New Trump Era Brings Virtue and Greatness


middle of Berlin?” Merkel con- fessed there were none. Trump then told Merkel what


she already knew — that Ameri- can highways are crammed with German-made Volkswagens, BMWs, Audis, and Mercedes. “Do you think that’s fair?” he


asked her. Merkel’s reply, according to


Trump: “Probably not. But un- til you came along, nobody ever mentioned it.” During the campaign,


Trump promised blue-collar workers across the Midwest he would not allow them to be- come sacrifi cial lambs to the global economy. In return, the Rust Belt voters in Michigan and Wisconsin handed Trump his clean sweep of the “blue wall” states. Anyone doubting Trump’s determination to protect them should refer to the vow he made in his victory speech to “govern by a simple motto: Promises made, promises kept. We’re go- ing to keep our promises.” Trump’s game plan to pro-


tect American workers begins with slapping a 10% across- the-board tariff on all imports, thereby building an “economic ring” around domestic markets. But for China, the nation


Trump considers the biggest abuser of American goodwill, tariff s could go higher — as much as 60%. That would dwarf the controversial tariff s Trump slapped on Chinese goods dur- ing his fi rst term, which ranged from 7.5% to 25%. In 2023, China surpassed Ja-


pan to become the world’s No. 1 auto exporter. China has made no secret of its plan to fl ood the United States with cheap elec- tric vehicles built in Mexico. In his interview with Time magazine, Trump warned that unless something is done,


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Can DJT Make America Solvent Again?


O


ne reason the incoming Trump administration is so laser-


focused on cutting government waste: the skyrocketing U.S. debt. As recently as 1981, it stood at


just $3.31 trillion. Today, it’s 10 times that — and rising fast. In fact, the Congressional


Budget Of ice projects that unless something changes soon, it will increase by over $2 trillion a year at least through 2034. Midway through


the next decade, the interest payments alone will hit $1.6 trillion annually. Those staggering numbers


explain why President-elect Donald Trump appointed SpaceX/Tesla chief Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to lead DOGE — the new Department of Government Ef iciency. Their job: Cut wasteful spending, and make America fiscally great again.


U.S. NATIONAL DEBT OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS INFLATION ADJUSTED — 2024 DOLLARS


$40T $35T $30T $25T $20T $15T $10T $5T $0 1924 1944 1964 1984 2004 2024 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024 FISCAL YEAR $35.46T TOTAL DEBT


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