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Steel, NAFTA and biofuels:
A trifecta in the making
by CURTIS ELLIS
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Trade Director Expects Establishment Tools
to Slither Out Of Swamp To Oppose Tariffs
{ rickwells.us } ~ Maria Bartiromo should know better than to use Orrin Hatch, who was the point man in the Senate... for the establishment sellout of America in every regard that was TPP, under Hussein liar-nObama, as an example of the opposition to the tariffs on steel and aluminum President Trump will put in place. She also should know that Senator Ben Sasse is a never-Trumper who is, like Hatch, also an establishment US Chamber of Commerce tool and one who has opposed virtually every action taken by President Trump. Hatch, who was marshaling under TPP an effort to surrender US sovereignty and establish a separate, un-appealable and secret legal system to benefit corporations, most of whom would be foreign and who also supported turning over our immigration law writing to the majority vote of other TPP member nations, has the nerve to say that President Trump “is getting some bad advice.”... https://rickwells.us/establishment-swamp-tariffs/.
Comparing America to Israel on gun
laws is dishonest – and revealing
by HAVIV RETTIG GUR
{ timesofisrael.com } ~ Israelis are well-armed, of course, but any similarity to conservative Americans masks a fundamental difference... In Israel, guns are tightly controlled and carefully tracked by the state. Israelis must meet a detailed list of criteria (Hebrew link) to be allowed to own a firearm. They must ask the state for a license, are permitted only one gun at a time, and must even ask for permission to sell their gun. And the Firearms Licensing Department is no rubber stamp: Roughly 40 percent of requests are rejected. Indeed, before even requesting a license, Israelis must meet minimum age requirements, be in good health and of sound mind, and have no criminal record, among other preconditions... https://www.timesofisrael.com/comparing-america-to-israel-on-gun-laws-is-dishonest-and-revealing/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=e45bcd9737-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_WEEKEND_2018_03_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-e45bcd9737-54638825 .
Trump the Deal-maker and the Middle East
by Amir Taheri
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ Casting himself as the best friend Israel could hope for, President Donald Trump is promising... some may say threatening, to unveil his grand plan for a peace "deal" to end the so-called "Middle East problem". Trump has always fancied himself as a deal-maker; he has even written a book on the subject. It is, therefore, no surprise that he might want to put his skill to use on an issue which has defied numerous deal-makers for six decades. What are the chances of him succeeding? The short answer is: nil! This is no reflection on Trump's talent for deal-making. The problem with the "Middle East problem" is that those who tried to solve it never managed to define it and, as a result, sacrificed the existential reality on the ground to the essential abstraction of elusive ideals... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11981/trump-middle-east-deal .
Just Because liar-nObama Wasn’t
Embarrassed Doesn’t Mean His Scandals
Aren’t Many and Huge
{ rickwells.us } ~ Hussein liar-nObama opened up his big lie dispenser recently... when he told an audience of libtards that he hadn’t been embarrassed by any scandals during his administration. Not being embarrassed by scandals is quite a different thing from not having any. liar-nObama is shameless and beyond his ability to manipulate us for his and his cronies’ advantage, couldn’t care less what we think. A video detailing all of the scandals of the liar-n Obama regime would require several days of uninterrupted viewing to take it all in. They did a good job of hitting some of the more egregious instances. It refreshes Hussein liar-nObama’s choom-fogged and propaganda distorted memory, starting off with Fast and Furious. They incorrectly label it as a gun-walking project intended to track where the weapons end up and how they got there rather than the actual arming of their cartel business partners that it was. We weren’t supposed to find out it happened and we still haven’t gotten verification of what scum-Holder and liar-nObama were doing, but hopefully, once Sessions and Rosenstein are out of the way, we will... .
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Steel, NAFTA and biofuels:
A trifecta in the making
by CURTIS ELLIS
{ wnd.com } ~ President Trump is standing up for the forgotten men and women Washington has ignored, insulted and immiserated.
President Trump announced he will impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to save thousands of good paying Americans jobs and prevent the extinction of vital American industries.
This comes after President Trump began renegotiating NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. The elites in Washington and academia told us this deal would remake Mexico into a middle class society, end illegal immigration and boost exports of American products to our neighbor to the south.
They were wrong on all counts: Since NAFTA was adopted 25 years ago, Mexico is on its way to becoming a failed narco-state, illegal immigration has soared and so has our trade deficit with that country.
The same no-think experts who were wrong about NAFTA also told us trade with China would create 1 and a half billion new capitalists. As China grew more prosperous, it would become a democratic and reliable ally of the U.S.
Instead, China has stolen technology, jobs and entire industries from the U.S. It has dumped basic commodities such as steel on world markets to drive competitors into bankruptcy. Beijing’s communist regime used its growing wealth to build a totalitarian surveillance system and a mighty military machine.
President Trump is the first leader to discard failed fantasies and recognize reality: China is not our friend – it is determined to become the world’s No. 2 industrial and military power on earth.
His action on aluminum and steel imports recognizes another reality: America’s national security flows from our economic strength – and our economic strength requires healthy manufacturing industries.
The president’s critics say the steel tariffs will lead to an imminent collapse of world trade. Just as they were wrong about NAFTA and wrong about China, they are wrong again.
The “Section 232” law giving the president the power to impose tariffs also gives him the power to grant exemptions to companies that have a legitimate need to import steel or aluminum for any reason.
Trump’s tough stance also gives him more bargaining power in the NAFTA renegotiation. Mexico has asked Washington to exclude it from any steel tariffs. Mexico could cooperate with Washington in the NAFTA talks, and American companies in the southwest using Mexican steel could be granted waivers.
President Trump has yet another opportunity to save good paying industrial jobs in the U.S. by reforming a well-intentioned but poorly designed renewable fuel program that is driving independent refineries into bankruptcy.
The EPA mandates burning increasing amounts of ethanol, a biofuel made from corn. Washington wants to boost ethanol use, but it doesn’t count ethanol exports toward the goal.
An honest accounting system that includes American ethanol exported onto the world market would save jobs in the industrial heartland, support commodity prices in the corn belt and reduce the trade deficit.
That’s a trifecta.
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