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<v Speaker 1>Hi, everybody, Welcome to the Right Side with Doug Billings.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for joining us. I appreciate you being out there. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>tariffs man. You never see so many liberals out on

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<v Speaker 1>the ledge of intellectual immaturity in my life. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>they are. It's absolute kookville the way these people are

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<v Speaker 1>reacting to the tariffs. And I'm grateful to you because

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<v Speaker 1>right here you become the most intellectually mud tour audience

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<v Speaker 1>in all of podcast land because here you get the

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<v Speaker 1>truth and today the truth about tariffs. Uh. Coming to you,

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<v Speaker 1>ladies and gentlemen from smack dab in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>the fruited plain as I always do. Thank you very

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<v Speaker 1>Every single day. So you've heard all of the whining.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure right. Tariffs are reckless, Tariffs are going to

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<v Speaker 1>tank the economy, Tariffs are anti consumer. Trump doesn't know

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<v Speaker 1>what he's doing. He's going to start a trade war.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the same old playbook scare tactics and globalist garbage.

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<v Speaker 1>They want you to be afraid, ladies and gentlemen, because

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<v Speaker 1>when you're afraid, they believe liberals believe that you become

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<v Speaker 1>more apt to depend upon big government. But here's the reality.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's tariffs are a masterstroke. They're about putting America first,

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<v Speaker 1>about bringing jobs back, and they're about forcing the world,

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<v Speaker 1>quite frankly, to play by our rules. That's what it's

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<v Speaker 1>all about. The Hello, Deacon Jody, what's going on? How

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<v Speaker 1>are you? Thanks? It's good to see you out there

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<v Speaker 1>in in YouTube land. Thank you, Deacon Jody for being

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<v Speaker 1>out there. I think that what we're gonna do is

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<v Speaker 1>take a look today at the tariffs. The reason why

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<v Speaker 1>many of you on the right side know some of this,

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<v Speaker 1>but you might not and probably not have heard this

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<v Speaker 1>in these kinds of words and in this language. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a very simple idea. It's not complicated, and the radical

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<v Speaker 1>left because of Trump derangement syndrome, because of intellectual immaturity,

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<v Speaker 1>and because of blind partisanship, doesn't see it the way

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<v Speaker 1>that we see it. But I want you to know

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<v Speaker 1>that right now, the right Side with Doug Billings is

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<v Speaker 1>upon you. Are you ready, ladies and gentlemen. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's time to get everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm here to do a big shout out for my

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<v Speaker 2>great friend and one of the best in the business,

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<v Speaker 2>mister Doug Billings. Right side with Doug Billings. Right side

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<v Speaker 2>with Doug Billins. Doug is the future of the airwaves

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<v Speaker 2>the new Rush Limbaugh. He's exactly what America needs right now,

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<v Speaker 2>for patriotism. Listen to Doug Billings at right side with

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<v Speaker 2>Doug Gollings. God bless you, and God bless America, and

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<v Speaker 2>thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen. We are winning. We're winning, winning, winning.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the right side with Doug Billings. We are

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<v Speaker 1>not liberal snowflakes who mild away in the face of transity, adversity,

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<v Speaker 1>and challenge. We are a covenant nation under God and

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<v Speaker 1>his divine Providence is not dead and it's not gone.

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<v Speaker 1>It is living within each and every one of you,

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<v Speaker 1>and you will bring it to life in such a

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<v Speaker 1>way that the world has never seen before. We never

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<v Speaker 1>back down, we never give up. We march forward. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>there it is, ladies and gentlemen. Okay, So today tariffs,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to walk the radical liberal mob off the ledge,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's what I do. If anything, I'm here to help,

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<v Speaker 1>ladies and gentlemen. I'm here to help the liberals come

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<v Speaker 1>into the room of reality, to see the truth, to

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<v Speaker 1>understand the truth. And this is a topic that is

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<v Speaker 1>not that difficult to understand. It's not that difficult to

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<v Speaker 1>see why President Trump is invoking the tariffs against a

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<v Speaker 1>world that has been non reciprocal in their approach to

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<v Speaker 1>how they deal with us. And so America is no

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<v Speaker 1>longer the proverbial doormat, if you will. So the truth

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<v Speaker 1>really about these tariffs is that they are not at

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<v Speaker 1>all the evil, destructive economic force that the radical left

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<v Speaker 1>is telling you that they are. So tariffs hurt American consumers.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what the radical left wants you to believe.

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<v Speaker 1>You've heard it from the to balking heads on CNN.

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<v Speaker 1>You've heard it from the Ivory Tower economists that say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>tariffs are going to raise our prices. The little guy

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<v Speaker 1>to the store and buy a toaster. All that's what

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<v Speaker 1>they want. They want to scare you fear. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>driving motivator behind all of their policies, platforms, and politics.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at what we experienced during the Biden years every

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<v Speaker 1>one of their policies, chaos, crime, and crisis. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>they want, and it begs the question why, because they

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<v Speaker 1>want you to become dependent upon big government, therefore and

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<v Speaker 1>thereby becoming dependent upon them and their liberal agenda. Everything

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<v Speaker 1>they say is scary, but it's also bs. When Trump

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<v Speaker 1>slapped tariffs, let's take a little trip back in time

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<v Speaker 1>and remember this. When he slapped tariffs on steel and

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<v Speaker 1>aluminum back in twenty eighteen, there was a twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>remember your grocery bill skyrocketing back then. I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 1>you don't, because it didn't. Did Walmart shut down? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Now price is ticked up a bit one percent on

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<v Speaker 1>some items, not everything, but one percent on some things.

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<v Speaker 1>That was according to the Tax Foundation. But the sky

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<v Speaker 1>ladies and gentlemen did not fall upon us. Why is that, because,

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<v Speaker 1>as it turns out, American companies are brilliant and they

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<v Speaker 1>can adapt. They found new suppliers, they ramped up their

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<v Speaker 1>own domestic production, and guess what happened then, my friends,

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<v Speaker 1>jobs came back. Steel jobs alone back in those days

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<v Speaker 1>jumped by thousands. And these are real jobs, folks. These

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<v Speaker 1>are not the head fry cook jobs at McDonald's. We're

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<v Speaker 1>talking real, substantial, make a living jobs. The left ignores

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<v Speaker 1>this because it goes against their sob story. And here's

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<v Speaker 1>the kicker. The tariffs didn't just protect jobs. They sent

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<v Speaker 1>a message around the world. China, Canada, the European Union.

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<v Speaker 1>They all screamed bloody murder when it was going on

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<v Speaker 1>and when it first happened, but you know what they did,

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<v Speaker 1>They came to the table. Take Canada for example. You

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<v Speaker 1>remember one of the poster men for the wussification of men,

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<v Speaker 1>Justin Trudeau, the whussification of men across the planet. He's

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<v Speaker 1>one of their poster boys. Or really he threw a

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<v Speaker 1>fit over the steel tariffs back in twenty nineteen. He

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<v Speaker 1>was but you know what else he did. He was

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<v Speaker 1>soon at the table negotiating what's called the USMCA, which

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<v Speaker 1>replaced NAFTA. That deal right there cut trade deficits and

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<v Speaker 1>boosted American manufacturing more so than in any other time

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<v Speaker 1>in modern history. Liberals will tell you another one of

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<v Speaker 1>their mantras is tariffs isolate us, Doug. They're going to

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<v Speaker 1>isolate us. We don't want to be alone. We won't

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<v Speaker 1>we want to play with the of the world. Wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't isolate us, ladies and gentlemen. They simply make

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<v Speaker 1>us the shot caller. We are able to call the

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<v Speaker 1>shots when you've got the biggest economy in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>Ladies and gentlemen, twenty eight trillion dollars gross domestic product

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<v Speaker 1>that's of twenty twenty five, and you flex that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of muscle. Other nations don't walk away from you. They

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<v Speaker 1>make deals with you. Okay, So now here's another liberal

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<v Speaker 1>whopper that's out there. Tariffs are gonna kill free trade.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even get through that without laughing. Free trade. Please.

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<v Speaker 1>What we had before Trump came along was a one

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<v Speaker 1>way street, them walking all over US China dump cheap

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<v Speaker 1>stuff junk in our country. Mexico was siphoning our jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>America was paying for it all. The US trade deficit

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<v Speaker 1>hit eight hundred and fifty nine billion dollars in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>His tariffs Now, remember think ten to twenty five percent

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<v Speaker 1>on Chinese goods, forced to rethink in China. By twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>China's exports to United States dropped sixteen percent, and we

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<v Speaker 1>started making stuff here in America again. Free trade is great,

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<v Speaker 1>don't get me wrong. Free trade is awesome when it's

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<v Speaker 1>fair trade. But when you're bleeding jobs to countries that

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<v Speaker 1>cheat by subsidizing their own industries stealing our technology, tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>are a wake up call, and Trump got that right. Anyone, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>anyone within an a shred of intellectual maturity, gets this.

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<v Speaker 1>They understand it. The left doesn't, or if they they do,

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<v Speaker 1>they purposely misguide you just to further their own partisan agenda.

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<v Speaker 1>And don't let them. Don't let them fool you with

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<v Speaker 1>this other, this global harmony, Doug. We've got to get along.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to get along with the rest of the people.

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<v Speaker 1>The rest of the country is on this planet. Really,

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<v Speaker 1>these are the same people who are molotov cocktailing Tesla

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<v Speaker 1>dealerships across the country. These are the same people who

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<v Speaker 1>cheered on Administrator Biden and Vice Pretender Harris when they

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<v Speaker 1>ended the Keystone Xcel pipeline and handed energy dominance back

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<v Speaker 1>over to Opak. Trump's tariffs, my friends, are not about

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<v Speaker 1>starting fights. They're about winning. Anyone who denies this, anyone

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<v Speaker 1>who's against this is either again intellectually immature, a blind partisan,

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<v Speaker 1>or simply anti American. That's the only those are the

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<v Speaker 1>only three options that are out there. Otherwise you're on board,

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<v Speaker 1>you get it, you understand it. Pro America. We want

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<v Speaker 1>to win, and when America wins, the rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>world wins. Ladies and gentlemen, look at the numbers. US

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<v Speaker 1>manufacturing added four hundred thousand jobs from twenty seventeen to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nineteen pre COVID thanks to President Trump's tariff policies. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>liberals will cherry pick the downsides higher cost on some

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<v Speaker 1>imports one percent, right, but ignore they always ignore the upside,

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<v Speaker 1>which is this, American workers are clocking in to work.

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<v Speaker 1>Factories are humming again and coming back to the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>Communities are thriving. That's not a loss, folks. That's called

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<v Speaker 1>a comeback. So why are tariff's a good idea? It's

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<v Speaker 1>a simple answer. They put America first in a world

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<v Speaker 1>that's been taking advantage of us for decades. I'll break

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<v Speaker 1>it down for you. Make sure you share this with

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<v Speaker 1>your liberal friend. They need our help. Number One, jobs,

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<v Speaker 1>When you tariff foreign steel for washing machines like Trump

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<v Speaker 1>did with South Korea in twenty eighteen, you make it

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<v Speaker 1>cheaper to buy American products. Whirlpool and it added two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred jobs in Ohio at a factory just because of

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<v Speaker 1>the tariffs. Number two is leverage. We've got it. Tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>are a negotiating hammer. I used to do this for

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<v Speaker 1>a living when I was in Corporate America. I negotiated

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<v Speaker 1>collective bargaining agreements against unions on behalf of corporations. And

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<v Speaker 1>we use things like this for leverage. China has been

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<v Speaker 1>ripping us off to the tune of three hundred billion

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<v Speaker 1>dollars in ip theft ladies and gentlemen. That is absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>crazy that we don't do anything about that. Trump's twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent tariff on their goods in twenty nineteen, What

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<v Speaker 1>did that do well. That got Xijing ping up at

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<v Speaker 1>night sleepless to rethink his tariff strategy against the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>They started buying more United States soy more United States pork.

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<v Speaker 1>Fifty billion dollars were signed by China by twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>precisely because of the tariffs put in place by President Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm in Kansas right there, fifty billion dollars an

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<v Speaker 1>agricultural deal signed. That's winning for Kansas. That's winning for

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<v Speaker 1>farmers everywhere. And the third so we've got jobs leveraged.

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<v Speaker 1>And now the third one is national security. You think

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<v Speaker 1>it's smart, ladies and gentlemen, you think it's smart to

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<v Speaker 1>earth materials minerals. I don't tariffs force us to rebuild

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<v Speaker 1>what we've lost. I mean again, look at aluminum. It's

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<v Speaker 1>an easy example. Our production was dying down to seventy

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<v Speaker 1>by twenty seventeen. Trump comes along and acts some tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>and it kicked back up to one point one million

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<v Speaker 1>tons by twenty twenty. That's not just economics, my friends,

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<v Speaker 1>that is strength liberals call it protectionism, really protectionism. I

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<v Speaker 1>call it survival. We've got to do this, and they

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<v Speaker 1>always bring up the global market. So let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the global market. Liberals will tell you that tariffs shrink

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<v Speaker 1>our influence. Wrong again, they make us the king maker,

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<v Speaker 1>ladies and gentlemen. When Trump hit the European Union with tariffs,

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't boycott us. They bought more more American products,

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<v Speaker 1>up to three hundred percent more from twenty sixteen to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty. Why is that? Because we're the market everybody wants.

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<v Speaker 1>We have twenty trillion dollars in consumer spending power. Friends,

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<v Speaker 1>Tariffs will tell other countries you want in, you want

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<v Speaker 1>to play with us, all right, you got to play fair,

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<v Speaker 1>that's all. That's all this is, And tariffs do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Japan they cut tariffs on US beef after Trump threatened

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<v Speaker 1>auto tariffs on them, and exports doubled by twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 1>For US folks, this isn't losing. This is called dominating

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<v Speaker 1>in a world where radical liberalism says we shouldn't be dominant,

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<v Speaker 1>we should be wissified. I e. Tim Walls, Justin Trudeau,

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<v Speaker 1>the poster men of wussification. You know, it's not losing,

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<v Speaker 1>it's dominating, and we're back. America is back. That's American exceptionalism.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not ego, it's not braggadocious. It's the truth. We

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<v Speaker 1>have the largest economy. When our economy thrives, every one

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<v Speaker 1>of these countries benefit. Rising tide lifts all ships. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's why the left really trips over itself and gets

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna start. I wish I could play the Star

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<v Speaker 1>Wars theme, trade wars. That's what they say. It's trade wars,

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<v Speaker 1>ladies and gentlemen, and Trump is Darth Vader. Really, where

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<v Speaker 1>is the war? Where is it? Because China has blinked,

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<v Speaker 1>They've cut some of their own tariffs. They're gonna cut more.

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<v Speaker 1>The European Union they grumbled a bit, but they're right

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<v Speaker 1>now signing deals. Canada, Mexico. They didn't come and invade US.

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<v Speaker 1>They joined USMCA after NAFTA was renegotiated or dumped. I

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<v Speaker 1>should say, folks, tariffs do not burn bridges between company countries.

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<v Speaker 1>Tariffs don't. They don't burn relationships. What tariffs do is

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<v Speaker 1>that they build negotiating tables. Trump knows that other nations

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<v Speaker 1>need us more than we need them. Our GDP's doubles

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<v Speaker 1>China per capita, and it triples the European Union's average.

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<v Speaker 1>We hold all the cards. Tariffs just remind other countries

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<v Speaker 1>of that. All right, So let me let me take

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<v Speaker 1>a minute and wrap up, because this is important. The

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<v Speaker 1>next time you're at your cocktail party and a radical

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<v Speaker 1>liberal confronts you about tariffs, you're now because of this show,

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<v Speaker 1>fully armed with the facts. The liberal critique of President

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's tariffs at tariffs is a house of cards, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's built on fear, not facts. Prices don't soar, trade

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't collapse, We're not at war, and America is not

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<v Speaker 1>going to lose. What will happen is that jobs are

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<v Speaker 1>going to come back. The nations who are grumbling are

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<v Speaker 1>going to negotiate, and we're starting to win again. Tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>are not perfect. Sure, some rare things and prices will

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<v Speaker 1>go up, but the trade off is sovereignty. The trade

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<v Speaker 1>off is security and a stronger middle class. The left

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<v Speaker 1>wants us begging at the globalist trough for scraps, and

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<v Speaker 1>Trump is saying, uh huh no, America, first, please and

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<v Speaker 1>thank you. So that's why I'm proud to stand on

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<v Speaker 1>the right side of all of this and be with you.

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<v Speaker 1>See what I did there, This is what it's all about,

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<v Speaker 1>having the guts to tell people what we're doing here,

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<v Speaker 1>that America is no longer a doormat. You don't hear

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<v Speaker 1>anybody else talking about this in these terms because here

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<v Speaker 1>on this program is where you get the unfettered truth,

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<v Speaker 1>the analysis of the state of play in America today.

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<v Speaker 1>Tariffs they bring other nations to the table. They put

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<v Speaker 1>our workers, our farmers, are families first. It puts America first,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's the Trump way. It also, ironically happens to

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<v Speaker 1>be the American way. So next time some blue check

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<v Speaker 1>collared professor or some liberal kook Democrat member of the

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<v Speaker 1>elected class cries out about tariffs, you can tell them this,

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<v Speaker 1>Doug Billings said, check the scorecard, because America is winning.

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<v Speaker 1>Unless you're anti America and you don't want us to win,

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<v Speaker 1>you're on board with this. I can't make it. It

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<v Speaker 1>is not any simple. I mean, it's just so simple

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<v Speaker 1>to understand. Again, ladies and gentlemen, I'll end where I begin.

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<v Speaker 1>The only people who disagree with this are either blind

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<v Speaker 1>partisans or they're plagued with a chronic case of intellectual immaturity.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not pro America if they're not on board. They

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<v Speaker 1>just some of them don't realize this because of their

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<v Speaker 1>blind partisanship or because they just don't get it intellectually.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is the truth. It's a good thing that

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<v Speaker 1>we're doing this. And Trump has never said they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to be permanent. We have to get them all to

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<v Speaker 1>come down and be reciprocal, and that's the end game.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what's beginning to happen because they're coming to

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<v Speaker 1>the table. All right. That's it. Ladies and gentlemen, listen,

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