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Think like the Enemy
Tariffs, Tantrums, and Trump's Economic Liberation Day
Tariffs: economic disaster or America's industrial revival? Trump's latest 10% import tariff announcement has sparked fierce debate about the future of American manufacturing. Dubbed "Liberation Day," this bold move aims to rebalance decades of lopsided trade relationships that have hollowed out our industrial base.
The economic chess match has already begun. China's swift retaliation with 34% tariffs on American goods reveals just how threatened they feel by any attempt to disrupt the status quo. When our geopolitical adversaries react with such alarm, perhaps we should question whether maintaining the current system truly serves American interests. While critics warn of $12 avocados and pricier yoga mats, they conveniently ignore the devastating impact decades of outsourcing have had on American communities, workers, and national security.
Most telling is the sudden bipartisan urgency to restrict presidential tariff authority. Lawmakers who can't pass timely budgets have miraculously found common ground in protecting globalist economic policies. Republicans like McConnell, Grassley, and Collins are joining forces with Democrats to maintain a system that has steadily eroded American sovereignty and self-sufficiency. This political theater raises profound questions about who truly benefits from our current economic arrangements.
The fundamental choice facing Americans isn't just about price tags – it's about whether we want to remain dependent on potentially hostile nations for essential goods. The COVID pandemic exposed dangerous vulnerabilities in our supply chains. Today's difficult transition might be the necessary foundation for tomorrow's resilient, self-sufficient American economy. The question isn't whether we can afford tariffs, but whether we can afford to continue without them.
What's your perspective? Are short-term price increases worth long-term economic independence? Join the conversation and subscribe for more unfiltered analysis of America's most pressing challenges.
They told us tariffs were bad, but they didn't mention the part where America might finally build something again. Welcome back to Things Like the Anime, the only show where common sense gets a megaphone and career politicians get a reality check. I am your host, frankie Aviles. This week we have a very interesting lineup we have tariffs, we have tantrums, we have 25 hour therapy sessions on the actual senate floor and, don't worry, we've got it all wrapped in american-made sarcasm. So pour yourself a freedom, flavor coffee and let's break down how this week's headlines prove once again that reality is stranger than fiction. Fiction had a union contract and a CNN segment.
Speaker 1:First up, we have the Trump tariff tsunami, or my side likes to call it Liberation Day. President Trump just rolled out a 10% tariff on all imports, with even higher ones targeting countries with trade deficits. He's calling it Liberation Day because nothing screams sovereignty like telling Beijing to shove their microchips and their communist coffee mugs. So let's be honest. We have outsourced everything from steel to semiconductors, even our cheap Halloween costumes, which I think is a travesty, because those halloween costumes we used to make back in the 80s freaking amazing. But I digress. I don't want to. I don't want to get on my halloween high horse. The critics, as always, are screaming. Prizes will go up. Okay, sure, karen, maybe your tier three yoga mat will cost $3 more, but maybe, just maybe, that money goes to an American worker instead of a sweatshop with Wi-Fi in one go. This is a very interesting notion, because people are thinking that $12 avocados are worse than having a $37 trillion deficit, are worse than having a 37 trillion dollar deficit. And hey, remember also when we were told that globalism was inevitable, that we had to depend on fragile ccp control supply chains. Oh yeah, about that. Well, that didn't age well and we all know it.
Speaker 1:Because there is no reason why we need to depend so much on a country that clearly just wants to destroy us in one shape way or another. We're not talking about destruction from each and every single source or every possible way, but China wants to grow, china wants to continue to try to be the best at everything that they do, so why wouldn't we get the long economic stick that does not necessarily benefit us as a nation? Why wouldn't we get that treatment? If they are a competitor, which they are? How are people not seeing this? I'm not saying that every single tariff is perfect, but it's the way that the actual mode of communication with the American people has been made Hasn't been the best. I don't get why we can't do better, and I think that Donald J Trump can do better with his delivery. But it wouldn't be Donald J Trump, it would just be a puppet from the deep state. So I am okay with the tariffs and the way that they are right now we need to see their actual effect, because not every single day american is going to be completely decimated by them, not yet. At least we need to see how they happen, if they even happen. So the way that they are described is going to be 10 across the board, and then we need to see how exactly it's going to be when it comes to the import-export. But what about if somebody else actually starts taking the tariff approach, but in a way that will be negative towards America? We'll see. I guess that's why, next up, we have the.
Speaker 1:China throws a fit and a 34 percent tariffs on us goods. And you might be asking that was china's response yeah, 34 percent in american goods starting april 10th. Because nothing says maturity like economic warfare dressed up in silk and censorship. China is hitting back at agriculture, agriculture, manufacturing and everything with a Made in America stamp, which, thanks to the past decades of outsourcing, it isn't as much as you might be used to. But let me ask you this If your enemies are mad, are we finally doing something right? I think so. I think so because it is extremely interesting that now that we have put those stairs, now people are in china are being extremely angry about it. Maybe, just maybe, it's because any freaking percentage that we put extra on china by any possible way actually results in a decrease of their GDP, which needs to be from 2.5% their gross domestic product to 5%, so China can continue to thrive. So now they're doing this backhanded move because they need to correct what was done to them, which is basically wiped out their possible increase to their GDP this year. Maybe Midwest farmers are going to suffer, sure, for a little bit, but also China's middle class. When the US soy disappears, they're starry fried because we're not going to continue to grow it. We need to grow things that we actually consume, which is really interesting.
Speaker 1:I don't understand how people think that food comes about. It's not just, it just grows magically. You just pick it from a grocery shelf, like I. It just minds. It mind boggles the shit out of me. I don't get it. So we need to produce food in order for us to subsequently eat. How are we going to continue to do that if we just continue to put high rises and freaking apartment complexes and just communities here and then we don't produce our own food? Riddle me that that people. I wish, wish somebody can give me a good answer to that one.
Speaker 1:Next up, we have the cory booker had a either a filibuster or an actual, audible sleeping book. Senator cory booker broke the senator filibuster record with a 25 hour monologue. I think biden did it before him with the two years of sleeping in the presidency, but I digress. He talked tariffs, health care, social justice and probably what he had for breakfast. Liberals are calling it a brave stand. We're calling it a missed opportunity to say something meaningful in fewer hours than the entire session of C-SPAN bloopers. Here is what Senator Booker didn't mention. A single workable alternative Just buys Long-winged, donor approved focus group tested vibes, which, in all honesty, is really interesting, because the estimated cost for this wonderful filibuster or the sleeping session in the senate cost the senate and the American people an estimate of $50,000 to $100,000. What is $100,000 amongst friends.
Speaker 1:We also have a bipartisan panic where Congress tries to put a leash on President Donald J Trump. A group of bipartisan senators wants to rein in the president's tariff powers, because why should one man make sweeping economic decisions in response to global inestability? Better to get approval from 100? People can't even agree on what the day it is. These are the same folks who don't want to pass a budget on time for years, but now tariffs get a little spicy and suddenly they remember how to legislate, which is amazing to me.
Speaker 1:For those of you who are wondering who are the most prominent senators within the list that are calling to move forward this particular bill on tariffs, they are as follows. They are as follows Chuck Grassley from Iowa. Senator Mitch McConnell from Kentucky. Senator Susan Collins from Maine. Senator Lisa Markowski from Alaska. Senator Ron Paul from Kentucky, and these senators are all Republican. Yes, you have heard correctly. On top of that, we have that only one democrat senator, maria catwell from washington, is included in this particular.
Speaker 1:We are going to call it not a circus in this particular move from our legislative branch, which I find it very interesting because for years we have talked about trying to make things fair with the world. But now that we have the possibility and the opportunity to do so, we can't play ball with it, which is so amazing, so interesting, isn't it? That's okay, things will come about, but will be primary If they're not working for the people in the state. If the people in that set state that they are representing are against these tariffs, then please exercise your voting rights and make sure that your people are heard. But to me, I don't think that a lot of people understand the tariffs and, looking at it from an emotional standpoint, you're always going to be against it.
Speaker 1:Looking at it from a logical standpoint the actual disparity between the two it says that America needs to do something about it so we can make some money out of actual, actual trade, even if the money's coming from the people itself, because that's where it always comes from. So if we can curve the actual debt that we have in our nation so we can do something fruitful and meaningful for the next generations to come, then please, by Lord, do it. Do it, change it, make it different. Make sure that we are able to compete at a global scale, that our people can actually buy American-made goods. That would be amazing. I'd love to just go down the road and be able to buy produce. Why do I have to buy avocados from a country here that produces avocados? Why do I have to buy tomatoes from there when I can just plant them in my backyard or have a community-based garden that actually provides that for me? But I digress. Moving on people, let's see where the tariff world takes us.
Speaker 1:Trump versus the law firms. The d D-State Legal Department. The Trump administration is revoking security clearances and reviewing contracts of some of the most elite or the elitist law firms, and you might be asking why they say these firms are turning courtrooms into political battlegrounds. Let's be honest when lawyers become lobbyists in robes, maybe it's time for someone to turn the spotlight around. It is very interesting to see how some of these judges and some of these actual attorneys and law firms in america have a very carousel idea to how they actually operate, because they go to an ivy league school, they network, then they go work for a lobbying firm and then this lobbying firm for some reason brings them into the beltway power, which, for those of you who don't know, is the washington dc area and metro area. So they get to just come back and forth, bring their kids and do the same thing over and over again, generation by generation, and nothing gets changed, while these people are enriching themselves and just becoming the actual elite with the idea that they're Democrats because they're doing the right thing for the country, because they know what's right, because they went to the Ivy League school.
Speaker 1:When somebody like myself and somebody like all of you, or most of you who are listening right now, are looking at this and saying how in the fuck is that even possible? How is it possible that somebody that literally has had everything handed to them throughout their whole life oh, yes, maybe they had to stay up for 12 hours studying for a midterm than more than likely they bought it from somebody in China. But God forbid we say something about it, because, god forbid, we have an idea that it is just not necessarily what comes along with them, because everything should be about the society around us and everything should be handed out, and there's no meritocracy anymore, no merit for anything that you actually do. Right, right, and I'm supposed to buy it into the fucking idea. Pardon me, ma'am, sir, whoever the fuck you are, no, no, I don't buy into that idea, because we need to continue to have merit for the things we do, and a man should enjoy the fruit of its labor. Now, next up, I'm going to get up this high horse and I'm going to keep cussing and I don't, I don't like doing that anymore.
Speaker 1:So now we have medicare reform and it's sparking a panic or maybe just twitter screaming senator senator bill cassidy voted some medicare cost saving ideas and cue the media mail down. I'll see if the editor can do it and put like a lot of people running around. He's promising no benefit costs, just trimming the fat. Every time you mention the word reform, the left hears euthanasia. That is aiming cost cutting in three different sections within this particular bill reducing overcoding, implementing cost sharing and adjusting to market projections. The amount could be upwards in the savings of $250 billion over the next 10 years. And you might be thinking like, ok, 10 years. Why do we have to wait that long so we can have the money? Well, because that's how government spending works, because there are certain things that are appropriated until 2026, 2028, depending, whatever it might be. And then if you make a change now, then it cannot be implemented right now unless you pay out those people and the projection of what they have actually could have earned. So now you have to just bite the bullet for a second, put it forward and make the savings. So now you have to just bite the bullet for a second, put it forward and make the savings.
Speaker 1:The idea of America is not about just doing things now and having the benefit now. It's about the continuity of the system in which we have all lived for for most of our lives or our entire lives. The people can actually give some people the actual power that we have as the people so they can do things better for us or make things more accessible for our citizens. It is not the idea that we just magically segregate or balkanize a section of the nation and just say fuck it, have at it, you take my money, I'm just gonna sit, work my ass off, pay as many taxes as you want me to pay, and then say screw it, and I'm not going back to the idea of the 50s, when we were paying 90% tax on every single dime that we made as companies. That is ridiculous. No, no, no. 37% is long enough. No, 37% is long enough. And some people have the idea that it's like no, it's 32% for the first million, and then the second million, and then the fourth million and then you cannot have more than $4 million, because then, after $4 million, you're going to be taxed at 90%. That is a ridiculous idea and not one that goes with a capitalistic mindset like mine or a lot of people are listening to this program. So to recap and this is a long recap In a week we watch a president try to revive American industry, a senator set a new record that filibuster induced boredom, and lawmakers prove once again they'd rather vote on how to do nothing than actually do something. But hey, at least your soy milk might cost a little bit more. Thank God for that.
Speaker 1:Welcome to liberation. I am Frankie Velez reminding you. If the media hates it, it's probably good for you and honestly, thank you for watching, thank you for listening. I appreciate you. God bless you, god bless America, and remember to always think like the enemy. This has been a wonderful, wonderful time. I thank you sincerely for every single one of you that is actually listening, paying attention and just really trying to see what's up. If you have any comments, concerns, please leave them in the comments line. I read all of them and I answer to all of them, because I love engagement. I love engaging with each and every one of you. So again, thank you. I hope that you have a good week, or good weekend. I am going to start working soon, but that's besides the point. So again, thank you, and I will see you again, appreciate you.
