just saw this today, is Scott Bessent retarded? just standard ivory tower hubris?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-treasury-secretary-access-cheap-210653024.html
In that 1 minute clip put out by the "Gulf of America denying" AP, Scott Bessent says:
“Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American Dream. The American Dream is rooted in the concept that any citizen can achieve prosperity, upward mobility, and economic security. For too long, the designers of multilateral trade deals have lost sight of this. International economic relations that do not work for the American people must be re-examined.
This is what tariffs are designed to address – leveling the playing field such that the international trading system begins to reward ingenuity, security, rule of law, and stability, not wage suppression, currency manipulation, intellectual property theft, non-tariff barriers and draconian regulations. To the extent that another country's practices harm our own economy and people the United States will respond. This is the America First Trade Policy.”
The transcript to the full speech can be found here:
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0045 (
Archive)
That doesn't sound retarded to me. "Prosperity, upward mobility, and economic security" sounds wonderful! I will gladly take prosperity, upward mobility, and economic security in exchange for Temu, Aliexpress, Harbor Freight, etc.
genuinely tone deaf and retarded. honey moon over. was nice while it lasted.
Oh no! That image shared by
THE Maegan Vazquez... of a Trump truth... of a link to a Charlie Kirk article... Titled:
CHARLIE KIRK: Shut Up About Egg Prices — Trump Is Saving Consumers Millions
Democrats are positively giddy about the price of eggs.
...has ended the honey moon.
Thanks
@Clobber3 for bringing that to my attention. What do you think was the most interesting part of the Charlie Kirk article?
maybe, but cheap chinesium will always be preferable to expensive chinesium.
America must do everything in its power to keep chinesium cheap, because that will
always be preferable to expensive chinesium. No sacrifice too large. Deindustrialize America? Yes, if it keeps chinesium cheap. Fentanyl killing swaths of Americans? Worth it for cheap chinesium. Lead and heavy metals in children's toys? As long as the chinesium is cheap.
Keep Chinesium Cheap Forever