The greatest fears of free-trade-advocates (I used to be one) are going to come true… or are they? No, actually they won’t.
President Trump has moved forward with his planned tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China. The backdrop is the fentanyl and human trafficking that plagues our nation. All three countries getting tariffed play central roles in our border crisis. All three countries being tariffed could have done a great deal to help America in its battles against fentanyl and human trafficking if they cared at all about us.
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They will now be made to care.
The damage done by both fentanyl and human trafficking are far more significant than any cost increases we’ll see due to tariffs. This is not even debatable and for too long China has been attacking us with fentanyl while Canada and Mexico have facilitated the trafficking because deep down they want America weakened.
As Congressman Byron Donalds noted:
By forcing all three nations to act against the evils they are currently allowing to flow into our nation, the net financial outcome will be positive for Americans. That doesn’t even take into account the human factor; deaths by overdose will be reduced and trafficking people (willingly or not) will go down even further than it already has.
Then, there’s the trade balance that President Trump strives to achieve. As he said the evening before officially signing off on the tariffs:
Reporter: “Is there anything China, Canada, and Mexico can do tonight to forestall your implementation of tariffs tomorrow?”
Donald Trump “No. Nothing.”
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He said it’s a pure economic move. He’s not negotiating… yet. He’s weakening them first. All three nations, particularly Canada, can ill-afford a protracted trade-war with American. China’s economy is weakened while the other two nations’ economies are simply too small to compete blow-for-blow. They need to get a taste of what a trade war will really do to them in order to make them eager to negotiate.
This is the art of the deal and it’s going to work.
Legacy media, Democrats, and likely at least some conservatives who oppose tariffs in principle will spend the coming days, weeks, or even months highlighting every penny an American consumer has to pay “extra” in order to buy things. But in the end there will be three things that happen as a result of this:
- All three tariffed nations will be forced to take action against fentanyl, making it far more difficult to obtain in America
- Canada and Mexico will be given face-saving options that will aid them politically and save their economies before they collapse as long as they play ball
- American companies will rapidly find suppliers in this nation to serve their needs, prompting more companies to be built in America that can help meet those needs
There will be some who suffer in all four nations involved. But this is necessary suffering to bring about a proper America-centric order that will move us away from being the world’s sucker and toward being the world’s leader. Don’t believe the coming onslaught of negative press. This is going to benefit America greatly in the not-too-distant future.
Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
But even as it seems nearly impossible to make a living, there are blessings that should not be disregarded. By highlighting strong sponsors who share our America First worldview, we have been able to make lifelong connections and even a bit of revenue to help us along. This is why we enjoy symbiotic relationships with companies like MyPillow, Jase Medical, and Promised Grounds. We help them with our recommendations and they reward us with money when our audience buys from them.
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Even our faith-driven precious metals sponsor helps us tremendously while also helping Americans protect their life’s savings. We are blessed to work with them.
Independent media is the future. In many ways, that future is already here. While the phrase, “the more the merrier,” does not apply to this business because there are still some bad actors in the independent media field, there are many great ones that do not get nearly enough attention. We hope to change that one content creator at a time.
Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
