As the markets spin from President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy and the globalists clutch their pearls, Glenn Beck zooms out to see the bigger picture — the story of how elite-driven trade policies over the last 30 years gutted America’s middle class. Deals like NAFTA and China’s WTO entry sounded like progress to a lot of people, but they left devastation in their wake, killing jobs, draining small towns, and fueling an opioid epidemic in the heartland.
To understand Trump’s tariffs, you have to understand the real human cost behind tens of thousands of shuttered U.S. factories and the erosion of the American dream. No one knows the toll of the real human cost better than journalist Salena Zito, who wrote in the Washington Post, “What I learned about ‘America First’ in a Pennsylvania steel mill.” U.S. Steel workers who once opposed Japan’s investment now welcome it because “if this deal doesn’t happen, these jobs will be gone.”
She rejects the claim that Americans don’t want manufacturing jobs anymore and are scared of Trump’s tariffs. “There’s a very different feel in the middle of the country. ‘This might pinch now, but this is better not just for my kids, grandchildren — this is better for my country.’” Beck argues Trump’s tariffs aren’t just policy — they’re a rebellion against managed decline and a high-stakes gamble to restore American self-reliance.
Blocked out by the United States and NATO, Russia is now flipping to the East, cutting new deals with Communist China and India. Will Russia not only survive the NATO embargo, but become much stronger in the aftermath? Let’s consider the possibilities. More from Steve Turley.
President Donald Trump is fulfilling yet another campaign promise by imposing steel and aluminum tariffs and pushing for further trade renegotiation around the world. While those interested in the principle of “free trade,” business leaders, globalist politicians, the mainstream media attempt to galvanize the pubic against President Trump – Stefan Molyneux breaks down both side of the complicated issue.
Dick Morris says the stiff opposition that Trump is meeting to his proposed tariffs is likely coming from advisors and government officials with close business ties to China. These people not only have partners to protect, but also presumably personal income at stake.