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April 7, 2025
Economy

Americans Rally Behind Trump’s Trade Policies.

PULSE POINTS:

❓What Happened: American workers are getting behind President Donald J. Trump’s tariff plan to help bring jobs back to America.

👥 Who’s Involved: President Trump, United Auto Workers, Steel Manufacturers Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Southern Shrimp Alliance, National Council of Textile Organizations, and various small business owners and industry leaders.

📍 Where & When: Across the United States, April 7.

💬 Key Quote: “To see those plants close, one after another, and just sit idle and then fall into disrepair and collapse, they become abandoned buildings… I’m glad to see Donald Trump finally standing up saying he’s going to do something about it,” said retired auto worker Brian Pannebecker.

⚠️ Impact: The Trump tariffs receiving support from industry figures and working-class Americans signals renewed hope for domestic manufacturing and economic growth, despite outcry from financiers.

IN FULL:

President Donald J. Trump’s robust tariff initiative, aimed at countering the impact globalization has had on American industries, is being praised by workers across America. The new direction is garnering support from several industry groups, including the United Auto Workers, Steel Manufacturers Association, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, as well as local business leaders.

Support from American industry is evident across the nation. Illinois cattle farmer Alan Adams highlighted the long-standing issues with foreign tariffs, particularly in beef, noting, “We’d like the same chance to sell the great taste of American beef.”

Acy Cooper, a fourth-generation shrimp producer in Louisiana, underscored the importance of strong domestic production for national resilience, saying, “We’ve been suffering for over 20 years … this country can’t feed itself, this country can’t sustain its own way of life. If we get into a war with China, one of our big importers … how are we going to feed the people of this country? … It has to come [from] within this country.”

In Michigan, retired auto worker Brian Pannebecker said, “To see those plants close, one after another, and just sit idle and then fall into disrepair and collapse, they become abandoned buildings… I’m glad to see Donald Trump finally standing up saying he’s going to do something about it.”

Further support comes from business leaders such as Brian Riley, CEO at Guardian Bikes, who perceives Trump’s trade policy as a welcome shift away from a status quo that “prioritized offshoring production and cheap consumption.”

President Trump is pushing forward with his plan, emphasizing his desire to bolster American industries, create fair trade opportunities, and ultimately enhance the livelihoods of American workers. He urged Americans to stay strong through the market jitters attributed to the tariffs on Monday morning, writing on his Truth Social platform, “The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!).”

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April 2, 2025
Economy

Tariffs Boosted Economy in Trump’s First Term.

PULSE POINTS:

❓What Happened: President Donald J. Trump has announced new tariffs aimed at promoting fair trade and supporting American workers and businesses. Research shows tariffs boosted the economy in his first term.

👥 Who’s Involved: President Donald Trump, U.S. International Trade Commission, Economic Policy Institute, U.S. steel producers, American consumers.

📍 Where & When: United States, pledge made on the 2024 campaign trail and following President Trump’s inauguration.

💬 Key Quote: “Following implementation of Sec. 232 measures in 2018—and prior to the global downturn in 2020—U.S. steel output, employment, capital investment, and financial performance all improved,” the Economic Policy Institute reports.

⚠️ Impact: The tariffs resulted in reduced imports, increased domestic production, job creation, and investments in new or upgraded steel facilities.

IN FULL:

For the first time in several decades, the U.S. is poised to redefine its trade dynamics as President Donald J. Trump introduces tariffs aimed at equalizing trade conditions for American industries and American workers. This strategic move, reminiscent of actions taken during his first administration, aims to bolster economic growth.

Research conducted on the impact of tariffs from President Trump’s first term suggests that these measures fortified the U.S. economy. A 2024 study highlighted that tariffs resulted in significant reshoring in sectors such as manufacturing and steelmaking, while a 2023 U.S. International Trade Commission report revealed that tariffs curtailed imports from China and promoted local production.

The report indicated minor downstream price effects, aligning with findings by the Economic Policy Institute, which emphasized that the tariffs did not exacerbate inflation and had a negligible impact on prices overall.

“Following implementation of Sec. 232 measures in 2018—and prior to the global downturn in 2020—U.S. steel output, employment, capital investment, and financial performance all improved,” the Economic Policy Institute stated. This period saw U.S. steel producers commit over $15.7 billion to new or upgraded facilities, generating approximately 3,200 jobs.

A further analysis conducted by the Atlantic Council points to a potential increase in domestic product purchases prompted by tariffs. The Treasury Secretary under the Biden regime, Janet Yellen, supported this stance, stating that consumer prices would not significantly rise as a result of tariffs.

A separate 2024 economic analysis projected that a global 10 percent tariff could stimulate $728 billion in economic growth, create 2.8 million jobs, and lift real household incomes by 5.7 percent.

During President Trump’s first term, tariffs bolstered the iron ore industry in Minnesota, supported thousands of new jobs, led to investments exceeding $10 billion, and decreased steel and aluminum imports by nearly one-third from 2016 to 2020.

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March 19, 2025
William Upton
Economy
Immigration
UK

Vance: ‘Importing Cheap Labor’ Has Made the West ‘Lazy.’

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance argues that importing cheap foreign labor through mass immigration has led to declining productivity and economic stagnation in the West. Speaking at a summit of venture capitalists hosted by Andreesen Horowitz on Tuesday, the Vice President stated the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are “addicted to cheap labor,” which has fueled over 40 years of economic policy failures.

“I’d say that if you look in nearly every country, from Canada to the UK, that imported large amounts of cheap labor, you’ve seen productivity stagnate,” Vance told technology industry investors attending the summit. He continued: “That’s not a total happenstance. I think that the connection is very direct.”

Vance contends that high levels of immigration in Britain and the United States have caused both countries’ workforces and innovators to become lazy, leading to plummeting productivity.

TARIFFS.

The Vice President also defended President Donald J. Trump’s tariff policies, stating that the trade measures are a “necessary tool to protect our jobs and our industries from other countries.”

“When you erect a tariff wall around a critical industry like auto manufacturing and you combine that with advanced robotics and lower energy costs and other tools that increase the productivity of U.S. labor, you give American workers a multiplying effect,” Vance said. “Now that, in turn, allows firms to make things here at a price-competitive basis.”

Starting April 2, the United States will impose reciprocal tariffs on nations that have placed high trade barriers on American goods.

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U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance argues that importing cheap foreign labor through mass immigration has led to declining productivity and economic stagnation in the West. Speaking at a summit of venture capitalists hosted by Andreesen Horowitz on Tuesday, the Vice President stated the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom are "addicted to cheap labor," which has fueled over 40 years of economic policy failures. show more
January 2, 2025
Immigration

DATA: 60% Oppose Increase to H-1B Visas.

A majority of Americans are opposed to increasing the number of H-1B visas granted per year. These visas allow immigrants to undercut American wages and are used extensively in the tech sector. According to a Rasmussen Reports survey, 60 percent of Americans feel the nation already possesses enough skilled workers for white-collar roles.

The poll’s findings cast doubt on proposals that Congress should increase the number of H-1B visas being issued. Notably, only 26 percent support increasing the present influx of foreign workers.

Rasmussen’s survey shows broad opposition to H-1B visas, with 72 percent of Republicans sure that the country has sufficient talent available at home, along with 63 percent of swing voters—and even 47 percent of Democrats.

The debate over the H-1B visa policy has intensified after President-elect Donald J. Trump appeared to back his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-chiefs, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, in supporting H-1B visas to attract foreign “talent” to the U.S.

Trump had previously argued that H-1B visas are “unfair” to American workers, saying in 2016, “I know the H-1B very well. And it’s something that I frankly use, and I shouldn’t be allowed to use it. We shouldn’t have it.”

Musk, meanwhile, has become the leading advocate of H-1B visas. Reports show that his automotive company, Tesla, laid off thousands of American workers and replaced them with H-1B migrants. As many as 15,000 U.S. workers were laid off in April of 2024, with H-1B migrants used to fill many positions.

Under the outgoing Biden-Harris regime, the post-COVID job “recovery” was comprised almost entirely of migrant workers.

Image by Wcamp9.

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A majority of Americans are opposed to increasing the number of H-1B visas granted per year. These visas allow immigrants to undercut American wages and are used extensively in the tech sector. According to a Rasmussen Reports survey, 60 percent of Americans feel the nation already possesses enough skilled workers for white-collar roles. show more
November 7, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

Furious DNC Attacks Sanders for Saying Democrats ‘Abandoned Working Class.’

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Jaime Harrison lashed out at Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday over a statement criticizing the Democratic Party’s rejection of working-class voters. “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them,” Sanders said following President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. “While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change.”

“Will the big money interests and well-paid consultants who control the Democratic Party learn any real lessons from this disastrous campaign?” Sanders asked. “Will they understand the pain and alienation that millions of Americans are experiencing?”

The furious response of Chairman Harrison suggests they may not. “This is straight up BS,” the 48-year-old DNC chief wrote, insisting Joe Biden has been “the most-pro worker President of my life time… creat[ing] millions of good paying jobs.”

“There are a lot of post election takes and this one ain’t a good one,” he sneered.

The election results so far indicate that Trump earned significant support in battleground states, particularly among white and Latino working-class voters, and is on track to secure the popular vote nationally.

Contrary to Harrison’s claims about “millions of good-paying jobs,” the evidence suggests that most positions created post-pandemic have been filled by migrants.

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Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Jaime Harrison lashed out at Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday over a statement criticizing the Democratic Party's rejection of working-class voters. "It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them," Sanders said following President-elect Donald J. Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. "While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change." show more
September 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Data
Election 2024

Kamala Has Weakest Democrat Lead Among Latinos and Union Workers in a Generation.

Vice President Kamala Harris has the weakest advantage among Latinos and union households of any Democratic candidate in multiple election cycles. An NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC poll shows the 59-year-old Californian with an advantage of just 14 points, down from 36 points at the same juncture in the election cycle in 2020, 50 points in 2016, and 39 points in 2012.

Notably, Joe Biden’s Latino advantage on Election Day in 2020 was 33 points lower than where his campaign stood in polling prior to votes being cast. Hillary Clinton also underperformed, at 38 points. Additionally, Democrats fear polls generally undercount support for former President Donald J. Trump.

Harris’s polling on particular issues will also concern her party. Trump leads the Democratic Party nominee on the economy, inflation, cost of living, and securing the border. The economy and the cost of living rate as Latinos’ top issues.

Separate polling on union households also shows Harris in dire straits. CNN host Harry Enten notes Trump is up by 31 percent among trade school graduates, with Harris’s overall advantage among union households standing at just nine points—more than halving Biden‘s 19-point advantage and lower even than Clinton’s historically low 2016 numbers.

In recent weeks, there have been several bleak snapshots regarding working-class support for Harris; for instance, the Teamsters union is declining to endorse a candidate for the first time in almost 30 years, and internal polling shows that almost 60 percent of members support Trump.

Image by Gage Skidmore.

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Vice President Kamala Harris has the weakest advantage among Latinos and union households of any Democratic candidate in multiple election cycles. An NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC poll shows the 59-year-old Californian with an advantage of just 14 points, down from 36 points at the same juncture in the election cycle in 2020, 50 points in 2016, and 39 points in 2012. show more
September 19, 2024
Economy
Immigration
News

Map Suggests ‘Great Job Replacement’ of American Workers with Migrants in Small Towns and Cities.

A map showing the spread of migrants across the United States last year suggests they are displacing blue-collar workers in small towns and cities. Based on immigration court case data, the map provides a county-by-county breakdown of migrant populations.

The data, which show where 1.8 million migrants have settled, reveals significant clusters in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast metro areas, as well as the Midwest and Rust Belt regions. Swing states received 12 percent of all migrants, with significant numbers going to blue counties. The Biden-Harris government and non-governmental organizations seem to have worked to strategically place migrants in smaller towns and cities where they can potentially displace local blue-collar workers.

Reports indicate that, for instance, Haitian migrants transplanted to Charleroi, Pennsylvania, are being used to staff food-packing plants, displacing local workers. Former President Donald J. Trump has personally highlighted how the “small 4,000-person town of Charleroi… has experienced a 2,000 percent increase in the population of Haitian migrants under Kamala Harris,” leaving “the schools scrambling to hire translators for the influx of students who don’t speak English, costing local taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

Source: Bloomberg.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics American-born workers have lost around 1.2 million jobs while migrant workers have gained 1.3 million jobs over the last year. Illegal immigrant labor also plays a significant factor, with some sectors, such as food delivery, seeing an explosion in illegal migrant workers despite lacking valid work permits or vehicle insurance.

In the Biden-Harris economy, Americans have been forced, in some cases, to take on two or more jobs to make ends meet, with many struggling to find enough work hours to pay their bills.

Image by Ted Eytan.

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A map showing the spread of migrants across the United States last year suggests they are displacing blue-collar workers in small towns and cities. Based on immigration court case data, the map provides a county-by-county breakdown of migrant populations. show more
August 3, 2024
William Upton
Economy
Immigration

Jobs Data Shows Biden-Harris Regime Replacing American Workers with Foreigners.

Data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the Biden-Harris government is continuing to replace native-born American workers with immigrant labor entering the country both legally and illegally. Over the last year, native-born Americans have seen total job losses hit 1.2 million. Meanwhile, foreign-born employment has risen by 1.3 million jobs.

The National Pulse reported in February that economic studies showed a bulk of the job creation in the Biden-Harris economy was fueled by immigrant labor. Reflecting the latest jobs data, a Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) analysis of employment numbers from 2023 found the figure of 2.7 million ‘additional’ individuals joining the workforce in the fourth quarter of last year came about because of an increase of 2.9 million legal or illegal immigrant jobs and a decline of 183,000 native-born American jobs.

Additionally, there is evidence that the so-called “cooking” being done on the monthly jobs report is again the result of the Biden-Harris border crisis and the unchecked flow of illegal immigrants. While payrolls surged in the spring, the core driver was a rising number of part-time jobs—mostly being taken by illegal immigrants.

One area that has seen an explosion in illegal labor is food delivery. The National Pulse reported in April that illegal immigrants have become ubiquitous in the currier and delivery sectors. However, due to the lack of federal and state regulations, many of these illegal immigrant laborers are working while they lack basic vehicle insurance and work permits.

 

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Data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the Biden-Harris government is continuing to replace native-born American workers with immigrant labor entering the country both legally and illegally. Over the last year, native-born Americans have seen total job losses hit 1.2 million. Meanwhile, foreign-born employment has risen by 1.3 million jobs. show more
July 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024

WATCH: Vance Vows to Stand Up for Those ‘Cast Aside and Forgotten by America’s Ruling Class’ at RNC.

Former President Donald J. Trump‘s running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, has vowed to stand up for Americans “cast aside and forgotten by America’s ruling class” at the Republican National Convention, recalling his own humble beginnings in Middletown, Ohio.

Vance began his speech by praising former President Trump as someone who “chose to endure abuse, slander, and persecution” despite being a successful businessman who already had “everything anyone could ever want in a life.”

“I want all Americans to watch the video of a would-be assassin coming a quarter of an inch from taking his life. Consider the lies they told you about Donald Trump. And then look at that photo of him defiant — fist in the air,” he said. “When Donald Trump rose to his feet in that Pennsylvania field—all of America stood with him. And what did he call for us to do for his country? To fight. To fight for America.”

He also paid tribute to “the brave Corey Comperatore, who gave his life to protect his family” during the assassination attempt.

UPBRINGING. 

Coming around to his own background, the former U.S. Marine described how policies supported by Joe Biden had sent working-class jobs overseas, flooded the country with cheap foreign goods, and sent people to their deaths in ill-conceived wars.

“[A]t each step of the way, in small towns like mine in Ohio, or next door in Pennsylvania or Michigan, in other states across our country, jobs were sent overseas, and our children were sent to war,” Vance said.

“And somehow, a real estate developer from New York City by the name of Donald J. Trump was right on all of these issues while Biden was wrong,” he said. “President Trump knew, even then, that we needed leaders who would put America first.”

He credited his own American Dream story in large part to his “tough as nails” Mamaw, who acted as his “guardian angel” while jobs went out of his community and “deadly Chinese fentanyl” came in.

THE FUTURE. 

Senator Vance said Trump‘s vision for America is “so simple and yet so powerful,” with an America First government catering not to Wall Street but to “the working man.”

“We’re done importing foreign labor; we’re going to fight for American citizens and their good jobs and their good wages,” he vowed.

“We’re done buying energy from countries that hate us; we’re going to get it right here, from American workers in Pennsylvania and Ohio and across the country,” he continued, adding: “We’re going to build factories again, put people to work making real products for American families, made with the hands of American workers”—and stop the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from “building their middle class on the backs of American citizens.”

“We will, in short, make America great again!”

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Former President Donald J. Trump's running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, has vowed to stand up for Americans "cast aside and forgotten by America's ruling class" at the Republican National Convention, recalling his own humble beginnings in Middletown, Ohio. show more
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June 19, 2024
Wake Up Right
Economy
Election 2024

Unions Flirt with Trump as Biden Coalition Unravels.

Major unions, like the Teamsters, are flirting with the idea of endorsing Donald Trump, and Democrats are panicking.

Back up: Historically, unions and union voters have been a reliable voting block for Democrats.

The details: The Teamsters, one of the largest unions in the U.S., made a rare donation to the RNC after their president, Sean O’Brien, met with Trump. O’Brien also requested speaking slots at both the Republican and Democratic conventions, signaling potential bipartisan engagement.

  • Another powerful union, the United Auto Workers (UAW), withheld its endorsement of Biden until January due to frustrations with his pro-EV policies.

Zoom out: Joe Biden likes to call himself the “most pro-union president,” and last September, dropped in on a UAW protest for a brief photo-op.

What do union workers think? According to exit polling, union voters swung for Biden by 16 percent in 2020. But according to the most recent polling, today, he leads by just 9 percent.

  • In April, Trump shook hands and took pictures with union workers outside his Manhattan ‘hush money’ trial. One worker, Darren Could, said: “They say unions aren’t big for Trump — well they are. Maybe the top union brass aren’t but when you talk to the men on the construction site, they’re all about Trump.”

Democrats hit panic button: Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota warned his fellow Democrats, saying they “have to recognize that this affiliation [with union leaders] … is not translating into electoral support [from union workers].”

Big picture: Joe Biden is bleeding support from every corner of his core constituencies – black voters, hispanic voters, and young voters – with all showing unprecedented shifts towards Donald Trump.

Real talk: I don’t see the Teamsters endorsing Trump. But the fact that their leadership is publicly feigning tells you they know their members are behind the 45th president.

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Major unions, like the Teamsters, are flirting with the idea of endorsing Donald Trump, and Democrats are panicking. show more