As Wall Street fat cats panic over Trump’s tariffs, top Republicans show rare backbone by standing firm against DC’s globalist elite for once.
At a Glance
- President Trump is forging ahead with aggressive tariffs despite opposition from Wall Street elites and some Republican establishment figures
- Market volatility continues as billionaire investors forecast doom while Republican leadership backs Trump’s negotiating strategy
- Trump has threatened to raise China tariffs to 104% and rejected the EU’s “zero-for-zero” offer, showing he won’t back down
- A bipartisan Senate bill to limit presidential tariff powers faces a promised Trump veto and resistance from GOP leadership
- White House has signaled that economic short-term pain is necessary for long-term American prosperity
The Globalist Meltdown Over America First Trade Policy
The usual suspects are clutching their pearls as President Trump stands firm on his America First trade agenda. Wall Street titans who’ve gotten fat off shipping American jobs overseas for decades are suddenly concerned about the economy.
Billionaire Bill Ackman is warning of an “economic nuclear winter” while JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and other corporate elites who’ve never met a foreign manufacturing plant they didn’t like are predicting catastrophe. Meanwhile, the stock market fluctuates as these financial kingpins realize their cheap foreign labor gravy train might finally be coming to an end.
EU President Ursula von der Leyen is threatening retaliation while claiming to be “open to negotiations.” Funny how these globalists always want to “negotiate” only after America finally stands up for itself.
The stark reality is that America has been on the losing end of trade deals for decades, and the financial elite who’ve profited from this arrangement are terrified that the party might be over. Ken Langone, co-founder of Home Depot, had the audacity to call Trump’s tariffs “bullshit” – showing just how disconnected these billionaires are from working Americans who’ve watched their manufacturing jobs vanish.
Republican Establishment Split Reveals the RINO Factor
The Republican Party is showing its true colors as some establishment figures try to undermine Trump’s tariff strategy while the leadership stands firm. A bipartisan Senate bill aiming to limit the president’s power to impose tariffs exposes which Republicans are still in the pocket of global corporations. Senate Republican Leader John Thune dismissed the bill, saying “I don’t think that has a future” – a rare moment of GOP leadership actually supporting the America First agenda that voters overwhelmingly backed.
“This is not a negotiation. For the US, it is a national emergency triggered by trade deficits caused by a rigged system.”, says Peter Navarro.
The establishment’s panic over Trump’s tariffs reveals how deeply entrenched globalist thinking has become in Washington. For decades, politicians from both parties have sacrificed American manufacturing on the altar of “free trade” while our competitors manipulated their currencies, stole our intellectual property, and subsidized their industries.
Trump’s willingness to use America’s massive consumer market as leverage is exactly what’s needed, yet the usual suspects in Congress want to strip away this presidential authority rather than let an outsider disrupt their cozy arrangements.
The Art of the Tariff Deal
Trump has made it crystal clear that these tariffs serve a dual purpose – both as negotiating leverage and as permanent protection for American industries if necessary. “They can both be true. There could be permanent, and there could also be negotiations, because there are things that we need beyond tariffs,” Trump correctly pointed out. The President’s strategy has already gotten results, with multiple countries scrambling to send negotiating teams to Washington. This is exactly how you use America’s economic might to secure better deals.
“We have many, many countries that are coming to negotiate deals with us. They’re going to be fair deals, and in certain cases, they’re going to be paying substantial tariffs.”, says Trump.
The media and financial elite’s hysteria over temporary market volatility perfectly demonstrates their short-term thinking. They’ve been perfectly content watching American manufacturing communities wither and die as long as their quarterly reports showed profit.
Trump’s willingness to endure short-term market fluctuations for long-term national benefit is exactly the type of leadership America has been missing. When billions in market capitalization temporarily disappear from companies that moved production overseas, perhaps it’s a long-overdue market correction that finally prices in the true cost of outsourcing America’s industrial base.
