“The Smart People” have been oh-so-wrong about oh-so-many things regarding Candidate cum President Donald Trump. It is particularly interesting to examine just how wrong The Smart People have been about President Trump’s trade policies. Because it is via his trade policies – that oh-so-many of the Smart People’s dumbnesses have come to further light. Trump…
Color me amongst the dubious of the about-to-be-minted House Democrat majority doing anything reasonable – let alone productive. Democrats Load “Subpoena Cannon” With 85+ Trump Targets: “House Democrats plan to probe every aspect of President (Donald) Trump’s life and work, from family business dealings to the Space Force to his tax returns to possible ‘leverage’…
As we have written for nearly a decade, the global trade market is a patchwork quilt of ridiculous government impositions – warping what should be a flat and level playing field: “‘Trade Wars’ actually aren’t about trade – they are about government trade policy. “If peoples are trading freely, there isn’t a ‘War’ – there’s…
President Donald Trump has now had during his first term – three rather large global trade wins. Trump and EU Officials Agree to Work Toward ‘Zero Tariff’ Deal: “Donald Trump and European Union officials on Wednesday stepped back from a trade war as they struck a deal to work towards ‘zero’ tariffs, barriers and subsidies.”…
There was an interesting development last night. Former Obama Administration Official: Trump is Addressing ‘Longstanding’ Trade Issues: “Many of the trade issues on which U.S. President Donald Trump is now focusing have been concerns for numerous White House administrations, according to Michael Froman, who served as U.S. Trade Representative under former President Barack Obama…. “‘Different…
I shouldn’t have been as surprised as I have been that more Americans do not better understand how awful global trade – as constituted for decades – has been for Americans and America. I thoroughly understand how anti-knowledge our government schools and colleges are. And our nation is chock full of victims of these institutions…
When I attended primary school, a popular insult amongst the students (please pardon the crassness, we were kids) was “Sucks to be you.” As we’ve previously noted – life is high school on steroids. Which President Donald Trump seems to grasp better than most. He applied this knowledge to accomplish oh-so-very-much in the private sector…
Commercial trade between people and peoples – is subject to what everything else on the planet is subject: human nature. Much of what one should know about human nature – could have been learned in high school. Life – is high school on steroids. Life has cliques – just as high school did: Jocks, geeks,…
We have for many years pointed out how un-free DC’s “free trade” has been. Now-President Donald Trump has done the same – for decades. DC’s warped definition of “free trade” – has nigh every other nation on the planet imposing all sorts of tariffs and import limits on our stuff. It has nigh every other…
We have for years now been pointing out the titanic folly of what passes for “free trade” in our nation’s capital. Now-President Donald Trump has been doing the same – for decades. Washington, D.C.’s definition of “free trade” – is anything but. DC has for decades allowed into America virtually unfettered – virtually any product…
