break. In short its a gamble. But then re-financing assets 10 times over in derivates market is not exciting enough anymore nowadays I suppose 😀
If you are implying that it’s very difficult to predict human behavior over time – indeed. And that’s what lies behind all of this.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/stellantis-idles-plants-in-mexico-and-canada-due-to-tariffs.html
Hey Chuckie, put some of THIS on your raw 🍔 patty
I got a discount on some stock purchases today so tariffs are working fairly well for me so far.
I got a coupon for a free bottle of champagne, in the Titanic dining room tonight.
That is some deep savings.
I’m old enough to remember that tariffs were totally cool whenever Biden was employing them:
PBS News@NewsHour
President Biden announced major tariffs on Chinese imports, including EVs and semiconductors.
“It’s very important to protect” U.S. workers and firms “from the kind of dumping that results when China develops massive overcapacity in these areas,” @SecYellen
https://x.com/NewsHour/status/1790510913436487745
If you recall, Sundance pointed out that Biden’s tariffs were hollow. EV’s and semiconductors aren’t really imported from China.
The Chinese EVs are imported from Mexico (not China), thus making the tariff moot.
The semiconductors are majorily imported from Taiwan (not China), again making the tariffs moot.
Some of them may have been, but Biden kept most of Trump’s tariffs throughout his term.
That used to be true. China has made big strides in domestic production of mid-tier chips.
Where China falls far behind is in production of advanced chips.
Old Yellen! I miss her repulsive visage and moronic ramblings
Vid clips of Pelosi in 2017 screaming for tarriffs on chi coms floating on X
The longer take on what is going on
Global Daily: Hoot Small-ly and Reverse Nixon Again
https://www.rabobank.com/knowledge/q011473300-global-daily-hoot-small-ly-and-reverse-nixon-again
VP Vance made a crucially important point about President Trump’s overall economic policy. The tariffs are an important part of that policy, but only a part.
President Trump is drastically shredding federal regulations across the board because those regulations increase prices.
President Trump is greatly expanding coal, oil and natural gas production in the United States to shrink energy costs. Automatically, that will lower costs on everything we buy.
President Trump, through deregulation and tariffs, will cause a rebirth of American manufacturing and create new jobs for millions of Americans.
President Trump is also lowering taxes for all Americans, giving us the ability to save more of our hard earned money.
In conjunction with all of the above, the tariffs will result in trillions of dollars in new wealth in America through higher wages and global investment.
There is no downside to any of the above. God bless President Trump in this mission!
One of the BIG issues that must also be addressed is that we have raised a generation that is undereducated and unmotivated – if President Trump’s plan succeeds (and I pray that it does) we need to have millions of well trained, hardworking young people ready to step into the jobs that will be created as manufacturing returns to our shores!
The trades need to be emphasized AND respected, once again, and our schools need to start encouraging young people to think about, and prepare, for something other than a four year grievance studies degree, for which they will have to go 100K in debt and only make 40K per year!
There are so many pieces to this puzzle and they all need to come together in order to make the plan work, IMHO! We need to give young people a hope and a vision that they can actually own a home, raise a family, and have a decent life BUT they will need to work hard in order to make that happen.
We need to stop our addiction to “cheap crap” and “plastic” everything and start teaching appreciation for things that are well made and long lasting – and give people the opportunity to have jobs that will enable them to buy such things! It won’t do any good to move appliance manufacturing back to the US, for instance, if a $3000 refrigerator still dies within the first five years and just ends up in the landfill!
We are a throwaway culture – things, people, relationships – and it will not be easy to teach our young people a different way of living, but we must, in order for this plan to work. Hard conversations and a change in mindset – it will take time but we all have the chance to play a role in it…those of us who are old enough to remember the “old America” need to be willing to speak up and fight for our kids and grandkids to be able to experience it as well!
Hopefully hitting a high school near you.
I was actually just talking with a friend, who lives in Idaho, and she said the schools there are starting a new program for 8th graders. The kids do a whole battery of interviews/tests, to figure out where their strengths lie, what their interests are, Etc and they are then shown dozens of different jobs that might be a good fit for them. Their school track is then adjusted towards preparing them for a career that a) they would enjoy and b) in which they would be successful!
Personally, I think President Trump’s team should reach out to Mike Rowe and put him in charge of helping schools to raise up the next generation to appreciate the trades and encourage them to work hard for their dreams! And I think it’s very important that we also do a major overhaul of the whole welfare system and stop subsidizing 25-year-olds who are sitting on their parents’ couch believing they’re going to write the Next Great American novel, when they didn’t even graduate from high school!
I so wish we could downplay the importance of “big tech.” It’s mostly a pain in the tush – user id’s, passwords, etc. , certainly not worth all the attention paid to it and the insistance that we all participate in looking at our phones all day to watch some silly stuff on tic toc or whatever. What happens when you need two hands to do something – what do you do with your phone??? We must somehow disconnect the phones from our kids to which they are ADDICTED. It’s almost as bad as being addicted to drugs/alcohol.
Don’t blame the technology. Blame the parents who start giving their children electronic devices at age 3.
VikingMom, I so agree with your comment. When I was in school, they offered business classes to those who couldn’t or just didn’t want to go on to college. They also had classes known as shop, that taught the basic for trade jobs.
Here in North Texas, I noticed they have what is known as Ag classes that teach the basics of agriculture, repairing tractors and other farm vehicles, trailers, etc. A bit more than what we used to call shop classes.
I think it is a very doable concept you propose. I enjoy your comments. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
I don’t think that a generation of crap, has erased the appreciation for quality; I think its inherent.
Even someone who has never swung a hammer, picks up a cheap chinese piece if junk, and an Eastwing, and they know the difference, its instinctive.
As for revamping education, first step is getting the Fed. Gov. out if the way, and releasing the pent up energy of communities to do it, themselves.
The whole mindset, of parents focused on getting their kids into the right kindergarden, so they can go to harvard, is already dieing out.
And yes, bring back the 3 Rs, and bring back “shop” class in high school.
Actually, every State has long term Juvenile incarceration programs, in which youth offenders are tested, and then funnelled into classes where they learn TRADES, from shoe repair to A/C or Diesel repair.
So, just expand these programs, the curriculum, etc. is already well established.
State and local communities are perfectly capable and motivated, and will do it far more efficiently that any Federal mandates…
I agree and believe people appreciate quality when they see it, even something as small as clean restrooms at a gas station. In Texas, Buccee’s has developed a cult following because of one simple factor, clean restrooms and they are branching out to other states. On top of that, everyone that works for that company can make a living wage and advance to a high level without a college degree.
Another positive data point is all the quality custom products made my Americans that can be found on Etsy. There is a premium on quality because it is so rare these days. As Americans begin looking around for alternatives to foriegn made products; which may cost more, they just may rediscover the value of American made products and turn some of these small businesses into large business.
Everything under the sun is cyclic, good and bad. The horizen is looking brighter and brighter. I really wish I were younger. Once the steamroller gets moving, the annoying obstacles will become smaller and smaller bumps. At Trump speed, this may only take months to get to full speed
(Just remember, Trump 2.0 has booked 7 Trillion in investment commitments within 60 days, which likely will only grow – What would be possible if that number was 42 Trillion by the end of Trump’s first year of his second term – That would be almost 1.5 X our 2024 GDP or 150% more than our current GDP – Also, every dollar of production converted from an import to and export equals a $2 increase in GDP since imported product values are subtracted from our total GDP – This is why every economist speaking doom and gloom has zero credibility and are pretending not to know things).
Wow, what a mouth full in your post. Yes, the trades/apprenticeships offer great self employed income and opportunities especially rural. All communities need these services. Carpenters, plumbers, electricians, handyman, roofers, painters, glass repair, auto repair and others are needed along with manufacturing…bill
And those all used to be respected positions and generally paid enough for an average family to have a decent middle-class lifestyle! I think that is what President Trump is trying to bring back and I pray that he succeeds!
I read a journeyman plumber can make $100,000/ year,…not bad!
A good friend has two sons who have chosen different paths – one is a junior in college, getting his BA in Sociology, which will put him in debt for close to 100K, and land him a job as a social worker, where he will be lucky to make 50K a year. His younger brother went straight into trade school, enrolled in a two year program that costs 8K, and will come out of it at age 20 with an HVAC certification and a guaranteed job, probably starting at 80K per year.
^ This times 1000
…”a four year grievance studies degree…” That is such a perfect way of putting it!
Your whole post is spot on…
Agree with all you said.
We also need to do something about young unskilled workers
having baby mamas which the government takes care of
and the result is that these young men have no incentive to work.
And I would add President Trump is is planning for the long term. He is looking out for the next generation.
Of course the Wall Street TYCOONS are destroying the stock market right now. Like Sundance said: Wall Street and Main Street are on opposite ends of the spectrum. What you can’t do right now is PANIC. PDJT has this all figured out.
This temper tantrum will end. Strong companies will thrive and make investors very happy. I believe that in aggregate, the next six months will be a huge buying opportunity….and I’m putting my money where my mouth is.
Wall Street “Tycoons” are not destroying the stock market right now.
Regular Joes are pulling their money out because of fear and uncertainty. My wife and I have been slowly transitioning our funds to cash to protect ourselves.
Tens of millions of people are moving their money right now, including family offices and large funds. That’s why you are seeing the crash.
Regular Joes are usually long term investors. They do not buy and sell in reaction to every market shift.
You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right round all the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
🙂
A 21st century tea party.
The spirit lives on, since 1773.
When Black “Thursday” comes
I’ll stand down by the door
And catch the gray men when they
Dive from the fourteenth floor
When Black”Thursday” comes
I’ll collect everything I’m owed
And before my friends find out
I’ll be on the road
Gonna do just what I please
Gonna wear no socks and shoes
With nothing to do but feed
All the kangaroos
It would be useful for President Trump and Team to put on a H. Ross Perot type campaign of “presentations” to graphically show what is happening and that time will be required for results to be seen from the Tariff Equalization effort. his sign at the press conference shown was good start … now it has to continue to visibly show what has happened and what will be happening.
The opponents of this effort are relying on the addiction to instant gratification suffered here in the US as well as a total lack of Historical Perspective induced by our “excellent education system” since 1979.
As one commentator here on CTH pointed out … a few weeks ago … one of the most damaging outcomes of the Stolen election in 2020 was that Sock Puppet JoeBama Biden’s “pen and cell phone” were used to undo all the Economic Policies and Actions put in place 2017 to 2020.
Those efforts, 2017 to 2020, would have just started to become PHYSICALLY Evident 2020-2024 in the form of jobs and facilities … now President trump has to start all over again … and this time resistance is better prepared and equipped to do so.
Information, perspective, history and education need to added to the campaign.
I would like this comment 100x if I could!! The President, and his entire team, must continue to speak up about how long it took to get our country to this point and how hard he is working to turn it around! It will not be quick and it will not be easy but what we are doing now is clearly NOT working and everyone who is honest can see it! But the elites and the MSM must pretend that DJT is capriciously dismantling a great system and we all need to push back HARD on those lies!
Actually, I think it was all part of a higher power plan, abd just perfect that the2020 election was stolen, and Joe undid everything PDJT had done as 45.
PDJT in office, good times. PDJT out, bad times.
Its so obvious and basic, even a caveman can understand it.
Why I know Trump is correct
When Commies Cry.
Useless rag.
The Economist – silly rabbit. We the people only care about our country now. For too many years we cared too much about other countries and have paid the price. Now it’s all about us. Once we get on the solid ground Trump is preparing for us, we can think about other countries but as the saying goes “AMERICA FIRST.”
“Why I know Trump is correct”
YUP.
this publication has been anti America for decades
I used to subscribe to it back in the day LOL
Are these interviewers born stupid, learned to be stupid through the Dept of Ed public school system, or just reading the talking points of the Shumer-Pence- McConnell- aoc faux news narrative?
Yes.
Yes, yes, and yes!
From Gateway Pundit
Foreign governments run roughshod over our farmers, manufacturers, and tech innovators, all while preaching the gospel of “free trade.”
1/10: China’s non-tariff measures and high tariffs on U.S. agricultural products—like soybeans, pork, wheat, and corn—have greatly restricted market access for American farmers. Removing these barriers would generate an estimated $6 billion in additional annual exports of these products.
2/10: The U.S. shrimp industry noted the negative impacts of subsidized low-cost, farm-raised shrimp imports from Brazil, China, Ecuador, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. According to NOAA Fisheries, the total value of U.S. shrimp fishermen’s catch fell from $522 million in 2021 to $268 million in 2023—an almost 50% decrease.
3/10: South Africa heavily restricts U.S. poultry exports through high tariffs, anti-dumping duties, and unjustified animal health restrictions. These barriers led to a 78% decline in exports, from $89 million in 2019 to $19 million in 2024.
4/10: Egypt’s average applied tariff on agricultural goods is 65.1%, 13 times higher than the U.S., and among the highest globally. Egypt has also raised WTO MFN tariffs on multiple products, disadvantaging U.S. goods while EU products enjoy preferential treatment under the EU-Egypt Free Trade Agreement.
5/10: The annual cost to the U.S. economy of counterfeit goods, pirated software, and trade secret theft is between $225 billion and $600 billion. In 2023, China accounted for 84% of the value of counterfeit and pirated goods seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including via Hong Kong.
6/10: Argentina has banned U.S. live cattle imports since 2002 due to unfounded concerns over bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The result: a $223 million U.S. trade deficit with Argentina in beef and beef products.
7/10: Brazil has used baseless animal health concerns to delay U.S. pork imports. The U.S. agricultural trade deficit with Brazil reached $7.0 billion in 2024.
8/10: Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and Vietnam restrict or ban imports of remanufactured goods, limiting U.S. exporters and stifling sustainable trade. Removing these barriers could boost U.S. exports by at least $18 billion annually.
9/10: Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing undercuts U.S. competitiveness and costs the global seafood industry up to $50 billion per year. China (with the world’s largest distant water fishing fleet) and Mexico face ongoing IUU violations and enforcement challenges under USMCA.
10/10: U.S. automakers encounter non-tariff barriers in Japan and South Korea that restrict market access. The U.S. auto industry loses an estimated $13.5 billion in annual exports to Japan and reduced import share in Korea due to these practices.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/us-trade-representative-exposes-10-dirty-tricks-used/
And the Guptization of Canada is almost complete
What party in Canada does Maxime Bernier represent? See his posts on twitter and not knowing what the different political parties in Canada stand for, am curious since his tweets appear to be along the lines of make Canada great and he makes digs at both Carney and Pierre Polliviere (hope that’s spelled right).
Bloc Quebecois, the French Canadian separatist party.
good one
So did I miss how they are penalizing people for shipping our jobs overseas that he mentioned several time? Everything is being offshored/reshored and I don’t hear anything about that. Did I miss something? I feel they are only talking about manufacturing jobs.
Tell me, how accurate are the tariff figures that the Trump administration are quoting? Because I don’t see anything saying that the Chinese charge 67% tariffs on US-produced goods.
In February, in reaction to President Trump’s 10% tariff on Chinese goods, China put a 15% tariff on US LNG and coal and a 10% tariff on oil, farm equipment, and some automobiles.
In fact, in looking further for information about what China was charging the US in terms of tariffs, I found that this figure is NOT a tariff that China was charging the US on goods they imported. All these tariff numbers the Trump administration is quoting are FAKE.
The figure is derived from the amount of surplus balance of trade that China had with the US, not the amount of tariffs China charged. That is tremendously misleading and almost everyone here has been misled into thinking that China charges the US 67% tariffs.
The figures come from the amount of trade deficit we have with a country and dividing it by the country’s exports to us. Trade deficit with China is $295.4 billion. We buy $439.9 billion from China. Divide 295.4 by 439.9 and you have 67%.
I am furious because these tariff figures are lies.
Here is the US government method of figuring which is exactly what the above X post is showing. This is not a tariff. This is a trade surplus tax based on the trade surplus that other countries have.
https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations
My original source for this information was CNN. I did the math and whoa, it was exactly as the government was figuring it.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/economy/reciprocal-tariff-math/index.html
Don’t tell us that this is a tariff that these countries are charging us. Don’t pretend that they are reciprocal. Just put the tariff on where you want the tariff to be and say that it is to bring down the trade deficits we have with other countries.
Tariffs and NON-TARIFF BARRIERS.
Surpluses are engineered in many ways.
Trade surpluses are not NON-TARIFF BARRIERS. There is no way to put a figure on non-tariff barriers to begin with because “non-tariff barriers” may simply exist because the US prices are not competitive with their manufacturing. This is supply and demand, not a trade barrier.
I am all for tariffs and they can be high as President Trump wants them to be. But don’t call them reciprocal tariffs because they are not. And don’t post a list that is false information pretending to tell me that other countries are charging us a lot of tariff when they are not.
Where does the trade surplus originate? Is it from tariffs and non-tariff barriers?
The trade surplus originates from China selling more to the US than the US sells to China. That is due to the lower cost of their manufacturing a product compared to the cost of manufacturing the same product in the US.
What a tariff does is cause the cost of a Chinese product to be raised, so that US manufacturers can sell to Americans. That is good. I’m not saying that anything about a tariff is bad or wrong.
But when you say that 67% is the amount that China is charging us in tariffs, that is false.
Do not ignore the fact that China has had tariffs on US food products such as soybeans, cotton, meat and poultry. They use this as a method of state control. This has nothing to do with low cost manufacturing. The calculation of 67% which you seem to be fixated on is a good faith estimate. As an example you can estimate the growth of a beach area in feet or you could count the grains of sand.
And China also has waivers on their tariffs on US food products which puts their tariff on soybeans, for example, at about 3%.
“A good faith estimate” is not how this tariff is being touted. It is shown, charted, and described as an actual figure of 67% that the Chinese have placed on US goods. That is not true.
You are correct, and wrong at the same time.
There are all sorts of non-tariff trade barriers, from VAT taxes, to regulations, to bans ostensibly over concerns unfounded, etc.
So no its almost impossible to figure our exactly how much each country is screwing us,…
UNLESS you statr from the notion that if there were NO trade barriers, of any kind, there should be no trade surluses.
Therefore, you can use the trade surplus, as a starting figure,…THIS is how much “x” country ripped us off for, and then go from there.
Its not lieing, its simplifying, and if you want, theres a whole book thats free upon request. PDJT held it up at the Rose Garden ceremony.
We agree that “it’s impossible to figure out exactly how much each country is screwing us”.
If there were no trade barriers, it doesn’t mean that one country is screwing another if it is getting rich. There have always been trade imbalances. That is how countries become rich.
It means that one country A made things other lands wanted at a good price. Country A would become rich with trade and have a positive balance of trade. Another country B, if they didn’t make things that country A wanted, then they either did without or they ended up indebted or they gave up resources or land or money that country A could further use to create wealth.
This is how the ancient Sumerians became rich and powerful due to their artisans and farmers. This is how classical Egypt and Greece and Rome all became rich. How Venice became wealthy during the Renaissance and Great Britain became rich during the Industrial Revolution.
They made things that people wanted to buy at a price they could afford. There have always been inequalities in trade balances.
The key is “making things”. And tariffs will help US businesses get back to the real basics, making things people want at prices they can afford.
I want to make clear – I am all for tariffs. I believe that tariffs work. I think we should put tariffs on other countries to protect our own industries and the growth of our manufacturing.
I also believe that we should use some of this tariff money to subsidize industries so that they can grow in needed areas like pharmaceuticals, chemicals, machining, steel production and many others.
In the interview Howard Lutnick did on Bloomberg he references an additional 25% added to Chinese imports until they stop manufacturing the ingredients of fentanyl. That discussion on the extra added to China begins around 15 min. into his Bloomberg interview.
will post it here (posted it on the main Presidential open thread earlier)
Do you know how they arrived at their numbers in order to call them lies? I know how they got the numbers.
They got the numbers from the trade deficit divided by the amount of goods we sell them.
That is not the amount of tariff that a country is charging us. And if it is not the amount that a country is charging us, then it is false to say it is what that country is charging us. And we are just reciprocating.
Non-tariff trade barriers are imaginary because there is no way to put a figure on them. They could easily be simply supply and demand; I suspect that a lot of what are being called “non-tariff trade barriers” are supply and demand – the fact that US prices are higher than prices in China or higher than prices that China can get from another country like India or Vietnam.
It’s not nearly as simplistic as you make it out to be. Page 48 to page 95 in very small print, they lay out exactly what all their factors were in coming up with their numbers:
https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/Press/Reports/2025NTE.pdf
I am far from a China shill. I do not disagree with tariffs. In fact, if you read above, you will see that I am all for tariffs. I am all for tariffs on Chinese goods. I have always been for tariffs on China, India, etc. because we should be making things for our own needs in the US.
However, after we lived through the Biden administration, I care very much about complete honesty. And if President Trump says that this is a reciprocal tariff based on what China charges us, that is not the actual truth.
I think President Trump should give Mr. Lutnick the boot. You are way more qualified. How could he have overlooked you….
“,…overlooked you./S”
FIFY
You are being dishonest and disengenuous, to say that because non-tariff trade barriers you can’t put a figure on them, that means they are imaginary, as in don’t exist.
If a country prohibits a U.S. product from being sold in their country, BY ANY MEANS, that IS a trade barriet, and its NOT imaginary, its very real.
Get Judas Pence off this Patriot chat, the stench is intolerable.
Mike Stench helps I can’t breathe back better.
One big guy sniff really helps open up the lungs.
Make America Healthy Again
https://x.com/GenFlynn/status/1884056068537405689
We should remind ourselves that the critics of tariffs are the same people who can’t figure out why having men in women’s sports is a bad idea. In other words, they have zero credibility (and I believe are purposefully hurting the country).
Hurt dogs bark loudest, and we’re hearing a lot of RINO’s barking today. Now we know where the GOP is making their money.
UNIPARTY STRIKES BACK: GOP Senator Chuck Grassley and Leftist Democrat Introduce Legislation to Upend President Trump’s Tariff Authority
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/uniparty-strikes-back-gop-senator-chuck-grassley-leftist/
Old Chuck has been in thrall to the Chinese (through Big Agriculture) for 40 years.
Because it’s not about just winning today. It’s about winning today, tomorrow, and the rest of our lives.
Still don’t trust Vance.
No special aid for farmers. They overwhelmingly voted for this tariff program. Let them experience the full consequences of their actions, good or bad.
Just like Trump 1.0, any sector, like soy bean farmers, that are targeted will receive compensation from the tariff revenue. As new foreign markets open up to our agriculture our farmers will thrive.
Oh me oh my
Did they also vote to allow cheating agricultural players to enter the American market? Oh no, it was actually your ilk that did that? slither away.
Pence. Whatta dum-mais
Have just come over from Zero Hedge, which is having a melt down. The sky is falling and Wall Street losing share value because our President is tired of seeing what globalist economics have done to this country. And I would add: to others. The pursuit of short-term corporate profit over the last 50 years drove manufacturing overseas, and turned us into a service economy. But now the service economy is being outsourced to other countries and, ominously, to AI. The result is a demographic catastrophe that amounts to national suicide. Look at marriage and family formation today, and compare it with the first decade after the Marshal Plan went into effect. Follow the data decade by decade, and you will be staring the social cost of globalism straight in the face.
“Yes, stock prices are down this morning. Duh. Slavery is profitable for the slaver. If you want to know who’s been exploiting both the environment and humans overseasyou need only look at who’s stock prices got hammered the most. Those entities, of course, are screwing you out of a reasonably-decent wage job, and now have a choice to make. If you recall I said quite-clearly that if Trump meant it stocks would compress in multiple and that compression might be rather-dramatic.” Market Ticker 4/3/25
Wouldn’t you like to be the fly on the wall at the next meeting of Walmart’s movers and shakers? Will Walmart take it on the chin, or their Chinese suppliers? I’m hoping for 15 rounds, and both of them ending up out cold on the mat.
Trump and his administration keep reiterating that financial pain will be short-term.
If this goes on for a year+, I don’t see Republicans winning another election for several cycles. The fallout is going to be extreme.
IMO
My neighbor is convinced that Trump is a Democratic plant to destroy the GOP.
You’re totally believable, I mean, totally…..
My party is your party, but the difference is – I don’t willfully agree to everything they do.
Just say you hate poor Americans and want them to be jobless and killed by fentanyl, thanks.
Concern noted.
The bots have arrived, so who is the handler on here today?
I REALLY miss Black Knight!
I mean, who cares about blue-collar American workers when the most important thing to you (supposedly) is Republicans winning elections?
We get that you don’t give a sh*t about poor American workers, thanks for admitting it.
If only you had listened to your neighbor and voted for karmarla all this could have been avoided….
Then again…
Well then, Carl, that gives a dwindling cadre of TDSers something to look forward to, namely those whose metric for measuring economic success in America lies singularly with Wall Street….the metric for measuring the kind of success Trump is engineering will be measured within Trump’s resuscitating Main Street
“Peacetime debt”? We haven’t been in peace time since the start of the Korean war. We are in WAR TIME.
You are correct Daniel
It’s been said before but bears repeating that one of DJT greatest abilities is his uncanny knack of enabling people to drop their fig leaf and reveal exactly who they are for the world to see. Particularly true for phony conservatives like Mike Pence, Mitt, Paul Ryan, Bushes, the list goes on.
Brian, excellent point. Because there are two major tenets of PDJT and that’s I guarantee you he was raised to always be an honest and sincere person and second to solidify the honesty and sincerity it to be transparent and do no operate in a vacuum. Truth, transparency and sincerity will always expose those that are not.
Proactive move by FORD…
Get the inventory moved…
After the ’08 manufactured “crisis” market meltdown…
My 75 yo aunt asked me if I thought it would be safe for her to buy 100 shares of {F}…
@ $2…
In God We Trust
Trust God
Fear not
Doesn’t Rand Paul have grass to cut?
3rd term and 4th term for Trump, anyone?
I say yes!
Interesting timing…OPEC accelerating production increases by over 400,000 bpd. Crude oil is trading for 6%+ less than it did yesterday. A rather helpful development.
So everybody got really mad at this Pence post, which you shoulda gotten mad, but now let me show you how these POS RINO’s and the trolls lie to you, and his message is being delivered by one of the biggest liars in the world, so when you hear somebody telling you the same message, like Carl Stevens, ahem, you know what dogs they lie with.
Here’s how it really works….
“U.S. retailing giant Walmart,” Reuters reported, “is continuing to push Chinese suppliers to cut prices to offset President Donald Trump’s tariffs.” In other words, to stay competitive, foreign governments must cut their prices, to stay competitive. They must cut prices to precisely offset the tariffs. That is why foreign suppliers actually pay for tariffs, and not Americans.
To put it differently, it is true the tariff is charged at the port of entry. But if Chinese factories want to keep selling here, they must lower their prices to absorb the hit, because consumers won’t pay. Foreign producers indirectly pay the tariff through lowered prices, or they lose market share.
It’s that simple.
Here’s how it works in real life: If a Chinese plasma TV costs $1,000 and there’s a 10% tariff, the U.S. government collects $100. Walmart tells the Chinese supplier, “We’re not eating that cost. Cut your price to $900 or we’ll stop buying.” So the Chinese factory promptly cuts its price to stay in business.
The result is that the U.S. Treasury gets paid, Chinese exporters take the loss, and American consumers barely notice.
Pence is lying. You won’t pay $3,500 for Trump’s tariff policy. Walmart won’t. China will. And that’s why they’re howling like scalded coyotes.
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/morning-in-america-thursday-april
Excellent explanation
American consumers barely notice, but the government has $100. So, how does that translate to be better for consumers for the government to have more money?
Is the government going to pass that money on to consumers like in lowering taxes or repairing roadways or is that money going to be used to enlarge government or carry on expensive foreign wars? I don’t have a large trust in government, especially if it is under the Democrats.
And this is just a 10% tariff. What if the tariff is 25%? Are foreign manufacturers willing or able to slash their costs by this large a margin and keep in business with the US?
It is highly unlikely they can cut too much. The rumor is that many Chinese “businesses” are already un-profitable, which makes sense since the government cares about getting the industrial base/technology, the jobs, and the growth of their military, not necessarily profitability. Some have said that the government already heavily subsidizes these unprofitable businesses; if they are asked to cut prices even more, this will really increase the pain.
I agree with you from what I have read.
Belle,
No tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security, no property tax for those over 65, and deduct the intersst on car loan; THATS “giving back” the $.
Moreover, we WANT for Chinese businesses to not be able to sell into our market, because the CCP is only ‘popular’ in China, due to the infiltration of manufacturing jobs, and the accompanying middle class lifestyles.
If China loses those jobs, the people will throw the CCP out in their ear.
God willing, the Chinese people will indeed “throw the CCP out on their ear” someday, Dutch….
Like in the Pixar movie “A Bug’s Life” when the ants finally realized that they outnumber and have much more power than the grasshoppers, the Chinese people need to realize they are the ants and can “throw the bums out!”
This is the Grasshopper CCP:
Politburo Standing Committee (PSC): The core decision-making body, currently with 7 members, including General Secretary Xi Jinping.
Politburo: A larger group of top leaders, currently with 24 members.
Central Committee: A broader leadership group, consisting of 205 full members and 171 alternate members.
National Party Congress: A body that meets every five years, with around 2,300 delegates representing CCP members nationwide.
That’s 2,707 in CCP “Leadership”…. The Elite Grasshopper Class….
The population of China is 1.41 Billion with 98 million (7%) claiming to be card-carrying members of the CCP…..
The ants will “throw the CCP out on their ear” at some point…. Maybe soon.
Let us All remember, hope & pray that the positive outcomes from these economic policy changes are both highly visible across the board and undeniable by 12 months from now (hopefully only 9, ie. By TG/Xmas.).
The midterms are 18 months from now and the nation better be cheering by 15 months, 16 the latest, or the mid terms will be a horror show, and the rest of the term and possibly ‘28 will be in jeopardy.
This is no doubt the right course for the long haul; however the swing voters won’t see that way.
I realize that most people have the attention span of a demented mosquito, but if they vote the democrats/communists back into power they will have succeeded in destroying America’s last hope to defeat the globalists. If that happens they will deserve whatever fate awaits them.
I think the main question is whether with these Tariffs, Trump is changing the Input Cost Structure enough so that it is more profitable for American businesses to operate here rather than overseas. His team does not really discuss this, or discuss the Delta between the cost inputs, but I assume they must know it. If they are able to make the Costs to Produce overseas more expensive than here in the US, businesses will move. Let us hope that is the case.
The biggest cost variable is not payroll, its ENERGY.
He us covering it all, however; insuring cheap and reliable energy, reducing regulations, and lowwring corporate tax rate, it really matters little what wages are.
If the cost of labor matters so little, then they wouldn’t have moved the factories in the first place and then paid extra ENERGY to ship it back to the US. Literally the entire reason our factories were destroyed in the first place was cheaper labor. But thanks for the confident “correction”, Einstein.
I found a quote I saved in 2017:
Sneaking into a country does not make you an “immigrant”
any more than breaking into a house makes you “one of the family”
This is about tariffs…..
Re: BRAZILIAN BEEF.
This article was written June 3, 2024:
https://www.beefcentral.com/trade/brazil-fills-its-2024-us-quota-what-does-it-mean-for-aussie-beef/
Of interest is the middle of the article.
Except:
“Brazil began exporting beef to the US market in 2017, but sanitary concerns resulted in Brazil losing access from 2018 to May 2020.
After detecting a case of atypical BSE in September 2021, Brazil lost access to its primary market, China, and shifted its export focus at the time to the US.
Brazil is easily the largest beef exporter operating under the US ‘Other Countries’ quota, regularly occupying more than 90 percent of the TRQ.””
Read again and take a second look:
“”After detecting a case of atypical BSE in September 2021, Brazil lost access to its primary market, China, and shifted its export focus at the time to the US.””
Make a mental note of what happened under what administration.
Trump, under Ag. Secretary Sonny Perdue (from Georgia chicken dynasty family) allowed Brazilian beef in Trump’s administration 2017.
Then Sec. Sonny Perdue disallowed a year later the Brazilian beef due to sanitary concerns.
Not told in the article was the fact that Obama’s Ag. Secretary Vilsack for all 8-years had the country of origin on beef to be repealed in 2016 before leaving office. The country is not known to the American consumer.
https://www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/mandatory-country-of-origin-labeling-reintroduced/
In 2021, Brazil loses access to its largest beef trading partner because of BSE.
Was this the issue in 2018 that Perdue called “sanitation “? Idk.
Under Biden’s Ag. Secretary, Tom Vilsack, (from Iowa) 2021-2023 (also Obama’s 2009-2017 ag. sec.), Vilsack allowed that same possible BSE infected beef into the U.S. for consumption in 2021.
Yes, you read that correctly.
What is BSE? It is commonly called Mad Cow Disease and is only diagnosed by the brain matter of a dead cow.
And yes, humans can get the prions if they consume the beef or any bi-product of the infected cow.
BSE/Mad Cow Disease through what is known as Crutchfield-Jacobs Disease infects the central nervous system of the human and is debilitating and devastating. It kills a human quickly. There is no cure.
https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/all-about-bse-mad-cow-disease
And Obama’s 8-year Ag. Secretary Vilsack allowed the USA to import possibly diseased beef/meat that China refused the importation from its trading partner Brazil.
And because of Vilsack’s quiet 2016 repealing of mandatory knowledge of country-of-origin, USA consumers had no idea their beef could be, nit tainted, but lethal.
This is criminal!
Where is Vilsack now?
https://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/87428/49219/the_world_food_prize_foundation_announces_changes_to_the__foundation_board_and_council_of_advisors
Hopefully, RFK, Jr (HHS) and Brooke Rollins (Ag. Sec) can take a serious look at this.
Do a search for domestic farms that offer beef directly shipped to your doorstep.
This way you are not paying a hidden subsidy to that country of origin (called a tariff). The Ag. Department calls it a “quota”??
At least you’ll know and have recourse of where your beef comes from.
And, if you choose organic, grassfed non-antibiotic beef, odds are it’s better tasting and absolutely better for you.
I use two domestic operations for my beef now.
FYI: the Country of Origin is being re-introduced and awaiting a vote. But, we are at least one year plus to get it reinstated should it pass the vote.
https://www.agdaily.com/news/senators-reintroduce-bill-to-restore-cool-for-beef/
Know where your food comes from now! If you trust International conglomerates, at least you have weighed the costs.
I hope you Enjoy and support local farmers.
Buy our beef from a farmer down the road, wave and moo at the happy steers grazing in their pasture every time I drive by. Cost is a big nut at one time (I buy by the whole, then split four ways with friends and/or family) but price per lb is much lower than the grocery store, and the quality can’t be beat. Both the farmer and the processor give us cash discounts.
Of course, what actually matters most is: where does that fast-food burger actually come from?
They cook it for you and hand it to you. They cook it “only one way,” and you have absolutely no say in the matter. You just blindly eat the damned thing. You don’t give a second thought about it. Maybe you should!
Likewise: “the restaurant who can’t cook your beef ‘medium rare.'” If the waitress tells you that they can’t do it, order vegetarian. (And then: “never go back.”) Because you now know that they are sourcing – at best(!) – “grade ‘B’ beef(?!?!?).”
If you actually review the entire list of “FDA classifications,” at the bottom it’s pretty disgusting. However, you should bear in mind that not all of it goes to “dog food.”
“where does that fast-food burger actually come from” The Omnivore’s Dilemma is an insightful read, slight divergence from your point, apologize for that. Also highly recommend Everything I Want to Do is Illegal by Joel Salatin. Both are older books, the attack on our food supply didn’t start yesterday. It’s a shame that people blindly trust what’s handed to them through the drive through window.
The former presidential administrations (both parties) from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan, to George HW Bush, to Bill Clinton, to George W Bush, to Barack Obama and forward to Joe Biden, all of them purposefully and with specific intent taking apart the U.S. manufacturing base through trade and economic policy. – SD
Spoiler alert: Reagan was anti-tariff. (His Vice President was former CIA Director George Bush.)
Election integrity has to be #1 because otherwise there is no [peaceful] method of remedy, no course of action one can take to ameliorate the despicable situation.
–Garrett Zeigler
Mail-in voting is fraud. Period.
It might seem convenient for a lot of people, but it it still the most potent fraud vector.
Of course it’s all the states run by total shitbags who sue over Trumps executive election order.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5225275-trump-executive-order-elections-lawsuit/
The EU reminds me of a bunch of kids that have been living in their parents basement. Not paying rent, buying grocery’s and consider their job a non paying gig of video games. Eviction notice has been served.
Hate consumes them. TDS is on full display. Burn your country and your own house down because you hate President Trump? They don’t want to ‘Make America Great Again’ because they are full of demonic hate. What a wonderful life to choose. If I had my way, I would deport them all to the shit-hole of their choice and never allow them back into the USA.
Who wants to negotiate with Trump?
These countries that are going to retaliate – they really think they can do without the American consumer? Good luck with that.
Re: Tariffs…
If some pain is required to right our economic ship I’m all for it. Let’s get it done!
I actually enjoyed watching this interviewer work with the Vice-President. I think that this person will have a long and successful career in broadcast journalism.
One of the key reasons why I say this is that, to my view, this “interviewer” didn’t(!) “have an agenda that he was selling.” He simply covered his points, took his answers, and finished the interview (so to speak …) “peer to peer.”
Yes, I remember very memorable “interviewers” who used to do the same.
FYI: I have also(!) been extremely impressed with “Mr. Vance.” Here is someone who is using the “office of ‘Vice'” to extremely good advantage. While being extremely careful to preserve its “vice-“ role entirely without question, he is also not treating the office as subordinate. Instead, he is actively presenting it as complementary.
It’s easy to see a “two sides of the same [coin | objective]” strategy at work here. Vance and Trump are two very(!) different individuals. Their approaches are not at all the same. And yet, they are operating together.
Huge …