By Jaz McKay

Let me lay this out plain and simple, Trump’s tariffs are a long overdue gut check for the working class, and I’m damn proud to stand behind them. For too long, the global elites, both Democrat and Republican, have sold out American workers, shipping jobs overseas while they sip champagne at their fancy galas, pretending they care about the little guy. These tariffs, like the 25% on auto imports, are a middle finger to the countries that’ve been screwing us with their own sky high tariffs, like Canada’s 250% on some U.S. goods, while we played the nice guy they bled us dry. If protecting our steelworkers, farmers, and factory hands makes me a populist, then slap that label on me and I’ll wear it like a badge of honor.

The naysayers, those pearl clutching types on Wall Street and in D.C. think tanks, are the same globalist cronies who’ve been getting fat off trade deals that gutted our heartland. They scream about trade wars and higher prices, but where were they when entire towns got hollowed out because factories moved to China? These are the same folks, whether they’re Dems like Biden or establishment Republicans like McConnell, who’ve spent decades cozying up to foreign interests while our working class got crushed. Tariffs are about bringing jobs back to the USA, giving our people a fighting chance, and telling the world we’re done being their doormat. If the elites don’t like it, they can cry into their caviar, I’ll be over here cheering for the folks who actually keep this country running.

Now, let’s talk about the absolute disaster Trump inherited from the Democrats, a mess so big it’s a wonder we’re still standing. Biden and his crew left behind a hollowed out economy, with manufacturing in the gutter, supply chains tangled up overseas, and our energy sector on life support while they chased their green pipe dreams. Trump’s tariffs are just the start of the cleanup, and yeah, there’s gonna be some pain, prices might spike, and the globalists will throw their tantrums, but we’re playing the long game here. By forcing companies to bring production back to American soil, we’re setting the stage to win big, reviving manufacturing towns that’ve been ghost towns for decades and putting our people back to work in factories that’ll be the envy of the world.

We’ve got to stay the course, because the payoff is worth it. Those auto plants Trump’s tariffs are pushing to reopen, that’s just the beginning. We’re talking steel mills firing up again, textile factories humming, and tech assembly lines right here in the USA, not in some sweatshop halfway across the globe. The Democrats’ obsession with globalism left us dependent on foreign nations for everything from medicine to microchips, but Trump’s plan is to flip that script. It won’t be easy, and the whiners will keep whining, but by the end of this, we’ll have a manufacturing renaissance that’ll make America the powerhouse it was always meant to be.

To make this work, though, Congress needs to get off its ass and act, now. We’ve got to slash the red tape that’s been choking businesses for years, starting with the overbearing regulations that make it damn near impossible to build a factory without jumping through a thousand hoops. And let’s talk about the unions, they’ve got too much control, strong arming companies into compliance while driving up costs and killing flexibility. We need to loosen their grip so businesses can actually afford to set up shop here again. On top of that, let’s drill, open up our oil fields, from Alaska to the Gulf, and bring back the energy independence we had under Trump’s first term. And here’s the kicker, offer companies a five year tax free deal if they build factories and hire 100% American workers. That’s the kind of bold move that’ll get industry racing back to our shores, creating jobs for our people and sticking it to the globalists who thought they could keep us down.