It’s so unfortunate that American’s don’t understand that Trump’s tariffs did two key things with a third strategy:
1) Protect American manufacturing from being hollowed out by globalization and low-cost labor
2) Strongly incentivize countries and foreign manufacturers to do massive DOMESTIC investments in order to lower tariffs and gain access to our market
3) Trump’s pro-energy policies was the counter-weight to lower energy costs to offset any tariff costs (but Iran war!).
Both have led to jobs.
I have been arguing that Trump’s strategy is genius and is reinvigorating American manufacturing and energy independence but the message is drowned due to the Left and Globalists sabotage.
Besides, if the Democrats won taxes would’ve gone up 15% anyways. The tariffs are clearly better and he negotiated like a madman.
But “Tariff Man, BAD!”
Thank you President Trump, for making the hard decisions in putting America First 🇺🇸
He had to make winners and losers from his trade policy. It will cost him, but win America everything.
Something striking: when you dig into the recent manufacturing employment gains, they're in sectors that have high tariffs. For example, fabricated metals added 29,000 jobs since December 2025 with an average tariff of 25%. People love to claim that tariffs harm manufacturing by making inputs expensive, but that's tough to see in the employment data. Graph:
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Esta noche los demócratas han ganado las dos cámaras del Congreso. Texas eligió a un senador demócrata por primera vez desde 1988, Kansas por primera vez desde 1932 y Carolina del Sur desde 1998.
Creo en impuestos bajos, en menos regulación, en un presupuesto balanceado y en un Estado que deje trabajar a quien crea riqueza. Pero desde mi punto de vista de una derecha libertaria, Trump cometió grandes errores en sus dos primeros años que llevaron a este resultado.
El primer error fue gobernar la economía como un intervencionista. Un arancel es un impuesto que pagan los consumidores del propio país: según el Yale Budget Lab, los de Trump cuestan 1.077 dólares al año a cada hogar. Y en agosto abrió una guerra comercial con Canadá, su vecino más amistoso. El Gobierno se quedó con cerca del 10% de Intel después de que Trump pidiera la dimisión de su consejero delegado, y en enero propuso limitar al 10% el interés de las tarjetas de crédito, un control de precios que podría haber firmado Mamdani. Un presidente que decide qué empresas ganan, cuánto pueden cobrar y quién las dirige se parece más a un socialista que a Reagan.
El segundo error fue la guerra con Irán. Se puede defender que Irán no debe tener nunca un arma nuclear y que es sin duda junto a Norcorea uno de los dos peores regímenes del planeta, pero aun así ver lo que costó una guerra que desde que empezó en febrero la gasolina ha subido casi un 50% y el gasóleo dos tercios. El 62% de los votantes cree que empezar la guerra fue una mala decisión.
El tercer error fue anteponer la lealtad a la calidad de los candidatos. En Texas, Trump apoyó contra el senador John Cornyn a Ken Paxton, al que la Cámara de Texas, de mayoría republicana, había sometido a juicio político por soborno y corrupción. Paxton perdió esta noche contra James Talarico, un exprofesor de 37 años. En Carolina del Sur empujó a presentarse a Darline Graham, hermana del senador fallecido, que nunca había ocupado un cargo público y perdió contra una pediatra. Un partido que castiga a quien discrepa acaba con candidatos que solo saben obedecer, y esos candidatos pierden en noviembre.
El cuarto error fue la corrupción. Según su declaración de bienes, Trump ingresó en 2025 más de 1.400 millones de dólares por los negocios de criptomonedas de su familia, y en enero el Wall Street Journal reveló que la familia había vendido en secreto el 49% de una de esas empresas a una sociedad respaldada por el consejero de seguridad nacional de los Emiratos. La derecha pasó años denunciando los negocios de Hunter Biden. Los de la familia Trump son mucho mayores.
Los votantes lo vieron. En la encuesta de octubre de Fox News, la corrupción era su primera preocupación, por delante de la inflación, y según NBC el 65% cree que las políticas de Trump empeoraron la economía. Ganó en 2024 prometiendo bajar los precios. Los subió.
Muchos republicanos dirán que el partido del presidente casi siempre pierde escaños a mitad de mandato. Es verdad. Perder escaños es normal. Perder Texas, Kansas y Carolina del Sur, no. El precedente más parecido es 2006, cuando George W. Bush, con otra guerra impopular en Oriente Medio, perdió las dos cámaras. Trump llega con un 38% de aprobación, menos que Bush entonces.
¿Alguien cree que Kansas, que no elegía a un senador demócrata desde 1932, se volvió socialista en una noche? Ganaron un pastor metodista, un exprofesor, una pediatra y un demócrata obrero de toda la vida. Ninguno es de la extrema izquierda. Hablaron de precios y de corrupción, y los votaron independientes y republicanos cansados de Trump.
Dicho esto, hay demócratas y demócratas. Josh Shapiro, reelegido esta noche gobernador de Pensilvania, es el ejemplo de los razonables: prometió bajar el impuesto de sociedades, agilizó los permisos a las empresas y criticó con dureza a la Universidad de Pensilvania por el antisemitismo en el campus. No está solo. Crece una corriente de demócratas pro empresa que culpan a la propia izquierda de que ya no se construyan viviendas ni centrales. Con demócratas así se puede discrepar y aun así gobernar un país.
El peligro está en otra parte: en los Socialistas Democráticos de América, DSA, el ala socialista del Partido Demócrata. Esta noche al menos cinco candidatos de DSA ganaron escaños en la Cámara, más que nunca. Su odio a Israel va mucho más allá de Gaza: su sección de Nueva York convocó una manifestación en Times Square el 8 de octubre de 2023, un día después de la masacre de Hamás, y Mamdani se negó a condenar el lema «globalizar la intifada». Eso es antisemitismo, con o sin Gaza. Son pocos, pero el Tea Party también empezó en 2010 con unos insurgentes en distritos seguros, y seis años después el candidato republicano era Trump.
Donde DSA ya gobierna se ven los resultados. Zohran Mamdani, de DSA, es alcalde de Nueva York desde enero, y en junio su junta congeló el alquiler de un millón de pisos regulados. Un piso cuyo alquiler no paga sus reparaciones se queda cerrado: los pisos regulados vacíos ya habían pasado de 49.000 a más de 57.000 en un año. Congelar precios destruye la oferta y liberarlos la crea. DSA quiere extender ese modelo a todo el país, y por eso me preocupa mucho más que Shapiro.
Esta mayoría demócrata puede incluso ser útil, porque Trump tendrá que negociar cada presupuesto. Lo que importa es quién manda dentro del Partido Demócrata. Si en 2028 eligen a alguien como Shapiro, Estados Unidos tendrá dos partidos que creen en la empresa privada. Si eligen a alguien como Mamdani, tendrá uno solo.
A los republicanos les toca bajar los precios, comerciar con sus aliados y elegir candidatos capaces de ganar en noviembre además de en las primarias. Esta derrota se la buscó Trump.
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As someone whose family fled Iran, watching America elect jihadis is truly disturbing.
China is happy.
Iran is happy.
It tells you all you need to know with the Democrats winning.
But, the blame falls on Trump for attacking Iran a second time.
Persuaded by Israel to help the poor Iranian protestors who are doing nothing, while our President takes on all the risk.
For nothing.
Democrats' sweeping win is good for Chinese stocks. That's because a Democrat-controlled Congress is likely to rein in Trump’s erratic behavior, giving China plenty of time to prepare countermeasures.
And the PBOC is trying hard to help, cutting the interest on the rediscount loan for stock repurchases to 1%. Given that several blue chips are now offering 5%+ dividend yields, it's a steal, and there should be interest in using this facility.
There is concern about not being able to sell when there is capital gain, as the CSRC restricts reducing large stakes in listed companies.
This restriction is a legitimate concern, but the rediscount loan term can be extended. As long as dividend yield is higher than the loan costs, there should be plenty of takers.
Chinese stocks are turning higher after the mid-term results.
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This is a masterclass in taqiyya.
Abdul doesn’t actually believe in this trans stuff. As a devout Muslim, he worships at a mosque where there’s strict gender segregation and women sit in the back.
They certainly wouldn’t allow men into women’s bathrooms.
But taqiyya allows him to pretend otherwise in order to gain power and advance the cause of Islam.
When Muslims have enough power, they will no longer need to pretend.
.@AbdulElSayed says it’s ok for MEN to be in girl’s locker rooms.
Why?
“Well because they are going to find out about it on the internet anyway”
Completely unacceptable.
These supermarket attacks occurred near/around the French riots at first.
Now, it’s spreading across Europe, the U.S., and only Western countries.
There are forces seeking to destabilize the West. There are no ransoms, no asks for money.
Make no mistake.
The protests/riots in Europe by Leftists helped by Islamist is the future of the West if we do not vote with the Right.
The Left are naive, useful idiots turning into true Socialists drunk on obtaining power at any cost, including the cost of losing your country.
BREAKING: 7 EU countries have now reported CYBERATTACKS targeting refrigeration systems.
🇳🇱Netherlands: At least 17 businesses, including butcher shops and cold storage facilities.
🇫🇮Finland: Some K Group stores reported temporary overnight temperature irregularities.
🇧🇪Belgium: Around 40 Delhaize, 15 Carrefour and 5 Spar stores. Temp went 15°C. Losses of at least €100K, with all frozen products thrown away.
🇸🇪Sweden: ICA and Coop stores. One ICA reported settings changed to +50°C. Food discarded, some stores closed.
🇱🇺Luxembourg: 65 stores, several Delhaize stores.
🇮🇪Ireland: 13 SuperValu stores. Temperatures undisclosed. Chilled and frozen goods withdrawn, losses expected in thousands of euros.
🇪🇪Estonia: Major supermarket chains. Freezer set to +50°C. Supplier said rapid intervention prevented damage.
Reports describe similarities to October’s freezer attacks in France, which damaged goods worth millions of euros.
This story is still unfolding.
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Replying to @elonmusk
2007. Joe Biden: I would not allow sanctuary cities. They turn into dumps. Enforce federal immigration law.
They know the problems it causes. They just care about power more.
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Once you understand the incentive, the reason for the behavior becomes obvious: they are importing a left-voting bloc that depends on government handouts.
A prominent example of this in America is Ilhan Omar and her Somali voting bloc in Minnesota, an area which used to be primarily Nordic-German.
Importing voters is a CERTAIN path to a single-party supermajority and has ALREADY happened at the state level in California and New York. It also explains why those states have BANNED VOTER ID in order to accelerate a permanent socialist supermajority, destroying any semblance of democracy.
We stand on the precipice of disaster, an end to America.
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Store window in Stockholm 2026: "Jew free zone"
Store window in Germany in 1934: "Jews not welcome"
If you ever wondered what you would have done in 1934 Berlin, you're doing it now.
Everyone calling this racist is telling on themselves.
It’s a real picture of a rapper who was convicted of $42M in SNAP fraud and they all assume it’s a “random black guy”.
Great job!
justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/soc…
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I wanted to be able to find something good in Islam, because we’ve all been told for the last 25 years that it’s this wonderful religion being twisted by extremists, but that’s just not true and once you admit that to yourself it’s very freeing.
Islam is, objectively, a _terrible_ religion, with a two-tier system of morality that treats Muslims well and everyone else badly. And that’s before you even mention the barbarous treatment of women, which is damning enough on its own to condemn the whole thing, even if the rest of it had value. But it doesn’t. Jihad — war — is one of the five pillars, ffs.
Islam condones slavery, forced marriage, domestic violence, the rape of children, and the genital mutilation of women and girls. The countries where it holds sway are horrible places to live, especially for women, and the more devout the country is, the worse it is to live there. Even places like Turkey, which is officially secular, have young girls sold into marriage with adult men, and incredibly high rates of femicide and domestic violence. In countries like Yemen and Afghanistan, up to 30% of girls are sold into marriage as children — and these customs are being imported into the West.
Islam offers Muslim men full control over Muslim women. It offers Muslim women nothing but the chance to bear the next generation of Muslim men.
The NGO’s benefit from the criminals.
Bluntly put, the NGO’s would not exist without them.
That’s why the Left “protects criminals” and “calls it compassion.”
While they stuff their pockets using govt funds for these same NGO’s.
And tell them what to do and what to say.
They are destabilizing organizations and the truth is starting to come out more.
And more.
Bombs?
Our mission doesn't even have bombs at its disposal.
Aerial bombardments? Helicopter gunship attacks?
Our attack helicopters didn't arrive in Haiti until October 29. Their arrival was widely covered by the media, with plenty of videos and social media posts documenting it.
Yet this “report” was published a day before our helicopters even arrived. And as of today, they haven't flown a single mission.
These NGOs lie with impunity, while wielding enormous influence over international organizations.
They are nothing more than lobbying firms for criminals and cartels, masquerading as humanitarian organizations.
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Bombs?
Our mission doesn't even have bombs at its disposal.
Aerial bombardments? Helicopter gunship attacks?
Our attack helicopters didn't arrive in Haiti until October 29. Their arrival was widely covered by the media, with plenty of videos and social media posts documenting it.
Yet this “report” was published a day before our helicopters even arrived. And as of today, they haven't flown a single mission.
These NGOs lie with impunity, while wielding enormous influence over international organizations.
They are nothing more than lobbying firms for criminals and cartels, masquerading as humanitarian organizations.
🇭🇹 A Haitian advocacy group is accusing Salvadoran forces of bombing civilians near Port-au-Prince, telling UN Secretary-General António Guterres in an open letter that "children are being killed not by gangs, but by foreign bombs."
🔹Despite its name, the United Nations Association-Haiti is not part of the UN but a diaspora advocacy group. Founder Harvey Dupiton, a Croix-des-Bouquets native, wrote that since Oct. 22, Salvadoran troops have hit civilian neighborhoods there and in nearby Canaan with airstrikes, helicopter gunships and heavy weapons. "Our families tell us they are hiding under beds," he added.
🔹President Nayib Bukele significantly expanded the deployment to over 2000 troops after gangs kidnapped four Salvadoran technicians serving with the UN-authorized Gang Suppression Force on Oct. 18.
🔹The group demanded an immediate halt to Salvadoran "offensive bombing operations," a UN investigation into civilian deaths and a Security Council statement that El Salvador "has no right to wage unilateral war in Haiti."
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