Appealing almost entirely to an audience that doesn’t recognize the issues that really matter, Fox News has the opportunity to discuss U.S. trade policy with Jamieson Greer yet flubs the entire interview.
Instead of asking about the USMCA withdrawal announcement and the ongoing trade discussions with Mexico, the Fox News pundits misdirect Greer’s expertise and ask questions about the jobs report, the Federal Reserve and the Democrat Socialists of America in elections. Seriously, no joke.
When serious people remark that Fox News is nothing except propaganda for out of touch ‘boomers’ (a pejorative), this Fox News interview is a case study in why many people now hold that opinion. It’s difficult to argue they’re wrong.
That said, within the one minute where trade was actually discussed, USTR Jamieson Greer points out that many Democrats and many Republicans are completely in favor of eliminating the USTR and resetting the baseline of North American trade. This is a key point, because within the economic policy issues the left-right dynamic should not be the prism that matters. Remember, MAGA and the Bernie Bros agreed on 80% of the economic problem. WATCH:
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I have trouble with the fact people still watch Fox news. I’d rather listen to the tales of a serious alcoholic, or WNBA coach.
Going behind the wire to see what they are reporting on is one thing, trusting in them another.
Of course there are those that know, others who don’t know, and the remainder who pretend not to know certain things.
The fox news website has become unreadable with ads popouts and page spamming top and bottom. I hate clicking a link and it goes there.
I use an adblocking setup as standard practice as I got tired of all the bloat and adware etc. everywhere ruining the experience and excessively slowing down things on the computer, but I digress.
I have not frequented the site in quite some time so I don’t have much of a baseline for how much more it has degraded since the last visit.
iPhone’s Safari has to be the whore of the internet… every ad known to man will intrude, even on our FaVoRiTe sites, ahem.
Brave is my choice, it’s so much better.
plus, having to weave through every other story being about ‘so-and-so shows her chops in stunning beach bikini’. Fox News has always had a soft-porn gutter mentality. Their website is especially bad.
I chuckled when you mentioned soft porn mentality….when I did watch the networks long ago, all the females wore literally the same style of dress…low-cut and form-fitting. ..just different colors (the Kimberly G. look.) I seem to remember that was an Ailes directive. A few more “serious” ones, who would have looked utterly ridiculous broke that mold.
Simple fix: Don’t go to Fox News website.
Thats funny, yet painfully true.
FOX News = TV for stupid people
… with ED.
The WNBA coaches are brilliant! (Except for the Phoenix Mercury coach)
Dude, Jamieson Greer is one of the best trade rep’s of all time. Fox News has sucked for a long time but listening to guests like Greer is valuable
Jamieson Greer is a sharp young man. He has handled, and articulated President Trump’s economic agenda masterfully.
President Trump’s economic team and policies are stellar and do not get the recognition they deserve!
He is approaching things in a manner that is different than what the Uniparty, Globalists and Bankers are used to. For them, it was a predictable income flow without that pesty input from those pesty citizens whining about the affordability issues in their lives…rather, the guaranteed grift could go on…However, PDJT, rocked that boat. Prior, the RNC would not ‘lose’ no matter who was in charge…Now?
And they don’t like it. Not one bit.
IMHO–TDS was a marketing scheme planned by ‘them’, and the target audience bought it hook, line, and sinker.
That lack of recognition is no doubt purposeful.
No doubt, but there is nothing in this world that escapes God’s notice.
For some, that knowledge is enough.
and comfort enough.
This economy better get going soon or we will be shellacked in 26 and 28.
Food prices are still sky high , that’s what’s going to really devastate us.
Prices coming down is deflation. Considered very bad. Isn’t going to happen in massive fashion. Maybe here or there with various products. But likely inflation will continue even if very small.
I would not conflate price drops with deflation.
Prices can drop for a number of reasons independently of inflation/deflation like the marginal cost decreased with productivity improvements or cheaper inputs, business competing for market share by undercutting their competition, and greater supply relative to demand. Those are all dynamic and vary with the passing of time.
Kevin Hassett: “All of these new factories, the groundbreakings the President has been talking about, the $19 trillion that’s flowing into the economy, is going to create a construction boom followed by an employment boom.”
Fox News globalists want USMCA to remain intact.
Winner, winner chicken dinner!
Murdochs.
That, and cable carriage fees.
Faux News = RINO+GOPe TV network
We have never had a conservative administration speak so openly, frankly, and cohesively about the State of OUR State, its needs and prescriptions in my lifetime. And yet, the media continues to clog the life-giving arteries of information and truth for the We The People.
The Fourth Estate is no longer providing a public service. They give Yellow Journalism a bad name by association. They are all RED Journalists… 🙁
IF many of “the people” (emphasis on “if”) are too damned lazy (or mentally challenged) to research and think for themselves — there is no cure.
However, I am reluctant to attribute this foolishness to a percentage, an area, a race — etc.
I live in California. My day-to-day interactions with people are almost always civil, upbeat and positive. This is true for different races, gender and ethnicity.
I am not talking about downtown L.A. or San Francisco.
Still, I am in cities and towns– not on an avocado farm in the valley.
The American Experience gives us social and civic order and GREATNESS from our bottom-up sense of individual responsibility, accountability, sovereignty and service to things greater than ourselves. Our Rugged Individualism allows us to achieve at levels that amplify God’s Gifts. Our failing education system, technology, media, and systemic social embrace of the lowest common denominators as defining benchmarks have robbed our Nation of its capacity for “common sense” critical thinking and actions.
I always have hope for the intrinsic goodness in people. But it is far too easy to be cordial and gracious when we cannot fathom that our greatest ship in human history has a terminal gash below the waterline that needs to be tended… 🙁
Jamieson Greer understands the two he is talking to wouldn’t understand even if they asked relevant questions and he brought crayons and a white board with him to explain.
They have their orders anyway.
I expect nothing more from the measly 4 minutes allowed to him.
Those two listen well to their manager’s rebuttals on their headsets. News readers. No more, no less.
As it has ever been…and will be.
Suspect so.
Hi Bet!
“Jamieson Greer understands the two he is talking to wouldn’t understand even if they asked relevant questions and he brought crayons and a white board with him to explain.”
You funny woman.
At the end of the day, are they that dumb or just pretend to be in order to keep their jobs?
I think they are willfully ignorant, which is the most dangerous place to be, IMHO! They think they are the smartest people in the room and therefore have zero desire to actually listen and learn something!
“Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.” Isaiah 5:21
They’re singing for their supper. You make your choices and deal with the consequences.
Yes, its all theater.
That said, do enjoy this very special 250th!
Be safe!!
And, love ❤️ family like tomorrow never comes.
John Fogerty knows a song is in there somewhere.
Yes, this one.
Well hello there, dear Phflipper my friend!! Seeing you has made my day…
Scripted and not particularly interested is how I’d describe them. They are the sort I’ve encountered at every social gathering I used to frequent here long ago for whom any substantial conversation attempted would be met with eyes glazed over, rictus smiles, and a quick exit.
I think Jamieson Greer tailored his appearance (dumbed down his conversation) knowing exactly who he was talking at…not “to”.
(Much better to engage with brothers and sisters in our Tree, don’t you think?)
Yes, good to get here when one can.
Be well, Phflipper, and blessed…
Had a procedure couple weeks back.
Doing great!
One thing I know, youth is for the young, and old age is NOT for wimps.
Enjoy your family this wonderful and fantastic weekend!!
250, sheesh I was but a kid during the Bicentennial.
Oh good news!! I am glad you’re on the mend…
I remember as well.
Yesterday….wasn’t it?
You do the same, dear sir.
God bless America 🇺🇸💕
So does he. He could have, but didn’t, offer anything in his answer to “trigger” either of the Fox myrmidons thoughts about “what if” Trump decides to just exit the deal and go with bilateral deals 😎
They are incapable of looking down the road, as we do.
I look forward to their shock when, as Sundance has explained, this whole disentanglement is a done deal 😎
Alberta has a referendum in a few months.
Hopefully, the news of this will get around. I can’t imagine them wanting to still be Canada when the trade deal is gone.
I watch the clip. Frankly, the question that Hemmer asked wasn’t that bad….it gave Greer an opening to be specific about what is going on.
And Greer declined to elaborate! All he did was say “nothing changes right now” — when he could have said “we are pursuing bilateral deals with both and let’s see where that takes us”.
Yeah…neither Fox drone bothered to ask about any bilateral deals. Nor, of course, did they bother to bring up the “we can withdraw with 6 month notice” aspect of the current deal.
But Greer didn’t volunteer to go there….and I suspect on purpose, to keep both Mexico and Canada off balance.
But they sell a lot of books written by their anchors! Because they don’t make enough money…
I’m not surprised that Fox News “flubbed” the interview. Their own shareholder’s interest aligns with every other shareholder interest intent on devaluing the labor of U.S. citizens. The only change they want to see is a return to the uniparty funded offshoring of U.S. jobs, outsourcing of U.S. work to foreign firms, and insourcing of foreign replacement labor at levels preceding this national “disruptor” of their plutocratic ambition.
Sundance,
One incredibly funny thing about the USMCA non-renewal is that the Canadian team had to meet on their national holiday (July 1 – Canada Day) in order to receive the bad news.
I imagine the US citizenry understanding of the current US, Mexico, Canada trade policy is only slightly better than the maybe 0.5-1% in Canada.
Except we won’t feel the sudden full force like a kick to the face.
Fox News?
Our one dog caught the mange from one a few years back.
Otherwise, I don’t know what our host is talking about.
Fox News like the rest of the media just reports on the latest squirrel stories. They attract the low attention span viewers.
It seems to me that the Mexicans are finally beginning to have a mature perspective on these issues. Maybe they are finally seeing the destruction that “macquiladoras” have wreaked upon their country.
Maybe the Chinese should sit up and take notice.
Maybe the Canadians should also sit up and take notice of what the Chinese have been doing to them!
Mexico and Canada have never been “compatible countries.” The only motivation for any of this was to provide the Chinese (and, manufacturers happy to use them) with corridors.
Mexico might be figuring out that it can do better. Canada needs to follow suit … because they can do (much!) better, if they try.
Some have called me a lunatic right wing boomer. I wear the name boomer proudly! And, our music was far better.
Bingo on the music front. It was music back then, not this rap stuff we get today! They were artists of the vocal sense! Glad I invested kinda heavy then in the vinyls! The depth of the music was better than today! Today it seems too digital/synthetic! I had a 4 channel in my ’70 Barracuda that was hard to beat today! Kinda wish I kept that 4 channel and that ‘cuda today! Those “muscle cars” were the best at everything! Chicks just loved that growl! The styles made one helluva statement! My fave was the ’69 Mustang 428 cu in. Oh the memories!!!
My 5th grade teacher (Mr. Fatula 1974 – 75) had this in the school’s parking lot:
Fox “news” has become an unwatchable joke. I love how they refer to their competition as ‘mainstream media’ as if they’re cutting edge. Please.
When I lived and worked in Kabul, the local traders would always increase prices for westerners. Then we, the buyer and the seller, would haggle. Often, the final sale price would still be above what the seller would sell to other Afghans, so the seller got a good sale. But for some sellers, they would not budge – either pay a ridiculously inflated price, or, go away.
I asked one of my Afghan workers why the seller would refuse an overpriced sale. It did not make sense to me. An example: If they normally sold an item for $50, why would they not accept $80 from me.
My Afghan worker explained to me, that the seller would gain great joy from telling his friends and family that he refused the money of a westerner. Virtue signaling.
Maybe, the Canadians have a similar mindset.
Note to Sundance or any admin:
The fourth paragraph begins:
I do believe that should be “in favor of eliminating the USMCA.”
“That said, within the one minute where trade was actually discussed, USTR Jamieson Greer points out that many Democrats and many Republicans are completely in favor of eliminating the USTR and resetting the baseline of North American trade.” I hope that’s a typo. There isn’t bipartisan agreement on getting rid of Jamieson but rather getting rid of the USMCA. 🤔 🙂
I call them Fox’s lies “FAUX NEWS” for a reason and endeavor to watch them and their bullshit even less than the MSM and CNN which I refuse to watch at ALL. Fox is worse that the majority of the MSM simply because I feel they betray the American people pretending to be conservatives whilst the others are so far left that a clinically insane person should be able to realize that ANTHING they push would be impossible to pursue and be feasible.
CTH & Sundance is the ONLY site interested in telling the WHOLE TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH available as far as I can tell!
I would watch paint dry before I would watch fox and fu_ks!!!