One Year Later, Trump's Tariffs Have Failed

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One year later, Trump’s tariffs didn’t deliver what was promised—they created the opposite. There is no way any rational person could disagree.

They were sold as a way to punish foreign countries and rebuild American industry. In reality, the costs landed at home. U.S. consumers and businesses ended up paying the majority of the tariffs through higher prices and tighter margins. While they generated some revenue, that was generated as a tax on the American people. And of course, we never saw those tariff checks we were promised.

Instead of strong trade wins, the result has been uncertainty. Companies have struggled to plan, supply chains have been disrupted, and global partners now view the U.S. as less reliable in trade negotiations.

There were also bold promises of a wave of new trade deals (90 deals in 90 days - did they just forget about that?). That surge never materialized. Even where agreements were announced, many were limited in scope or early-stage frameworks rather than fully negotiated, comprehensive deals.

The promised manufacturing boom and investment surge largely didn’t show up. Manufacturing jobs are DOWN significantly since Trump took office. According to reports citing BLS data as of early 2026, manufacturing employment fell by roughly 83,000 to 108,000 jobs during 2025. What did show up: higher costs, weaker credibility, and more instability in the global economy.

If the goal was to strengthen the U.S. economy, the data a year later suggests the tariff policy fell well short of expectations.

Here is a good article from the Council on Foreign Relations (not a liberal group).

 

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One year later, Trump’s tariffs didn’t deliver what was promised—they created the opposite. There is no way any rational person could disagree.

They were sold as a way to punish foreign countries and rebuild American industry. In reality, the costs landed at home. U.S. consumers and businesses ended up paying the majority of the tariffs through higher prices and tighter margins. While they generated some revenue, that was generated as a tax on the American people. And of course, we never saw those tariff checks we were promised.

Instead of strong trade wins, the result has been uncertainty. Companies have struggled to plan, supply chains have been disrupted, and global partners now view the U.S. as less reliable in trade negotiations.

There were also bold promises of a wave of new trade deals (90 deals in 90 days - did they just forget about that?). That surge never materialized. Even where agreements were announced, many were limited in scope or early-stage frameworks rather than fully negotiated, comprehensive deals.

The promised manufacturing boom and investment surge largely didn’t show up. Manufacturing jobs are DOWN significantly since Trump took office. According to reports citing BLS data as of early 2026, manufacturing employment fell by roughly 83,000 to 108,000 jobs during 2025. What did show up: higher costs, weaker credibility, and more instability in the global economy.

If the goal was to strengthen the U.S. economy, the data a year later suggests the tariff policy fell well short of expectations.

Here is a good article from the Council on Foreign Relations (not a liberal group).

I mean, clearly you don't understand how Trump works. It's all about leverage- he's a business man! Tariffs don't make a ton of sense (it was a Kamala idea anyway) but when you leverage them to make the world hate you, ruin all the trade deals around the world, and put the economic/repercussions on the average American, it TOTALLY makes sense.

Same with the war in Iran- its all about leverage, and letting Israel leverage deez nuts on America's forehead. Trump loves a good tea baggin, so much so that he let's Stephen Miller have Tea Bag Tuesday's in the Oval just the two of em every week!
 

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One year later, Trump’s tariffs didn’t deliver what was promised—they created the opposite. There is no way any rational person could disagree.
Rational people could definitely disagree. Raising $200b or so of additional revenue and more companies have made or are planning new manufacturing investments in the U.S. There are also downsides like higher prices for imported goods but it's not like it's all negative.
 
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Rational people could definitely disagree. Raising $200b or so of additional revenue and more companies have made or are planning new manufacturing investments in the U.S. There are also downsides like higher prices for imported goods but it's not like it's all negative.
Who paid that $200b?
 

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Rational people could definitely disagree. Raising $200b or so of additional revenue and more companies have made or are planning new manufacturing investments in the U.S. There are also downsides like higher prices for imported goods but it's not like it's all negative.

What companies are currently building or planning manufacturing in the US? Planning means they’re actually buying the real estate putting the plans in place not that they just told Trump they were gonna do that at some point. Can you name any of that were not already started prior to trump?
 

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What companies are currently building or planning manufacturing in the US? Planning means they’re actually buying the real estate putting the plans in place not that they just told Trump they were gonna do that at some point. Can you name any of that were not already started prior to trump?
People may point to datacenters, but that's a false equivalency and everyone knows it. Maga has made building in America very difficult.
 
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People may point to datacenters, but that's a false equivalency and everyone knows it. Maga has made building in America very difficult.
you had me until that last statement. Is there backup that Republican leadership has made building in America more difficult? I would have thought the exact opposite
 

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People may point to datacenters, but that's a false equivalency and everyone knows it. Maga has made building in America very difficult.
Yup. Their reckless policies have raised interest rates due to more inflation, making it much more difficult to finance those investments. I just don’t understand anyone who doesn’t think this is the most spectacular failure of an admin that democracy has ever seen.
 
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What companies are currently building or planning manufacturing in the US? Planning means they’re actually buying the real estate putting the plans in place not that they just told Trump they were gonna do that at some point. Can you name any of that were not already started prior to trump?
BYD, Astra Zeneca, Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, TSMC, BYD.....

You really don't think cost matters to companies unless it comes from a democrat? Biden kept tariffs on steel and offered tax breaks to encourage chip manufacturing. In your mind that was good but when Trump does it it's bad. Tariffs can have both a good and a bad impact. In your mind it's only bad under Trump.
 
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nytigerfan

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you had me until that last statement. Is there backup that Republican leadership has made building in America more difficult? I would have thought the exact opposite

The tariff policy and the immigration policies are making companies think twice. Just look at the Kia projects in GA. Tru n p had to kiss their asses to get them to stay after that immigration raid by ICE.
 

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BYD, Astra Zeneca, Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, TSMC, BYD.....

You really don't think cost matters to companies unless it comes from a democrat? Biden kept tariffs on steel and offered tax breaks to encourage chip manufacturing. In you mind that was good but when Trump does it it's bad. Tariffs can have both a good and a bad impact. In your mind it's only bad under Trump.

I don’t think you understood the assignment. I said to give me a list of projects that started since Trump’s second term. you know, since he’s been claiming that he secured $40 trillion of investment in the United States. On your list, only one is legit, AstraZeneca. They announced the project in 2025. Everything else on your list started in Biden‘s term.

tariffs are actually making it more difficult for these companies to build and manufacture here. and all those Middle Eastern countries that claim they were going to be investing trillions in the United States? they’re all rethinking that now. Trump‘s war has decimated their tourism for the foreseeable future.

I have no problem with strategic tariffs. What I have a problem with is slapping outrageous tariffs on a bunch of countries, including ones with no human population, with no ******* strategy at all.

Trump‘s tariffs, one year in, have been a failure. They were nothing more than a tax on the American people.
 

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Yup. Their reckless policies have raised interest rates due to more inflation, making it much more difficult to finance those investments. I just don’t understand anyone who doesn’t think this is the most spectacular failure of an admin that democracy has ever seen.
you obviously forgot the Carter years, or the Vietnam years
 
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I don’t think you understood the assignment. I said to give me a list of projects that started since Trump’s second term. you know, since he’s been claiming that he secured $40 trillion of investment in the United States. On your list, only one is legit, AstraZeneca. They announced the project in 2025. Everything else on your list started in Biden‘s term.

tariffs are actually making it more difficult for these companies to build and manufacture here. and all those Middle Eastern countries that claim they were going to be investing trillions in the United States? they’re all rethinking that now. Trump‘s war has decimated their tourism for the foreseeable future.

I have no problem with strategic tariffs. What I have a problem with is slapping outrageous tariffs on a bunch of countries, including ones with no human population, with no ******* strategy at all.

Trump‘s tariffs, one year in, have been a failure. They were nothing more than a tax on the American people.
I understand. It's your TDS that keeps you blind. You're looking for major new factories that have been built and are fully operational. It doesn't work that way. It takes a at least a year just to get the permits.

Trump is a bloviator. I think his $40 trillion is probably double the actual number but even $20 trillion would be great.

Money goes where it's treated best. Libs believe that when a democrat gives tax breaks but not when a republican does the same thing. Tariffs are no different. They're just taxes that make doing business in the USA less expensive compared foreign alternatives.
 
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I understand. It's your TDS that keeps you blind. You're looking for major new factories that have been built and are fully operational. It doesn't work that way. It takes a at least a year just to get the permits.

Trump is a bloviator. I think his $40 trillion is probably double the actual number but even that would be great.

Money goes where it's treated best. Libs believe that when a democrat gives tax breaks but not when a republican does the same thing. Tariffs are no different. They're just taxes that make doing business in the USA less expensive than foreign alternatives.

Ah yes, when your facts are blown up, you resort to calling TDS!

I didn't say that those projects had to be completed within a year. I said all but one that you listed began before Trump was even ******* president.

Trump's tariffs have been a failure. Fact. Your response was easily disproven.
 
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I understand. It's your TDS that keeps you blind. You're looking for major new factories that have been built and are fully operational. It doesn't work that way. It takes a at least a year just to get the permits.

Trump is a bloviator. I think his $40 trillion is probably double the actual number but even that would be great.

Money goes where it's treated best. Libs believe that when a democrat gives tax breaks but not when a republican does the same thing. Tariffs are no different. They're just taxes that make doing business in the USA less expensive than foreign alternatives.

So you agree that Trump has improsed a massive tax increase on US businesses and consumers?
 

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Ah yes, when your facts are blown up, you resort to calling TDS!

I didn't say that those projects had to be completed within a year. I said all but one that you listed began before Trump was even ******* president.

Trump's tariffs have been a failure. Fact. Your response was easily disproven.
to be a success or failure, we have to start with agreement on what were the goals? So from your perspective, what were the goals?

Now, given the fact that the supreme court overturned the tariff implementation, I'd submit we'll never know whether what trump was trying to do would or would not have been successful
 

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to be a success or failure, we have to start with agreement on what were the goals? So from your perspective, what were the goals?

Now, given the fact that the supreme court overturned the tariff implementation, I'd submit we'll never know whether what trump was trying to do would or would not have been successful

Sure ned. But let's start with your Supreme Court comment. The very fact that these tariffs were overturned makes them a failure. When Clemson fired their offensive coordinator, it was because he failed. He didn't get to say, "Oh, the refs gave me bad calls" or "the other team's defense was tough." He failed.

Now let's look at all of Trump's stated objectives with the tariffs.

Force other countries to sign trade deals with the United States. 90 deals in 90 days. Fail.
Bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States. We, in fact, have lost manufacturing jobs. Fail.
Tariff checks for all taxpayers. Fail.
Other countries will pay for the tariffs. Fail.
We will pay down our deficit with the tariff money. Fail.
We will cripple and hurt China's trade with tariffs. China has actually increased its trade surplus. Fail.
 

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Sure ned. But let's start with your Supreme Court comment. The very fact that these tariffs were overturned makes them a failure. When Clemson fired their offensive coordinator, it was because he failed. He didn't get to say, "Oh, the refs gave me bad calls" or "the other team's defense was tough." He failed.

Now let's look at all of Trump's stated objectives with the tariffs.

Force other countries to sign trade deals with the United States. 90 deals in 90 days. Fail.
Bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States. We, in fact, have lost manufacturing jobs. Fail.
Tariff checks for all taxpayers. Fail.
Other countries will pay for the tariffs. Fail.
We will pay down our deficit with the tariff money. Fail.
We will cripple and hurt China's trade with tariffs. China has actually increased its trade surplus. Fail.
well you responded well to my post. Not sure I 100% agree, but we'll never know because the tariffs were killed by supreme court. Which means that using that law to implement them was inappropriate
 

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well you responded well to my post. Not sure I 100% agree, but we'll never know because the tariffs were killed by supreme court. Which means that using that law to implement them was inappropriate

President Trump quickly reinstated blanket tariffs of 10% (and later threatened 15%) shortly after the Supreme Court struck them down in February 2026. He bypassed the ruling by invoking Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which covers temporary trade measures, rather than the previous emergency powers (IEEPA) found illegal by the court.
Politico +3
  • New Authority: The new, lower tariffs are officially based on Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, allowing for temporary (up to 150 days) measures to address trade deficits, rather than the previous emergency authorities.
  • Response to Ruling: Trump initially denounced the February 2026 SCOTUS decision to remove his initial 10% global tariffs.
  • Legal Challenges: The new, smaller tariffs (10%-15%) are already facing new legal challenges while causing ongoing economic uncertainty, report PIIE and SCOTUSblog.
    Politico +4
According to Brookings analysts, while the administration swiftly replaced the tariffs, the ruling reasserted Congressional power over long-term trade policy.
 

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President Trump quickly reinstated blanket tariffs of 10% (and later threatened 15%) shortly after the Supreme Court struck them down in February 2026. He bypassed the ruling by invoking Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which covers temporary trade measures, rather than the previous emergency powers (IEEPA) found illegal by the court.
Politico +3
  • New Authority: The new, lower tariffs are officially based on Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, allowing for temporary (up to 150 days) measures to address trade deficits, rather than the previous emergency authorities.
  • Response to Ruling: Trump initially denounced the February 2026 SCOTUS decision to remove his initial 10% global tariffs.
  • Legal Challenges: The new, smaller tariffs (10%-15%) are already facing new legal challenges while causing ongoing economic uncertainty, report PIIE and SCOTUSblog.
    Politico +4
According to Brookings analysts, while the administration swiftly replaced the tariffs, the ruling reasserted Congressional power over long-term trade policy.
well in reality, isn't that where trade policy should be?
 
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Ah yes, when your facts are blown up, you resort to calling TDS!

I didn't say that those projects had to be completed within a year. I said all but one that you listed began before Trump was even ******* president.

Trump's tariffs have been a failure. Fact. Your response was easily disproven.
You believe what you want to believe which is apparently that companies don't make decisions based on cost.
 

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You believe what you want to believe which is apparently that companies don't make decisions based on cost.

They do when they have time to plan, find alternative sources for items, etc.

Trump's bouncing all over the place with no discernable strategy or discipline is a huge challenge for companies.
 

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So you agree that Trump has improsed a massive tax increase on US businesses and consumers?
Yes there's an impact but it isn't massive. There is no question that some of the tariffs are passed on to consumers. That said the big affordability issues are groceries, healthcare, and housing. Tariffs have minimal impact on those things. Also tariffs don't apply to all products. A lot of things coming from Canada & Mexico are still tariff free due to USMCA.

But you go keep telling yourself that rents and healthcarep have gone up because of tariffs.
 

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You believe what you want to believe which is apparently that companies don't make decisions based on cost.
they somehow seem to forget that Trump won't be president in 3 1/2 years.. most large scale manufacturing facilities take about that long to get permits, build, fit out, and start production. If companies see financial benefit in moving their manufacturing here they will. if not they won't....they are not in business to lose money.

But, like most things trump promises, if half actually happen, that's still a positive for the country
 

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"The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board tears apart Trump’s tariffs in a blistering editorial:

“The President is right that his tariffs are at work—in destroying U.S. jobs and raising prices. The U.S. has lost some 75,000 manufacturing jobs since January 2025, including 25,900 in motor vehicle and parts production...

there’s no question his tariffs are raising costs for U.S. manufacturers.…Mr. Trump and his advisers claim that foreigners pay his border taxes, but the evidence shows that U.S. companies, workers and consumers are picking up most of the tab.

The Anderson Economic Group estimates that auto tariffs on Canada and Mexico alone added about $1,600 to the cost of each car made in the U.S. last year. While auto makers absorbed some of the Trump tariff costs, they also passed on a large share to customers…Call it the Trump tax.”
 

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I don’t think you understood the assignment. I said to give me a list of projects that started since Trump’s second term. you know, since he’s been claiming that he secured $40 trillion of investment in the United States. On your list, only one is legit, AstraZeneca. They announced the project in 2025. Everything else on your list started in Biden‘s term.

tariffs are actually making it more difficult for these companies to build and manufacture here. and all those Middle Eastern countries that claim they were going to be investing trillions in the United States? they’re all rethinking that now. Trump‘s war has decimated their tourism for the foreseeable future.

I have no problem with strategic tariffs. What I have a problem with is slapping outrageous tariffs on a bunch of countries, including ones with no human population, with no ******* strategy at all.

Trump‘s tariffs, one year in, have been a failure. They were nothing more than a tax on the American people.
i have no issues with using tariffs as a tool to target adversaries but as things stand the implementation has left us vulnerable without partners. that is sad even if prices haven’t really smashed us (imo) to the extent some portray
 

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It has absolutely damaged manufacturing both in profits (manufacturers eat a portion) and it costs to consumers. Organizations unequivocally pass at least a portion of these costs through to end users or at least the next entity in the supply chain.
 

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Most of that tariff revenue is going back to Walmart,target,ect.

So we are running a deficit this fiscal year that projects to 2 trillion....oh wait,now it will be 2.2 trillion.

Trump cut taxes on wealthy,mainly,but imposed a regressive tax(tariffs) on the bottom 80% of US taxpayers

China purchases of US agricultural products are down 68% from 2024.....as US farmers bankruptcies soar.

Freaking tax and spend GOP.
 
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One year later, Trump’s tariffs didn’t deliver what was promised—they created the opposite. There is no way any rational person could disagree.

They were sold as a way to punish foreign countries and rebuild American industry. In reality, the costs landed at home. U.S. consumers and businesses ended up paying the majority of the tariffs through higher prices and tighter margins. While they generated some revenue, that was generated as a tax on the American people. And of course, we never saw those tariff checks we were promised.

Instead of strong trade wins, the result has been uncertainty. Companies have struggled to plan, supply chains have been disrupted, and global partners now view the U.S. as less reliable in trade negotiations.

There were also bold promises of a wave of new trade deals (90 deals in 90 days - did they just forget about that?). That surge never materialized. Even where agreements were announced, many were limited in scope or early-stage frameworks rather than fully negotiated, comprehensive deals.

The promised manufacturing boom and investment surge largely didn’t show up. Manufacturing jobs are DOWN significantly since Trump took office. According to reports citing BLS data as of early 2026, manufacturing employment fell by roughly 83,000 to 108,000 jobs during 2025. What did show up: higher costs, weaker credibility, and more instability in the global economy.

If the goal was to strengthen the U.S. economy, the data a year later suggests the tariff policy fell well short of expectations.

Here is a good article from the Council on Foreign Relations (not a liberal group).

Trumps tariffs have succeeded and will continue to do so.
 

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Trumps tariffs have succeeded and will continue to do so.
Because you said so?

How do you square that when they've increased consumer costs, failed to lower the trade deficit, in fact it has increased, the manufacturing sector continues to shed jobs and he's been ordered to refund $166 BILLION in illegally collected tariff revenue?

EARTH TO GROWLS!
 
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"The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board tears apart Trump’s tariffs in a blistering editorial:

“The President is right that his tariffs are at work—in destroying U.S. jobs and raising prices. The U.S. has lost some 75,000 manufacturing jobs since January 2025, including 25,900 in motor vehicle and parts production...

there’s no question his tariffs are raising costs for U.S. manufacturers.…Mr. Trump and his advisers claim that foreigners pay his border taxes, but the evidence shows that U.S. companies, workers and consumers are picking up most of the tab.

The Anderson Economic Group estimates that auto tariffs on Canada and Mexico alone added about $1,600 to the cost of each car made in the U.S. last year. While auto makers absorbed some of the Trump tariff costs, they also passed on a large share to customers…Call it the Trump tax.”

This was debated on the forum. I claimed it would be bad for the economy for the exact reasons stated above.

@fatpiggy is your move now to deny what is currently happening as a result or are you going to cite some economist that wrote a paper that explains this away as something else?

Are you ready to eat the crow or will we cycle through more iterations of you deflecting?

Whats interesting is I said that home prices would go up due to supply and demand, but they aren't. they are plummeting because people can't afford homes, thus demand is down. Timing is everything in a market no?
 
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Because you said so?

How do you square that when they've increased consumer costs, failed to lower the trade deficit, in fact it has increased, the manufacturing sector continues to shed jobs and he's been ordered to refund $166 BILLION in illegally collected tariff revenue?

EARTH TO GROWLS!
FAKE NEWS!!!
 

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What companies are currently building or planning manufacturing in the US? Planning means they’re actually buying the real estate putting the plans in place not that they just told Trump they were gonna do that at some point. Can you name any of that were not already started prior to trump?
More importantly, they know TACO could pull the rug out from under them in some deranged 3am rant. To make the kind of investment @bdgan imagines requires long-term planning based on stability. No one is planning a damn thing based on Trump-tariffs.
 
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If you were watching "MAGA vs The World" on tuesday you'd know all about MICRON's massive factory expansions in the United States.
As well as many others manufacturers. 😎

I said over a year ago that the tariff system would have a slow take-off but that once manufacaturing started to return -the turn around would be epic.

This is just the beginning. What Trump is doing is generational. He is laying the foundations for a serious, long lasting Golden Age.
 

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🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Japanese automaker Toyota is surging billions into Texas, OUT of Mexico, and President Trump says it may be the largest auto plant in the ENTIRE WORLD

"That's the largest. I think it's going to be the largest plant in the world!"

"They're doing that to avoid paying the tariff, because if you build your product here, you pay no tariff. If you don't, you pay a 25 percent tariff, depending, 35 percent sometimes, sometimes 100 percent, 200 percent, depending on what the product is!" 🇺🇸
 
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Trump is overhauling the world order on a fundamental level to benefit US citizens instead of the deep state and its globalist handlers.



🚨 AMERICANS NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

Most people are still viewing President Trump’s foreign policy through the old post-WW2 lens. That lens is obsolete. What P Trump is attempting is not a minor policy adjustment. It is a complete restructuring of the global economic and geopolitical order.

Read that again.

For 80 years, America operated under a “globalist” framework:
• America paid the bills
• America defended everyone
• America opened its markets
• America carried NATO
• America protected shipping lanes
• America subsidized allies
• America tolerated trade imbalances
• America exported democracy while factories disappeared and debt exploded at home

That system enriched multinational corporations, global institutions, foreign economies, and permanent bureaucracies.

But millions of Americans watched:

- manufacturing collapse
- wages stagnate
- communities hollow out
- endless wars drain trillions
- China rise into a superpower using America's own economic system against itself

President Trump is trying to replace that model with something entirely different:

👉 A transactional, America First economic coalition built around ENERGY, TRADE, SECURITY, MANUFACTURING, and STRATEGIC DEALS.

That Truth Social post about the Abraham Accords wasn’t just another statement. It was a blueprint.

If this succeeds, you are looking at the construction of a massive economic/security network that could include:

- The United States
- Saudi Arabia
- UAE
- Qatar
- Egypt
- Jordan
- Israel
- Pakistan
- Türkiye
- India
- parts of Latin America
- strategic Indo-Pacific partners
- and critically, a normalization framework with BOTH China and Russia where competition still exists, but catastrophic conflict is avoided through economic leverage, negotiated spheres of influence, energy coordination, and transactional diplomacy

This is one of the most misunderstood parts of President Trump’s geopolitical strategy.

Many Americans still think in Cold War terms:
America vs Russia.
America vs China.
Permanent hostility.
Permanent escalation.

But President Trump’s approach is far more transactional and realist.

Instead of trying to ideologically remake the world, the strategy appears focused on:

- preventing direct great-power war
- reducing the chance of nuclear escalation
- using trade leverage instead of permanent military occupation
- creating economic interdependence where possible
- forcing burden-sharing among allies
- and positioning America as the central negotiating power between rival blocs

That does NOT mean “surrendering” to China or Russia.

It means recognizing a reality many in Washington refused to accept for decades:
China is already an economic superpower.
Russia remains a military and energy superpower.

The question is no longer whether they exist as major powers.
The question is whether America can position itself at the center of a new balance of power that benefits Americans instead of endlessly draining American wealth trying to maintain a fading unipolar system.

This is why you are seeing:
• negotiations instead of immediate escalation
• energy diplomacy
• tariff wars instead of troop surges
• pressure campaigns tied to trade access
• selective partnerships instead of blind alliances
• attempts to split rival coalitions apart through deals

President Trump is essentially trying to create overlapping economic zones where America is no longer carrying the world for free - but instead sits at the center of the world’s most powerful deal-making network.

Combined economic power? Potentially $65-75+ TRILLION in GDP. Over HALF the global economy.

Think about what that means.

This is about:
✅ energy dominance
✅ shipping lanes
✅ critical minerals
✅ AI infrastructure
✅ manufacturing chains
✅ food security
✅ military positioning
✅ trade corridors
✅ investment flows
✅ currency leverage
✅ stabilizing relations between major powers where possible
✅ isolating hostile behavior through leverage instead of endless occupation wars

And younger Americans especially need to understand this part:

THIS DIRECTLY IMPACTS YOUR FUTURE.

If America remains trapped in the old system:

- debt keeps exploding
- jobs continue leaving
- housing becomes less affordable
- wages get crushed by global competition
- endless foreign entanglements continue
- America slowly declines like other aging empires

But if America successfully repositions itself at the center of a new energy/manufacturing/trade coalition:

- industrial jobs return
- energy prices stabilize
- strategic industries reshoring accelerates
- infrastructure investment increases
- supply chains become more secure
- America regains leverage instead of bleeding leverage

This is why you see such aggressive pushes around:
• tariffs
• domestic manufacturing
• energy independence
• critical minerals
• Middle East normalization
• India relations
• securing trade routes
• reducing dependency on hostile supply chains
• stabilizing great-power relations through leverage and economic pressure instead of permanent military escalation

This is not random.

This is an attempt to build a new geopolitical architecture for the next 50 years.

And whether people like President Trump or hate him personally is becoming irrelevant to the scale of what is unfolding.

The Abraham Accords themselves are historic because they shift the Middle East from perpetual religious/geopolitical conflict toward economic interdependence.

Peace through prosperity.
Trade instead of proxy wars.
Economic incentives instead of permanent instability.

That changes everything:

- investment floods in
- shipping stabilizes
- energy markets calm
- regional growth accelerates
- tourism expands
- infrastructure projects explode
- security cooperation increases

And if normalization frameworks eventually extend outward toward Russia and even portions of China’s economic system, you could be looking at the emergence of the largest interconnected economic balancing structure in modern history.

Not a utopia.
Not permanent peace.
Not the end of competition.

But a system where economic incentives and strategic leverage become more powerful than endless military occupations and ideological crusades.

The old order was based on permanent management of conflict.

This new model attempts to monetize stability.

Will it fully work? Nobody knows yet. There are enormous risks, contradictions, and power struggles involved. Traditional allies are nervous. Global institutions hate it. Rival powers are cautious. Some countries will resist. Others will attempt to manipulate it.

But Americans should at least understand the scale of the play being attempted here.

This is not “normal politics.”
This is a potential civilizational realignment.

And if younger Americans do not start paying attention to economics, geopolitics, energy, trade, manufacturing, and global power shifts now - they are going to inherit a world they do not understand.

Read. Research. Think critically.
And SHARE this so more Americans understand what may be unfolding in real time.

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You may have seen that I intentionally left out Canada and Europe. If you can recall since the start of the tarrrif wars up until the conflict with Iran, President Trump gave them the opportunity to renegotiate on America's terms.

Unfortunately, they couldn't go against their own system that they've built over the years so here we are.

Once the dust is settled, they will drag their feet into the fold. They have no other options. Their leverage is gradually diminishing right before their eyes.

But as we all know, the establishment is entrenched all around the world. Evil will not go down without a fight.

If President Trump is successful in effectuating the necessary foundational changes with this new economic alliance, the world will ultimately move in the opposite direction and their systems will naturally be abandoned.

If you look closely at the Abraham Accords and normalization with Israel, it has proven to be a successful agreement. Look at UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, etc. Their partnership with Israel has made relationships between the said countries stable. Thereby stabilizing the regions around them. Iran was the major destabilizing factor in this whole thing. Now that they are being brought into the fold through military action and negotiations, whatever deals that get struck out of this situation will pave the way for a brighter future.

Of course, not everything goes to plan. There will be hiccups along the way. There will still be terrorism. But it will all be managed accordingly under the trade partnerships. Win-win for all.