During his first term, Trump once said that ideally, tariffs should be abolished as they only hindered trade, but that he would have to use the threat of higher tariffs to get trading partners who unfairly levied high tariffs against the US would agree to drop them.
He achieved...See more
People who see this photo often comment by assuming that this house must have been really cool before it fell apart.
They miss the fact that it was clearly never completed. Only the basic structure was built, then it was abandoned in mid-construction.
I've seen entire high rises...See more
JD Vance is a brilliant thinker and a great speaker. In this case, he totally NAILED the problem: "cheap labor" = incentive not to innovate!
It's like slavery, which was totally displaced by Capitalism and the innovation it brought to the world!
Switzerland makes JD Vance's case: we have the highest wages on the planet - and we are the #1 innovator in the world as well and have been for over 15 years, since the ratings were established.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z5kbcyyjNUI
Great - the US must maintain the resources and competence for the production of steel.
Now they have to make sure that the absence of competition does not lower the quality or lead to monopoly pricing!
DO NOT LET THE UNIONS FUCK THIS UP!
Newsweek journalist @bungarsargon - a Jewish woman - defends Trump’s tariffs & leaves Bill Maher speechless.
Her argument, summed up:
In the 70s, the middle class had power & wealth, but then “free trade” shipped those jobs overseas to China which pays slave wages. Tariffs equal the playing field for the American worker:
https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1900958489997885712