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Title: "Trump's Tariff Play Smart, Strategic, Working"
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Newsmax.com
URL Source: https://www.newsmax.com/judddunning ... d-trump/2025/04/22/id/1207879/
Published: Apr 23, 2025
Author: Judd Dunning
Post Date: 2025-04-23 10:54:04 by Mudboy Slim
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President Donald Trump's slapping of broad tariffs on foreign imports had Brussels, Beijing, and Washington elites wrongly predicting catastrophe. In reality, Trump's tariff play is a smart and strategic move that's already producing for America's workers and economy. When Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese goods and steel imports in his first term, establishment pundits and Obama-era economists wailed about mythical trade wars and looming recession. Instead, America's economy surged. Unemployment fell to a 50-year low. Over 500,000 manufacturing jobs returned by 2019. Blue-collar wages rose faster than those at the top for the first time in decades. Long-shuttered factories flickered back to life. Far from tanking us, Trump's supposed trade war kick-started a long-overdue American industry revival. Even President Joe Biden tacitly admitted Trump was right by quietly keeping most of Trump's China tariffs. Campaign bluster aside, Biden knew lifting those tariffs would undercut American industries and workers. He even expanded some Buy American policies — surprising free-traders in his own party. Reality tends to shatter globalist dogma. So why are tariffs working when globalists insisted they wouldn't? For starters, tariffs correct massive imbalances. For decades, our trade policies rewarded companies for offshoring production to chase cheap labor and lax regulations. Corporate profits soared while American towns were hollowed out. The stock market became the favored metric of national health — yet America's wealthiest 10% own 93% of stocks. Most working Americans aren't significantly invested in it. The stock market doesn't reflect reality. Jobs and production returning home matter far more than investor panic. Second, Trump's tariffs created leverage for better deals. Other nations protect their markets — China imposes high tariffs and tight restrictions on American goods while freely accessing ours. The EU enforces complex standards that favor its own producers. Trump's message was clear: No more one-sided trade relationships. Tariffs forced global players to the table. That's how we got the USMCA to replace NAFTA — and how Phase 1 with China happened. Tariffs gave America the negotiating power it had long lacked. This strategy is evolving. In April 2025, Trump escalated tariffs on Chinese imports to 125% while announcing a 90-day pause for allied nations. This gives room for bilateral negotiations without slowing down U.S. momentum. Critics cried chaos, but what we're seeing is a rational market recalibration. Bloomberg even reported that Trump swiftly exempted smartphones, computers and chips from retaliatory tariffs — proof that this is a scalpel, not a sledgehammer. The goal? Target trade abusers, protect key industries and keep supply chains flowing. Critics complain about higher prices. Yet any small, short-term cost increase is a fair trade-off for building a self-reliant economy again. COVID taught us that relying on China for basics — from masks to microchips — is a national security risk. As manufacturing returns, shocks will subside and jobs will multiply. Skeptics miss the big picture. Slightly cheaper televisions mean nothing if you've lost your job — and your country can't produce its own goods. Beyond a stick, tariffs bring real domestic benefits. In 2019, America collected a record $72 billion in tariff revenue. That money can rebuild infrastructure and restore communities ravaged by offshoring. Why send American wealth to Beijing or Berlin? The tremors are already visible. The mere expectation of Trump's return had companies exploring U.S. manufacturing again to avoid future tariffs. Foreign companies began considering U.S. investments to appease American regulators and consumers. Even China is nervous. Even Europe is scrambling. A 9.5% S&P spike followed by a healthy correction showed the financial world is taking Trump's moves seriously. And Trump? He's unmoved by the noise. "We're not here to please Wall Street," he said. "We're here to rebuild Main Street." This isn't just about economics. It's about national pride. As Toby Keith sang in Made in America: "He's got the red, white, and blue flyin' high on the farm That's the spirit of this moment. Tariffs aren't isolationist — they're restorative. Americans deserve a fair shot. Trump's bold stance reflects a once common-sense patriotism. Ronald Reagan imposed tariffs on Japanese electronics and motorcycles. Lincoln and Kennedy protected American jobs. The Founders themselves believed domestic production was essential to freedom. "From the heartland to the coasts, This is about sovereignty, strength and solidarity. "We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism." — Donald Trump That mantra rings truer now than ever. Trump's tariff strategy is working — and it will continue to work. It's forcing a long-overdue correction. It's restoring jobs, building leverage and safeguarding the future. Naysayers keep predicting doom. But Americans see the results with their own eyes. When America stood up for itself under Trump, we prospered. We will again.
Semper Fi tattooed on his left arm
Spends a little more at the store for a tag in the back that says U.S.A."
they're buying up what they can
'Cause there's nothin' wrong with a big strong
Made in America hand."
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