White House Senior Advisor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro discusses the trade reset and tariff impact as it works through the process.
As visible and stated by the Trump team, the broad-based tariff approach was designed to save time and create the environment where foreign countries, including those with bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) would come to President Trump in an effort to retain their interests. From there, new trade agreements would be structured.
Navarro rightly notes that both tariff and non-tariff barriers are designed to create a structural trade imbalance in their favor. The trade reset strategy is designed to confront these issues. Navarro also notes how Vietnam operates as case-study in the use of non-tariff barriers and simultaneously operates as a transnational shipping point for Chinese products. WATCH:
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Peter Navarro is a good man. Glad to see him back in the White House.
BlackRock and Goldman Sachs are being hit just as hard as the companies that they’ve targeted, companies that can move the Indexes (Nvidia, Broadcom, Tesla, ect.). Believe it or not most regular companies have been quite stable. Also BlackRock and Sachs got slaughtered on Friday – that tells me the Market isn’t happy with their temper-tantrum.
Also BlackRock holds a lot of Nvidia, we’ll see if they continue.
Yep the only one that’s down for me is NVDA
NVDA is reeling from the new cheap chip from China. Their issues preceded tariffs.
Monopolies like Black rock should be broken up.
Can’t do something like that unless the Federal Reserve is abolished. It’s what back-stops all the players and keeps the casino going.
End the Fed.
That he had to spend four months of his life in prison for failure to testify to the unconstitutional J6 committee was shameful in the extreme. Politically motivated. To the best of my knowledge no Republican stepped up for this brilliant, patriotic man.
(Each time I see Nancy Mace, who was on that committee, bloviating, preening, posturing as a MAGA Republican, I become nauseous.)
Mace did stab DJT in the back (not literally) after J6, but she wasn’t on the J6 Committee
I stand corrected. Thank you.
She was one of 8 Republicans to vote to refer him to the DOJ for prosecution., a vicious act which she knew would result in conviction.
As far as I am concerned she was as good as on that despicable committee through her vote.
I still feel nauseous.
I have been following her on twitter and it seems to me
she does a lot of grandstanding
OTT, Amjean.
Waaaaay Over The Top.
She knows what she did to both Navarro and Bannon.
She is a bit of a loose cannon and a drama queen. She’s right about a lot of things, very wrong on what she did to Dr. Navarro.
Her turn will come.
Too much drama queen in America now.
It gets in the way of objectivity, influences and spreads more drama queen.
Pandora’s Box was cracked with suffrage, cracked more with the world wars putting more women into industry, and broken wide open in the 1970’s with “women’s lib”.
It wasn’t a House Committee subject to House rules but rather a National Commission which prevented Republicans from choosing members and allowed Pelosi to pick Kinzinger and Cheney! Not to nit pick but it’s important to understand how the J6 Commission was put together with no Republican representation!!! JMO
I love Peter. Miss seeing him on Warroom.. I learned a lot from his regular presentations
Felt the same after listening to him speak on this interview. He has been tortured for being who he is. Very GOOD to see him getting his legs and voice back.
It’s the end of the world as you knew it,
It’s the end of the world as you knew it,
It’s the end of the world as you knew it,
and we feel fine!!!
😁 😁 😁
Nice REM there. They were quite good in their first few albums.
Phuk rem and trump hater michael Stipe too.
No cap! 👆
Canadian band who’s name escapes me did a much faster much better version.
Great Big Sea
Thanks!
Something, something earthquake, something, something Lenny Bruce something, something Leo-nard Bern-Stein….
That’s what they say about R.E.M. isn’t it?
Unintelligible singing.
R.E.M. – It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
also,
R.E.M. – Man On The Moon (Official HD Music Video)
Lyrics
“You can’t lose money unless you sell.”
Not bad, don’t get shaken by the MarxMerdia, all will be well.
Reminds me of Sam Walton after Walmart stock got punched in the nose, someone told him how much $$ he lost, his reply was “It’s only on paper”.
When Sam started the place, wasn’t he strong on American Made? After his death the family went to China. Am I remembering correctly?
that’s the way I remember WMs early days. they avoided big cities at first, too.
It’s a good read.
So the story goes. If that’s true, then it strains to reason that if he could’ve seen what his offspring would do with it he would’ve burned the entire thing to the ground before dying.
Yes
Then Sam died and his family took over and what used to be a great place to buy decent quality, made in America goods now mostly sells us mega tons of cheaply made junk from China and God only knows where else.
PDJT’S has put his new plans together to save our country.
I’m hoping and praying the new economic plans, tariff deals, restoring manufactiring and other common sense measures that PDJT and Team are putting in place, take root and get us back on the path to a better chance of prosperity for our working class countrymen and women, too.
Please pray for our country, The United States of America. Pray with all the faith you can muster.
Those of you who do so have my deepest gratitude, respect, and admiration.
Thank you and may God’s blessings be upon you all who take time to do so. This I pray from the bottom of my heart.
——-AMEN——-
‘…mega tons of cheaply made junk from China…’
Every time I visit WM, I think “cheap junk that will be in landfills soon”.
Mostly trashy unnecessary stuff all over the store in the Impulse Buy displays.
The Wall Street Casino bandits prey on those who panic. Hang on and bet on the American economy led by President Trump.
Shop for bargains, and invezt in Aneruca.
I bought stock at $8 a share. It’s been as high as $80. I’m not complaining 😌 pays pretty good dividends too..
Have another! 🍸
TSLA is teasing me @ 239
Buffet used to say buy ‘when there is blood on the streets’….
How much blood…
Put down the bat, Bet!
Too late!! 😂
Careful with that are, Eugene!
when it’s raining money use a bushel basket not a thimble
My husband retired at the end of 2019 and two months later, as the C0v1d madness began, his 401k dropped by 20%.
We had prepared well for retirement and knew what our income and expenses would be, so we held tight and waited. Within six months, the balance had returned to its previous level and over the next couple of years, it has continued to increase.
The balance “crashed” again this past week, but once again, we will sit tight and wait. The number of people running around with their hair on fire amazes me! It’s very obvious to me, and many others here, exactly what President Trump is attempting to do, so I fully expect the numbers on the stock market to go up and down for a while. Not worth losing sleep over as far as I am concerned!
Once known as being an adult.
The MarxMerdia specializes in childish fearmongering.
Nice Maquism there M!
Well, as Obama’s ridiculous national security advisor Ben Rhodes pointed out, the media are 20-somethings who know nothing. They are easily led.
My sister was living fine (not well, but fine) after her husband died and she lost his pension.
She lived on his SS because it was higher than hers, and she drew money out of a very modest investment in mutuals. Her small house was paid for but in CA, property taxes eat away at savings as the inflated value of the house means high assessments no matter the size of the house or its age.
In addition, she had high health care costs as she lost his health care plan.
Then, the housing market crashed and with it, her mutuals. She tried taking out less and less each month but said, “At my age, I want to be able to at least buy decent birthday and Xmas gifts for my grandkids.”
She went back to supplementing the SS with almost the same amount she had taken out before the crash and as you know, the money went bye bye pretty fast.
I know it took a full 8 years from the day the crash happened for my market investment to reach the dollar amount (not the dollar value, for sure) that was in them when the crash occurred, but I was 13 years younger then she and still working. I had time to recover.
It’s sad when older people who have worked their entire lives, never borrowed anything from anyone except a bank for a car loan or a house, never missed any payments, always paid every bill they ever incurred, always kept their promises, in other words, all of a sudden finds that crooks in DC tanked their life savings. They were never careless with their money, raised two boys, and one died at 69 and his wife thought she would at least be safe with the assets they had worked hard for. Yes, there was some money in cds, some, but even that didn’t help as all of a sudden cds paid NOTHING.
Franklin Raines. Barney Frank. Maxine Waters, and that effing George W. BUSH, intent to prove to Mexican-Americans all over America, that HE, GW Bush, would be the POTUS who enabled minorities, especially those of Mexican heritage, that HE WAS their friend by making it easy for them to buy houses.
I recall hearing Karl Rove and Bush himself talk about that before he ever formally announced for the Presidency.
Bush was one of the worse Presidents we have ever had. EVER HAD.
When you strip life savings from people who have been great Americans because of your own vanity, you deserve to walk a plank.
My sister never recovered the feeling of pride and contentment in having enough money in her last years to take care of her needs and her meager desires.
“Her small house was paid for but in CA, property taxes eat away at savings as the inflated value of the house means high assessments no matter the size of the house or its age.”
What happened to Proposition 13, which put a stop to that kind of tax math? Has it gone by the wayside?
The information I found at this link suggests that it was still intact as of 2024, although facing some possible changes (in 2024).
https://schalkenbach.org/california-prop-13-faces-new-challengers-in-2024-and-tough-questions-of-equity/
After reading about your sister, I feel sorry for her and her situation, but I was just curious about something you said. I lived in California for many years and I think the following needs more explanation.
You said, “Her small house was paid for but in CA, property taxes eat away at savings as the inflated value of the house means high assessments no matter the size of the house or its age.”
If she bought her house, let’s say 1980 for $50,000 I believe at the time the tax would be at one percent or around $500 based on prop 13. Property taxes in California goes up 2% per year. So $500 compounded at 2% interest for 40 years would take her taxes up to $1140 approximately. and if she paid $50,000 for her home in 1980 and in 2020 that should be worth at least $15,000 per year or $650,000. I plotted out many homes in California and just about the minimum value increase per year was around $8000 up to $27,000 per year. It’s crazy but your sister was paying taxes on maybe a $650,000 home at only $1140 a year or just under $100 per month. So she was struggling to live, but was living in an approximately $650,000 free and clear home. So basically, it appears her out of pocket cost to live in that house would be around $100 for property taxes and she could probably insure that home for the same amount if she started out at the $50,000 mark and increased it some each year.
Conclusion: So she does not get high assessments on her property no matter what it’s worth as in California it can only go up 2% a year.
Miguel, your reply was to TLHoward’s comment/her sister, but shows up under mine for some reason.
The reason I posted the link I did is precisely because of the point you make regarding Prop 13.
(and I see reading downthread that you apparently caught what had happened and reposted your very informative comment! 😉 )
Yep
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My parents were also hit HARD by the globalist policies of Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama-Biden et al…my father worked full time from the time he was twelve years old until his sudden death at age 77 and by the time my mother lived another decade plus with dementia (possibly exacerbated by a stroke she suffered shorty after his passing) there was NOTHING left to show for a lifetime of being responsible and working hard.
In no way was I attempting to diminish the very real struggles of millions of people whose life savings have been decimated by the policies of the past 40 years. Rather, I was trying to say that the pearl clutchers bemoaning the drop in the stock market after President Trump’s tariff announcements are insincere, at best, and more likely blatant opportunists preying on the fears of retirees and others who do not understand what is really happening!
After reading about your sister, I feel sorry for her and her situation, but I was just curious about something you said. I lived in California for many years and I think the following needs more explanation.
You said, “Her small house was paid for but in CA, property taxes eat away at savings as the inflated value of the house means high assessments no matter the size of the house or its age.”
If she bought her house, let’s say 1980 for $50,000 I believe at the time the tax would be at one percent or around $500 based on prop 13. Property taxes in California goes up 2% per year. So $500 compounded at 2% interest for 40 years would take her taxes up to $1140 approximately. and if she paid $50,000 for her home in 1980 and in 2020 that should be worth at least $15,000 per year or $650,000. I plotted out many homes in California and just about the minimum value increase per year was around $8000 up to $27,000 per year. It’s crazy but your sister was paying taxes on maybe a $650,000 home at only $1140 a year or just under $100 per month. So she was struggling to live, but was living in an approximately $650,000 free and clear home. So basically, it appears her out of pocket cost to live in that house would be around $100 for property taxes and she could probably insure that home for the same amount if she started out at the $50,000 mark and increased it some each year.
Conclusion: So she does not get high assessments on her property no matter what it’s worth as in California it can only go up 2% a year.
I’ve been in the mkt since 1965 – seen many ups and downs but up comfortably. I’m retired now but made my living in produce business and am/was very familiar with Sysco wholesale grocery – great company strong mgmnt.
I’d owned the stock for several years when COVID hit – Sysco lost 2/3rds stock price, mid 20s. I took a big bite and price has tripled with a solid div. Just wanted to brag/encourage a bit, now what should be on the shopping list? I own no TSLA but that may change.
This is a great time to buy.
Always my favorite on the President Trump team. Economic nationalist. Buchananite. (I could argue Stephen Miller whose also pretty great)
In truth Clinton getting China into the WTO was part of the ChinaGate high treason which you can now look back on and see all that was done for China in return for the ChinaGate treason money.
Great movie! Was eye opening when it came out back then. Narvarro is a treasure.
This post reminds me of the 45 Communist Goals read in Congress in 1963.
*Permit trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation.
*Grant recognition of Red China.
*Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States.
*Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
*Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination.
I have learned so much from you today friend! The NAFTA article you posted a link for on another thread was very enlightening. Like the fact that the meetings for a global economy took place with the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland…but of course.
I left you a very interesting reply and video on your response about your Irish ancestors. The date you gave was a huge clue. I’m a Celtic history fan, some of my ancestors were bards so that may also come into play.
That’s the mail on the head and they own Briben even more !
China was allowed into the WTO on December 11, 2001 – a scant three months after 9/11. The U.S. president was G.W. Bush and he advocated for China to be admitted to the WTO. Most Americans were still reeling from the September attacks and paid very little attention to the “China deal”. As the adage goes, “Never let a tragedy go to waste”…..and the world economy changed quietly as we slept.
Ty Craig, excellent example of the Uniparty as the Bushes considered Billy Boy to be their brother from another mother. Bush’s administration was infamous for the Trotskyite Neocons whose wars had much to do with our enemies the Globalists taking those Neocon war refugees and shipping them in to EU nations for their planned WWIII and to be exterminate Western civilizations and its people, with the exception of Orthodox Christian Russia, and its allies, and Hungary.
“On March 8, 2000, then-President Bill Clinton delivered his most persuasive pitch to Washington’s foreign policy elite, Congress and the international community on the merits of China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). With a key vote looming, the case was made in a speech at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on Embassy Row.”
The Tragic Legacy of Bill Clinton’s China Doctrine
https://www.policymagazine.ca/the-tragic-legacy-of-bill-clintons-china-doctrine/
This policy stemmed from the naive belief that trade via the WTO would inevitably lead to liberalization of China. Those advocating this view had simply no idea of what Communist “brainwashing” and propaganda over decades can do. Three generations in China have grown up under CCP domination. When someone tells you what they are all about, it is best to BELIEVE them. CCP is not our friend, never was.
Clinton and Newt.
Never forget ol Newt.
Wise words from Peter Navarro, verbum sapientae as they say in Latin.
Peter Navarro …….. is a MAGA / AMERICA FIRST patriot …… he talks the talk and walks the walk!
Don’t mess with Pete!
One of the greatest theme songs.
Elon taking a shot at Navarro is more than a little concerning.
Mr. Musk should stay in his DOGE lane, IMHO.
Think it’s the car seller in Musk that is taking a shot at Navarro now.
Its not a problem, yet and I thought navarro dealt with it tactfully.
Ww are seeing the beauty of the arrangrment with Musk. He is NOT a member of the Trump administration, he does not speak FOR the admon, he speaks for himself.
He camve in to lend a hand, and will move on to other projects, like assisting the N/P parties in the EU.
Agreed.
Donaldus Magnus may need to put Elon on time out and have a chat.
That being said, I think Musk may move on to other priorities sooner than we expect.
A time out. 👍 Spending a day with Elon Musk, must be like spending a day with a 5 year old grandchild – exhausting. 😉
Didn’t Sundance predict this for April?
Well, hopefully not THAT soon. We need his energy and enthusiasm until at least the end of the year.
we do but Elon wont stay that long imo 4th of July if were lucky
Teammates argue sometimes. Navarro is a treasure and his seasoning shows in his response. Elon is a treasure and then some.
Well said Dutch. I greatly appreciated Mr Musk’s stepping in purchasing Twitter and opening it up to President Trump and the MAGA Revolution. Controlling the media (Op Mockingbird/CFR) has been a key to how they have gotten away with all the treasons and crimes they so far have gotten away with.
“The slime oozing out from your TV set”. *Zappa*
And his involvement with and support of the Worldwide MAGA movement isn’t getting that much attention, but is a vital part of ‘seeing the whole board’.
He was seen talking a lot with Meloni, at MAL and it was speculated romance was in the air.
She was last years President of the Coalition of 27 ‘alt-right’ political parties in the EU.
He used Twitter, to draw attention to and build up the AFD, by having a 1 hour chat with the party leader, just when they were threatening to ban her.
He has talked with Nigel Farage at length, and the Romanian party has requested his assistance.
Our enemies are Globullusts, hence our war with them inherently involves many Nations and regions, its not just the USA.
I noted this before I saw your comment…I hope this is true. I really like Peter and to see someone take an unnecessary cheap shot really bothers me…..
“Kids with Asperger’s (AS) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA) are sometimes labeled unmanageable or aggressive because of their impulsivity, which involves “a tendency to act on a whim, displaying behavior characterized by little or no forethought, reflection, or consideration of the consequences.”
—http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2016/10/aspergers-children-and-problems-with.html
The beginning of the cracks in the bond between the tech bros and MAGA movement…
As predicted by Sundance.
🤷♂️
So Elon Musk should just keep his place at the back of the bus or train or plane or spaceship?
No, not necessarily.
But, he wasn’t brought in to determine trade policy.
He should stick to finishing the job he asked for and was given.
I personally trust Navarro on trade and tariffs and I’m pretty sure PDJT does as well.
Elon has a pound of flesh in the game – he is entitled to his opinion
The America people have FAR, FAR, more “flesh in the game” and far more to lose.
I’d say maybe Mr. Musk should be thanked for the job he was tasked with doing…I’ll not say “for a job well done” until I see the final tally come out. After that, he might be happy to get a SpaceX subsidy or two, or even rebrand NASA a bit, if he continues to have success in space. Why not? Wouldn’t hurt my feelings any.
DOGE is doing good work but Tesla EV’s suck, that’s Elon’s baby. I take great umbrage at Elon for using children as young as four to work in the cobalt mines needed for EV batteries.
It shouldn’t matter if he has their parent’s approval, it’s not humane. Some get sick, and some die, and for what? The car itself is a hazard, things like this makes one wonder what his true intent for the planet is, maybe he doesn’t even know.
I’ve always felt uncomfortable with him having such close access to our president.
Valid points.
Musk is, by any objective measure, an oligarch. And, should be paid careful attention to.
I think Elon has alterior motives in his involvement with President Trump. I believe every once in awhile his mask slips. Take notice when it does.
On Fox News Sunday, Pete also hit every curve ball over the fence that snarky Fox host, Shannon Bream threw at him.
She IS snarky!
You would not think so . . . she looks so smiley and sweet and always dresses so nicely.
And purports to be a Christian.
The team PDJT assembled is SUPERB…. TY YHWH
Absolutively!
Thank you, Sundance!
It is so great to see Peter Navarro helping President Trump!
Watched this segment this morning. Peter describes what is going on with Tariffs with such simplicity and ease that even I can understand it.
Elon isn’t happy with Navarro.
Sundance predicted the tech bros would split with MAGA.
Elon playing both sides cause his Teslas are ASSEMBLED here with imported components… like every car manufacturer, so it’s ALL gonna change for American workers benefit, Wall St and K St vs Main St as Sunny D has been saying since 2016
The Tesla Model 3 AWD and RWD are both made up of 75 percent U.S. and Canadian parts, tying for the most North American-made components of any vehicle in the market, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) latest report on U.S.-Canadian parts content.
The agency shares the reports annually under the American Automobile Labeling Act (AALA), and Tesla’s reported 2025 lineup ranged from 60- to 75-percent on the index. Meanwhile, the only vehicle to include as many North American parts as the aforementioned Model 3 units were the Honda Ridgeline Sport.
WE should be happy with Elon Musk. Wonderful genius who invested 43 billion on free speech. He can only stay 130 days or so, therefore his service in DOGE is invaluable. I thank Elon, Peter and Donald.
Maybe it’s just sibling rivalry
I love Navarro as much as Miller…I read both of his books about his time in the Trump White House…his interactions with Fauci are legendary…he has been able to explain economics to me clearly as well as the danger of the CCP. I just saw on X today that Elon bashed PM…this upsets me greatly. I had hoped it was just fake news but looked it up myself and it was not…Elon based PM “A PhD from Harvard is a bad thing, not a good thing”. This chump really has the maturity of a knat… no wonder Bannon calls him “man-child”….I think Elon is messing with things behind the scenes he should be…
Only people who love drama care.
Bannon is just as much a manchild as Musk, imo
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“Life is going to be beautiful under Donald John Trump”.
Gotta love this guy. (And I will never forget the horrendous treatment he suffered under the OBiden corruptocrats.)
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We have massive Financial Deficits with China, the European Union, and many others. The only way this problem can be cured is with TARIFFS, which are now bringing Tens of Billions of Dollars into the U.S.A. They are already in effect, and a beautiful thing to behold. The Surplus with these Countries has grown during the “Presidency” of Sleepy Joe Biden. We are going to reverse it, and reverse it QUICKLY. Some day people will realize that Tariffs, for the United States of America, are a very beautiful thing!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114293581018893404
Tariffs caused the Great Depression. Tomorrow may be the first time since the Great Depression that the S&P is down >4% for 3 consecutive days. I have a huge trade deficit with my local grocery store. I buy everything from them and they buy nothing from me. There is a big difference between a trade deficit and the government debt. During Trump’s first term, he added a ton to the debt.
Go away. Regurgitating propaganda from the fake news media like a good communist.
Why is the link behind your username bringing up malware?
Operating out of Ukraine?
Maquis did that for me too.
A Parisian radio station isn’t malware that sets off security alerts.
Trop Triste!
Tom you have been corrected. Ciao
“That the Smoot-Hawley Tariff caused the Depression of the 1930s is a New Deal myth in which America’s schoolchildren have been indoctrinated for decades. The Depression began with the crash of the stock market in 1929, nine months before Smoot-Hawley became law. The real villain: The Federal Reserve…” Pat Buchanan
DOW futures have been fluctuating from about minus 1100 to minus 1400…
Black Monday sell-off tomorrow. Buckle up, rubes.
You lose if you sell
Wrong.
Avoiding drawdowns is key to building wealth and wealth mgmt.
”You lose if you sell” is the mantra of ignorance.
One of the most stunning things in the world we live in is that people will rely on their 401k’s for retirement, but spend ZERO time learning the fundamentals of investing.
Its amazing to me, that so many decry the actions of Blackrock, (which is really Blackrock/Fidelity/State Street, as they are so inextricably interconnected through their boards aa to be one entity) and yet they have their $ in 401k or IRAS that are MANAGED by B/F/SS, so they are giving the entity their $ that its using to try to destroy us.
THIS ^^^^^^
There is a poster at SeekingAlpha.com who is about 70, called Buyandhold 2012, and he never sells unless forced to by way of merger. He has been investing for 50 years and is worth well in the millions. He has stated that the two day drop in the market has cost his portfolio millions, but he will never sell.
There is a case to be made for his investment policy.
401k’s are going to be pretty worthless soon. Anytime government and brokers market something, a keen observer recognizes the situation. There’s always a “tell”. Just a question if one notices it or is the one going to be left holding the bag? Lots of bag-holders. Wall Street won again suckers.
Lock in your losses.
Or buying opportunity…again…dividend kings and dividend aristocrats.
Selling strategy is based on what you bought and why. If its a good stock two months ago, it should still be a good stock.
Yep
Sundance on the money as usual. I wonder if the Ukraine Psyop can be ended and trade deals with the Orthodox Christians of Russia & Co help to thwart their machinations? An alliance with Russia is quite logical. The EU/WEF/IMF/World Bank/NATO/London are our true enemies, not Russia or our Serbian friends
We can skip Europe and hook up with Russia through the Northern Territories.
We can beat The New Silk Noose with The ReOrient Express!
I like your line of thinking M!
Can you post the above Joe S comment (forwarded by Sundance) next to The Game Plan at the top of the daily Presidential Thread? It would help remind people President Trump will still face so much opposition…
I already get grief from certain parties unhappy with our daily prayers and encouragements as it is, and am loathe to expand them much further, but I agree it needs to be kept close to hand for the very purpose you propose.
I’ll screnshot that Twit for dropping as seems appropriate going down the road.
Sundance always recognizes the power of a brilliant succinct argument; I encourage everyone to follow his Twit, so many treasures to be found there.
“The ReOrient Express” wins the day, Maquis… WORDMAN has serious competition.
I too look forward to US-Russia on the same page in opposition to the globullists… who will become immediate toast.
Thanks, I’ll start doing that.
Sorry you are getting grief. You’re doing a great job! Some people don’t seem to get they can scroll on by when they aren’t interested in something. Or maybe they just like to complain?
Rothschilds bad.
Bauers Build Bad.
“Slow it down just enough….”
Momentum moving faster than the real world can keep up with, is Mr. Trump’s best weapon in his quiver.
This is fabulous. Can it be posted each day on the Presidential Thread next to The Game Plan post?
Excellent video. Thank you Sundance!
Navarro’s great.
Jackie DeAngelis, too.
I hope Trump knows what he is doing. It is not just the rich that have money in the stock market.
EVERY American citizen is rich,, they just don’t know it
Nonsense! It is of that elitist mentality that things are going from bad to worse here and everywhere else. A little humility!
Truth spoken, thank you.
Grow up. Markets go up, markets go down. In a long term chart of the S&P, this will be a mere blip. You’re falling for the fake news propaganda. Do better.
This is not a blip! It’s already worse than Covid and we are only 2 days in. The administration, Trump included, has been playing this down, they should have been more upfront with things. Now they are telling us to “hang tight”. Sure, what other choice do we have?
Yes, it is a blip. Just because it’s worse than COVID means nothing. Nearly every downturn short of the Depression has been a blip. Hang tight is excellent advice. Stupid people panic and sell, which is the absolute worst thing you can do. Stop whining and grow up.
You always end each one of your comments with a personal attack. It certainly speaks to your maturity level.
94% of stocks are owned by only 8% of the population.
Little people made a big bet on PDJT and are seeing it pay off already.
Well I guess I am one of those 8%. I am also a Trump voted from day one in 2015. I have been a fan since 1990s, that’s why I said “I hope he knows what he is doing.”
Most of us believe he does.
Most of us believe that patience and vigilance will get us through this, on top of the understanding we gain from this conversation at our beloved Treehouse.
I agree with you there. That’s why I come here to get some nuggets of wisdom to help me making decisions. I feel that this time I was taken by surprise due to how quickly things have unfolded. I love this site and don’t make comments very often. Tonight is the exception.
If your stocks were good picks, when you bought, they should be good now. Relax and turn off the tube if you are nervous. They want you afraid.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/average-stock-market-return
https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/investing/average-stock-market-return
For those crying about stocks…
Warren Buffest has been selling stock in record amounts for the past 1 1/2 years, building a record sized cash position of $360B.
And as he has done so, it has been widely and extensively reported.
I have no sympathy for those who refuse to stay abreast of such things and/or think they know better than someone like Buffet.
Lemmings follow the leader
No one is looking for you sympathy or anyone else’s for that matter.
Why has he been doing so? What is the benefit? Spell it out
I’ll do it. Buffett has been cashing-out because he knows the casino is going to crash. Better to have cash than worthless stocks, even though the cash is nearly worthless already. Better to have a ton of cash on-hand on scoop-up deals after the crash. Buffett’s action are the “tell” that cash is king right now.
Prepare wisely.
Isn’t he the sell high and buy it back low type? Makes you wonder what he’s known that the average Joe doesn’t.
To those sayin Elon Musk should just shut up, an keep his place at the back of the bus or train or plane or spaceship, I say a man, like Elon Musk, with an IQ high enough to literally be one of the greatest rocket scientists of all time, can get in any lane he wants to.
I would say the same think about a man, like Ben Carson, with an IQ high enough to literally be one of the greatest brain surgeons of all time, can get in any lane he wants to.
Just like foreign operatives can get on any blog they want to.
Right, Tav?
My great great grandfather bought blue chip stocks for less than 1penny during the Great Depression. They were worthless @time….But, grew so much in value
If given a choice of passage on a spaceship to the moon or Mars built by Elon Musk or Peter Navarro how many would go with the one built by Peter Navarro?
What a stupid analogy. You’re comparing apples to oranges for goodness sake. They have totally different occupations. It’s like saying would you rather have your dental work done by a dentist or a lawyer.
Times like these is when these pages get a lot of Never-Trump Bush lovers.
If you referring to me, you quite wrong.
The writing is on the wall. Cracks are already showing.
This is not going to end well for the Trump administration. Asides from the usual loud voices in the Democratic party, they are smart for keeping their mouths shut and letting this unfold.
Given history, your type must enjoy being proven wrong at every turn. Weird.
You’re arguing with a serially banned troll, an AgitBot.
I get it, but once you pay attention and recognize their tells, feeding them isn’t so rewarding.
Not that there aren’t reasons to use such opportunities to teach others, but if they are talking stupid, it’s to get a rise out of us.
Are you also referring to me? Laughable!!
No, I was not, I was responding to Chris who was addressing a malicious operator of the fatuously pseudonymous persuasion.
Ok. Thanks for letting me know.
Well, they both (lawyers and dentists) do practice their trade. One day they will get good at it. (I’m just being a jokester)
Peter was Great as usual!
I was surprised how good the interviewer was! WOW! I hope we get more media people that are prepared like she was.
All of us are so used to Crazy MSM anchors that are so dis-honest and fake, it is refreshing to get a “smart” anchor that understands the topic.
I might be super supportive of the anchor ONLY because it is so rare to have a good one. Hopefully it will be an everyday EVENT! 🙂
While lower wages in other countries are part of the issue, taxes on businesses is a bigger issue. I have seen to many factories close in other countries as soon as they lose tax breaks. Using tariffs to lower taxes on businesses and personal income tax will go along way to offset any increase in prices. In addition you bring back better paying jobs that don’t require a college education. More and better jobs means middle class will have more money. The US addresses a sever national security issue, by returning our manufacturing base. I see no downside to what Trump is doing, just a bit bumpy to get there and it would go smoother if Wall Street would get on board sooner rather than later.
What’s annoying me most right now is how Wall Street thinks that they set policy. You have institutional investors throwing a temper tantrum, because they don’t like President Trump’s tariff strategy. Too bad!
I have listened to and read the arguments of those opposing what President Trump is doing, both broadcast, print and commentators here.
I simply don’t believe any of them sincerely believe the arguments against, that they are projecting.
They oppose what he is doing, because they want to continue to benefit from the status quo…their arguments simply don ‘t hold up, to basic logic.
Peter Navarro is a highly educated Ivy League Whiz Kid (“The Best and the Brightest”).
But then so were Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy.
When it comes to trade policy, I’ll take Peter Navarro any day over Elon. Sorry, not sorry. I’m a fan of Elon, but Peter is smarter on economic and trade issues. It’s not even close.
Tav, the Alpha and Omega of Make America Look At This and General Inanity.
Dig deep enough and there’ll operatives from the Tavistock Institute and MI5, plus some high power London P.R. all denouncing U.S. tariffs as “detrimental to free trade.” Free trade and FAIR trade are not the same thing. In one form or another the old British East India Company have always tried to keep global markets in its own cozy corner.
I will go back to ranting about my Sears Kenmore refrigerator….the replacement is ‘adequate’…and a Whirlpool label but actually Maytag manufactured…..WTF? Oh well, it works.
If we got a go fund me page for them, do you think we could get the old Sears Roebuck company and their high standards, back???
“We have massive Financial Deficits with China, the European Union, and many others. The only way this problem can be cured is with TARIFFS, which are now bringing Tens of Billions of Dollars into the U.S.A.
They are already in effect, and a beautiful thing to behold.
The Surplus with these Countries has grown during the “Presidency” of Sleepy Joe Biden. We are going to reverse it, and reverse it QUICKLY.
Some day people will realize that Tariffs, for the United States of America, are a very beautiful thing!”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114293581018893404
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For reasons I’m not sure I understand, Thomas Sowell, whom I admire greatly, is an anti-Trumper. At any rate, now 95, sounds like he’s reached his use-by date.
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NEW: Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba says he’s ready to visit the United States to negotiate with President Trump on tariffs
Keep the Great Deal steady as world supply chains are reorganized. No bilateral deals for now. Why does Japan not import American beef or cars?
US beef is heavily contaminated with petrochemicals – including but not only antibiotics… it’s a main reason US is at the bottom of the first world health statistics.
Every nation in the world knows this *except* US.
Take your Don, they’ve been shafting us 5o years
Notice none of the intellectually devoid pissants know anything about tariffs ,and how they work. The great echo chamber has even gobbled up some of the so called America First fakers, and they too have been outed.
Layer by layer the veneer of discontent and deceit shows us who they are. Most live and die daily to the ups and downs of the stock market.
Peter Navarro is so knowledgeable about global trade, he’s a great asset to Trump and what he wants to achieve for America.
Welcome back !!
US Tariff Theory: It’s Working
Bloomberg
Japan’s Ishiba Aims to Visit US to Pitch Broad Tariff Deal
Yoshiaki Nohara
Sun, April 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM PDT
(Bloomberg) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he would go to the US as soon as possible to pitch a wide-ranging deal with President Donald Trump over tariffs.
Speaking in parliament on Monday, Ishiba said he would strongly urge Trump to drop the planned 24% tariff on Japanese imports, first by holding a phone call with the president.
“We must make it clear that our country is not doing anything unfair,” Ishiba said.
Over the weekend, Ishiba said Japan’s approach to resolve the crisis over tariffs could include proposals over liquefied natural gas, cars, agriculture and national security, according to local media.
“When we negotiate with the US we want to present a package. That will take some time, but we will make it a success,” Ishiba said.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-ishiba-aims-broad-deal-000741669.html
Be still my heart!
Love Peter Navarro!
I could count all the ways, but you all would get sleepy with my long list😂
Suffice it to say, President Trump could not have chosen a better man, because from my perspective, there is simply not one better or sharper for this position than Mr. Navarro.
God go with you Sir!
I’m so glad Peter Navarro is on the Trump team. He’s a jam up communicator I like to listen to em’
Peter says we will hit $50,000 by the end ‘of this term’. Is he saying the end of Trumps term? That’s four years of absolute poverty for many of us Seniors, who ‘were’ relying on our savings to help us along. (My dumbass county auditor has raised our property taxes to a whopping 37%. It’s a dire situation here.)
Maybe Trump should have waited until eggs were cheaper, a loaf of bread was not $2.50. Sorry, but I’m not at all optimistic at this point.
Yeah, I know they’re saying there will be blue skies and golden arches someday but not for older Americans.
I feel for you, and appreciate your honesty.
But at the same time – you knew what you were voting for and were warned.
I understand it’s difficult, and many of us are in difficult situations, but “Trump can wait” is not an option. The country was heading for a disaster. Globalists are not looking out for our best interests, President Trump has mentioned this several times.
What we need to ask, in order to understand the need for Tariffs now, is why the eggs and bread weren’t cheaper, I mean what caused such inflation? Those issues must be addressed; otherwise, it will be like kicking the can down the road.
The alternative of Harris would have meant you would be fighting over scraps of food at the local landfill in 4 years.
Also, PDJT has advanced the idea no one over 65 should have to pay property tax….once he secures your Social Security.
Looking on the bright side – I know a lot of you, myself included, don’t like the current crop of GOP politicians for the most part. They’ll all be out of jobs soon. Yay?
I’ll hold my nose and take a RINO over a Democrat any day of the week.
That view is how we end up with a RINO Congress undercutting President Trump.
I stopped that crap, when ROMNEY/RYAN was the ticket, and after not voting for them, I vowed not to vote for any RINO, ever again.
And then vowed to work hard to try to make sure thats not the choice, and so learned how the system works, and what needs to be done to change it, which is why I regularly, rail against registering as an Indie, abd advocate for attending locak R party meetings, and County and State R conventions, to vote out the RINOS who cling to power in the State R party Executive Committees and Rules Committees.
The man is legend.
Navarro screwed Trump during the early stages of the covid thing.
Unbeknownst to Trump, Navarro put out a memo to the press in April of 2020 laying out his vision of the effects Covid would cause. Trump never saw all the catastrophes Navarro was pitching to the press and he was embarrassed when he was asked by the press, among other things, if millions of American lives were in jeopardy because of covid as Navarro was claiming. And what was he doing about it. Result: egg on face.
Which is probably why Navarro is not on the current staff – he’s considered a loose cannon.
trump-peter-navarro-coronavirus-memos-174237
It’s working…
“President Trump says he has no interest in negotiating with other countries over the new tariffs unless they’re willing to fix the “deficit problem.”…..
Figure it this way, ..they have been stealing from us, for many years.
Now, because he “caught” them, they promise not to do it anymore.
But, what about remuneration, compensation for the 30+ years they ripped us off, are we just supposed to write that off?
Exactly. Don’t settle for getting even, get ahead.
I thought Breitbart had a pretty good analysis of President Trump’s tariffs and Wall Street. Here’s the intro:
It’s hard to say what finally broke Wall Street’s will. Maybe it was the retaliatory 34 percent tariff from Beijing, or the sight of Jerome Powell brushing off the carnage like a man who’d just changed a flat tire. Maybe it was the unmistakable conviction in Donald Trump’s voice when he said, “China played it wrong. They panicked.”
Or maybe it was the simple realization—years in the making, but somehow still a surprise—that this president is not going to hand back the steering wheel to the Chamber of Commerce.
Whatever the trigger, Friday felt like capitulation. Not just a selloff or a rout—though it was certainly that, with the Nasdaq down nearly six percent, the Dow off more than 2,200 points, and the S&P 500 hemorrhaging value like a biotech firm with a bad FDA call. No, this was something more specific: a psychological surrender to the idea that tariffs are not merely a negotiating tactic or a transitory flourish. They are, for better or worse, policy. And not just policy, but a pillar of a new economic order in which global capital doesn’t get to write the rules.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/04/04/breitbart-business-digest-the-market-finally-realized-trump-meant-it/
EU TARIFFS: The silent plunder against the U.S.
https://gatewayhispanic.com/2025/04/eu-tariffs-the-silent-plunder-against-the-u-s/
Anyone got any idea how long this ‘correction’ will take. Are we talking, weeks, months, years. Just wondering what the outcome is hoped to be.
My guess, at the most 3-6 months to settle out, more likely 2-3 months. Anyone who can’t handle that amount of heat, shouldn’t have been anywhere near the kitchen.
And anybody worried about not being able to eat should have been stocking up food long before.
To the moderator: please delete this comment, it’s a mistake.
The arguments for tariffs are not economic arguments, but there’s more to human beings than economics. We have a nation which we will not be able to defend without a robust manufacturing base. We have a working class that needs meaningful employment so that they have hope and a future. We have cities and towns that have been hollowed out by de industrialization, that need to make a comeback. This is not about economics so much as it is about morality and even spirituality.
PN really needs to consult HHS Sec. RFKII about why the rest of the world won’t take our food products… he’s got this bit wrong.
Every other First world country on Earth pays for their citizens’ medical care – they reject our food products *because of the chemical contamination endemic here*; they don’t allow their citizens to be sickened by the food supply the way the US does…
because US for-profit ‘medicine’ is just fine & dandy with having – creating – the sickest population in the first world, in large part because of the food supply contaminations. Same profiteering oligarchs own both industries; selling both the bullets AND the bandaids.
PN needs to be brought up to speed on that; the rest of the world is being smart, not ‘cheating US’.
I totally agree, AG. Hope RFK Jr can correct that for us — it’s awful the way Big Ag has ruined and poisoned our food supply, including manipulation of seeds. Europe may be on the wrong track about a lot of things, but at least they know about good food.
I don’t blame them for turning down ours. The food products they do buy from us, both fast food chains and shelf items, have mostly natural, clean ingredients you can recognize. Why can’t they just sell us what they sell to Europe?
Entirely correct.
They CAN – I mean they could IF they wanted to. They don’t want to give up the toxic gravy train they profit so handsomely from.
The incestuous relationship between ConMedpHARMafia, BigAg, & BiChem is exposed in this very cirsumstnace.
A for-profit ConMedpHARMa needs sick people to parasitize… BigAg & BigChem do the job while profiting handsomely too… plenty of money to pay off gov’t. lawmakers to let them write the laws that increase their profits year after year – at their targets’ expense.
This is a parasite cleanse – those wailing & gnashing their teeth about “the market” are the parasites.
Foreign & domestic enemies all.
One of the things I like about the entire trade, economic team is how easy they explain trade to the laymen. Always clear, forceful and easy to understand.