Smoot-Hawley II?

By Rich Kozlovich 

As I go though my files I find old stuff that's just as valid now as it was then.  A couple years ago, the Washington Post stated: 

Trump vows massive new tariffs if elected, risking global economic war.

Let's try and get this right, once, just once, please.  We're not in the midst of a Smoot-Hawley II.  The Washington Post is just as stupid about this as they are about everything else they say and promote, which is the reason they've just about to put themselves out of business losing in 2024 alone a $100 million dollars, along with subscribers on a massive level, and has laid off hundreds of employees. 

This isn't 1930 and the world's economy isn't a 1930 economy. WWII changed that forever. The fact is the world needs the U.S, the U.S. doesn't need the world. There are six foundational things that immunizes America against a trade war.

We can feed ourselves, fuel ourselves, arm ourselves, defend ourselves and create our own internal economy, and pay off our national debt. The rest of the advanced nations of the world are incapable of performing all six of those foundational tasks on their own, and all six are required.

Neither Russia, China, or the EU can perform all of those six foundational tasks. Sometime between 2025 and 2030 I'm expecting a massive worldwide economic downturn and the only advanced nation in the world capable of surviving it intact is America. If the right people are in power, America will survive it intact, and the right people are in power.

There will be no trade war because if they can't sell products to America, they'll go broke. We may suffer a bit economically, but with the right administration in control that will quickly  end any trade war.  What we're seeing is a lot of chest thumping, bold assertions, and virtue signaling.  What do we see after a few days?   Tail wagging, as they soon learn Trump isn't impressed, and he's holding all the "trump" card in this game.  Pun intended. 

Let's wake up folks, the media lies, they're arrogant, overpaid, under smart, and history is everything.   I encourage everyone to read a history book, or maybe even two.