SHOCKING: CNBC host makes a ‘far-right’ case for Trump’s tariffs
According to Donald Trump, the most beautiful word in the dictionary — a word he says is even “more beautiful than love” — is “tariff.”
And he’s wasting no time putting that word to use, vowing to place new and additional tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. The president-elect’s plan is to put a 25% tariff on products from Mexico and Canada and a 35% tariff on all Chinese imports.
“I know there’s mixed feelings about tariffs,” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments. “There was a point in time where I understood the argument of ‘Well, it’s a free market.’”
“Well, it’s really not, because the way that China has manipulated the system, the way that they have basically slaves, engaging in slave labor, and everything is so much cheaper, and all of that,” she continues, adding, “The free market has gotten very skewed.”
Another major argument against tariffs is that “they raise prices across the board” — but even CNBC is disputing that supposed “fact.”
“If politics were a video game, and the president were a character you could play, tariffs would be your most powerful economic move,” Jon Fortt said in a segment on “The Squawk Box.” “But what’s a tariff? Basically tax any business has to pay to bring goods into a country.”
“The USA is uniquely a reasonably big country with a huge consumer class by global standards, so most every sizable company in the world needs to sell here. The argument against tariffs is that they just tax the U.S. consumer,” he continued. “What tariffs can also do is encourage companies to avoid the extra charge by making things here in the U.S., or they can level the playing field for U.S. manufacturers who are getting crushed by cheap imports.”
“So you can’t just swallow these headlines that claim tariffs are just attacks on U.S. consumers. If tariffs always dramatically raise prices for consumers, why didn’t that happen in 2018 and 2019? The truth is that the U.S. has been so focused on making it easy to import goods from other countries, that we’ve made it reflexive for other countries to tariff U.S. products while we let overseas goods flood in, and tariffs can’t stop that,” he added.
Gonzales is shocked that CNBC let Fortt defend Trump’s tariffs.
“Wow,” she comments. “The far-right CNBC repeating these far-right-wing extremist talking points that tariffs are not necessarily the end of the world.”
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Why SCOTUS Should Nuke Mexico’s Bogus Lawsuit Against U.S. Gun Manufacturers
The Mexican government is attempting to blame American gun manufacturers and distributors for the damage Mexican criminals cause in Mexico.Why Reviving Trump’s ‘Remain In Mexico’ Policy Will Swiftly Reduce Border Chaos
Remain in Mexico worked very well under President Trump’s first term and foreshadows a more tranquil border very soon.Homan urges hardline approach with Mexico to stop massive immigrant caravan: 'They're going to have consequences'
Tom Homan, tapped as President-elect Donald Trump's border czar, suggested taking a hardline approach with Mexico to stop the wave of immigrant caravans racing toward the United States border ahead of Inauguration Day.
During a Wednesday interview on Fox News' "Ingraham Angle," Homan was asked about a 1,500-strong immigrant caravan headed toward the country.
'Let me give you a word of advice: If you impede us, there's going to be consequences.'
Homan stated, "I think President Trump needs to make a phone call down there and tell them they are going to stop that caravan, or they're going to have consequences."
During a rally earlier this month, Trump said that he would tell Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo "on day one or sooner" to help the U.S. stop the mass immigration crisis spilling over the border or he would impose a 25% tariff.
"If that doesn't work," Trump said, "I'll make it 50%; if that doesn't work, I'll make it 75%. Then I'll make it 100%."
One of the many immigrant caravans that have taken off from southern Mexico shrunk in size after Trump secured the presidential victory, with some foreign nationals believing it would be substantially more difficult to enter and remain in the U.S. after President Joe Biden leaves office. Nevertheless, other groups of immigrants are continuing their journey, hoping to slip into the country ahead of Inauguration Day.
Several leaders in sanctuary jurisdictions across the U.S., including in Los Angeles, Denver, and Boston, have pledged to protect illegal aliens in their communities from Trump's mass deportation efforts.
Homan had a message for those city officials.
"Those people who say they're going to stop us from what we're doing, they will not," he told Fox News. "Let me give you a word of advice: If you impede us, there's going to be consequences."
"It is a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien," Homan warned.
"For any governor or mayor who doesn't want public safety threats taken out of their communities, you should resign your office because your number one responsibility is [to] protect those communities," he added.
Trump's border czar was also asked about the more than 1,400 acres of land along the southern Texas border that was offered to the incoming administration to facilitate the mass removals.
Earlier this week, Dawn Buckingham, a medical doctor and the commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, offered the land to Trump "to allow a facility to be built for the processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation's history."
Homan said the Trump administration "absolutely will" use the land.
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Now Mexican Cartels Will Control Not Just The Border But Also Mexico’s Judges
New judicial reforms passed by the Mexican congress allow the cartels to train their sights on would-be judges.Trump's win already shrinks thousands-strong migrant caravan
Donald Trump's Tuesday presidential victory against Vice President Kamala Harris is already having a positive impact on illegal immigration, even months before his official inauguration.
In October, Blaze News reported that thousands of foreign nationals were making their way through Mexico, hoping to cross into the United States before an administration change.
'They're already self-pre-deporting. WE ARE SO BACK!!!'
At the time, Luis Garcia Villagran, director of the Tapachula-based Center for Human Dignity, told a local news outlet, "As we speak, 40,000 to 45,000 migrants, 30% from the Middle East and Africa, are stuck and trying to leave for the United States before the end of the year."
On Thursday, Reuters reported that a 3,000-strong caravan headed toward the U.S.-Mexico border had shrunk by nearly half after Trump clinched the presidency.
Trump has vowed to make curbing illegal immigration one of his highest priorities, pledging mass deportation efforts.
According to Reuters, after hearing about Trump's victory, many of those in the caravan "felt less hopeful about their chance at a new life in the United States."
Valerie Andrade, a Venezuelan national, told the news outlet, "I had hoped [Kamala Harris] would win, but that didn't happen."
Others who remained in the caravan stated that they hope the Biden-Harris administration's CBP One app will allow them to book an asylum appointment at the border before Trump is inaugurated.
During a Monday rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, Trump sent a message to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
"I'm going to inform [Mexico's president] on day one or sooner that if they don't stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I'm going to immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything they send into the United States of America," Trump told his supporters.
"If that doesn't work," he continued, "I'll make it 50%; if that doesn't work, I'll make it 75%. Then I'll make it 100%."
Real America's Voice correspondent Oscar Ramirez noted that since Trump's win, the Mexican government has taken a more proactive role in deterring migrants from heading to the U.S. border. He added that he still anticipates there will be an increase in illegal immigration in the final months of Joe Biden's presidency as foreign nationals try to enter before Trump gets into office.
Donald Trump Jr. reacted to the news that the massive caravan had dropped to roughly 1,600 individuals.
"They're already self-pre-deporting. WE ARE SO BACK!!!" he wrote on X.
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