52 stock market highs
Extremely low inflation
GDP projected to be over 5% in 4th quarter
Fed deficit cut by 26% in one year
Secured foreign investments of $18T
Foreign producers and middlemen pay 80% of tariff costs… not us.
Nations dependent on exports eat the tariffs.
Tariffs as tools secure investments in America
The ‘ most favored nation agreements’ to lower drug prices by up to 90% could not have happened without the threat of tariffs. Tariffs are, again, a tool.
I would hate to know what type of tool Kamala would be using right now
Tariffs have strengthened our national security.
This is evidenced by our achievements and making peace, having settled eight wars. Tariff tool helped Trump do that. You see his shaded reasons for tariffs.
Countries all over the world are buying hundreds of aircraft and airplane engine engines from US factories, creating thousands of jobs and strengthening our defense industrial base.
Some of you like to comment how the bombing of Iran was a bad idea or a failure. Again, you do not see the real Trump. It could be that he did the entire thing to show the rest of the world how strong our military is. With that very one shot you can bet no one will ever mess with the USA.
He can squash Iran, anyway he wants to. Now that they have seen what we can do, watch Iran come to the table, and Trump will score yet another victory
@AverageJoe1 said😆 😆 😆 Your funny
52 stock market highs
Extremely low inflation
GDP projected to be over 5% in 4th quarter
Fed deficit cut by 26% in one year
Secured foreign investments of $18T
Foreign producers and middlemen pay 80% of tariff costs… not us.
Nations dependent on exports eat the tariffs.
Tariffs as tools secure investments in America
The ‘ most favored nation agreements’ to lower ...[text shortened]... ey have seen what we can do, watch Iran come to the table, and Trump will score yet another victory
@AverageJoe1 said" According to Labor Department figures, manufacturing employment has declined by approximately 59,000 jobs since Trump's April tariff announcement, with durable goods manufacturers (those making cars, appliances, and electronics) bearing the brunt of the losses. Job openings in the sector have plummeted by 76,000 over the same period. By September, manufacturing employment stood at just 12.7 million workers, continuing a six-decade decline that tariffs have failed to arrest.
52 stock market highs
Extremely low inflation
GDP projected to be over 5% in 4th quarter
Fed deficit cut by 26% in one year
Secured foreign investments of $18T
Foreign producers and middlemen pay 80% of tariff costs… not us.
Nations dependent on exports eat the tariffs.
Tariffs as tools secure investments in America
The ‘ most favored nation agreements’ to lower ...[text shortened]... ey have seen what we can do, watch Iran come to the table, and Trump will score yet another victory
The cruel irony is impossible to miss: tariffs imposed to protect American manufacturing have coincided with the sector's first sustained job losses since the pandemic. Contrary to the administration's narrative, the problem isn't foreign competition but the tariffs themselves. Businesses facing uncertainty about constantly shifting tariff rates have simply stopped hiring, unable to navigate both the high costs of tariffs on intermediate goods and the whiplash of unpredictable trade policy."
https://orfamerica.org/orf-america-comments/2025-tariffs-have-hurt-us-manufacturing-employment-and-consumers
@no1marauder saidIt is an exercise in futility ''debating'' with less than average Joe 1.
" According to Labor Department figures, manufacturing employment has declined by approximately 59,000 jobs since Trump's April tariff announcement, with durable goods manufacturers (those making cars, appliances, and electronics) bearing the brunt of the losses. Job openings in the sector have plummeted by 76,000 over the same period. By September, manufacturing e ...[text shortened]... orfamerica.org/orf-america-comments/2025-tariffs-have-hurt-us-manufacturing-employment-and-consumers
@no1marauder saidWe’ll compare notes as this year goes on.
" According to Labor Department figures, manufacturing employment has declined by approximately 59,000 jobs since Trump's April tariff announcement, with durable goods manufacturers (those making cars, appliances, and electronics) bearing the brunt of the losses. Job openings in the sector have plummeted by 76,000 over the same period. By September, manufacturing e ...[text shortened]... orfamerica.org/orf-america-comments/2025-tariffs-have-hurt-us-manufacturing-employment-and-consumers
You are quite the contrarian.
As your demeaning tariffs, you still do not get the big picture. A liberal would naturally say hey wait a minute you can’t fire people. That is like saying you cannot break that egg. So how will you get your omelette. They will be a little suffering to get to a bigger pie in the sky. Trump laid off 250,000 federal employees. You would naturally think that is horrible. What a mean, man. A dictator. No it was a money saving process, which is for the good of the country. You would probably say because some people are down and out to rather hire 250,000 more people so they would have a job. I would say that conservative Republicans have much more common sense economically than do the floundering Democrats.
Speaking of floundering, has anyone on the forum ever set forth and laid out for us all the policies of the Democrats are for their campaign. The midterms come up in about eight or nine months and I have heard nothing , except impeach Trump. Is that truly the plan and the only plan of the Democrats. You could probably answer this.
@AverageJoe1 saidTrump "saving money"? You funny:
We’ll compare notes as this year goes on.
You are quite the contrarian.
As your demeaning tariffs, you still do not get the big picture. A liberal would naturally say hey wait a minute you can’t fire people. That is like saying you cannot break that egg. So how will you get your omelette. They will be a little suffering to get to a bigger pie in the sky. Trump laid o ...[text shortened]... ch Trump. Is that truly the plan and the only plan of the Democrats. You could probably answer this.
"Over the 12 months from the close of trading on Jan. 17, 2025, to the end of day Jan. 15, 2026, the federal government added approximately $2.25 trillion to the national debt, according to calculations shared exclusively with Fortune by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. That period roughly captures President Donald Trump’s first year back in office, as it is the last business day before last year’s Inauguration Day and the most recent day for which data are available. "
https://fortune.com/2026/01/20/how-much-national-debt-grew-trump-first-year-back-in-office-president/
Is that "good for the country"?
@no1marauder saidAny business man will tell you, and you have heard this that you have to spend money to make money.
Trump "saving money"? You funny:
"Over the 12 months from the close of trading on Jan. 17, 2025, to the end of day Jan. 15, 2026, the federal government added approximately $2.25 trillion to the national debt, according to calculations shared exclusively with Fortune by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. That period roughly captures President Donald Trump’s first year b ...[text shortened]... uch-national-debt-grew-trump-first-year-back-in-office-president/
Is that "good for the country"?
Whew
Let’s get Suziannes’ take on it