America is not an economic zone.
It's not a strip mall with an airport attached.
It's a nation. It's a people. It's our home.
For too long, our leaders have been selling our country off for parts.
Today, President Trump put America First. Here's why. 🧵
It's not a strip mall with an airport attached.
It's a nation. It's a people. It's our home.
For too long, our leaders have been selling our country off for parts.
Today, President Trump put America First. Here's why. 🧵
Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. trade policy has been an unmitigated disaster.
We've shipped millions of good jobs overseas, hollowed out our industrial capacity, and sacrificed our sovereignty on the altar of the "global economy"—while other nations reap the benefits.
We've shipped millions of good jobs overseas, hollowed out our industrial capacity, and sacrificed our sovereignty on the altar of the "global economy"—while other nations reap the benefits.
Independence was the founding principle of our republic. It was the principle that drove our ancestors to revolution.
But a nation that can't make things is not independent.
We were once the manufacturing powerhouse of the world. Now we can't even make the stuff we invented.
But a nation that can't make things is not independent.
We were once the manufacturing powerhouse of the world. Now we can't even make the stuff we invented.
Since 2001, our trade deficit with China has led to the loss of approximately 3.82 million American jobs.
Millions more Americans now work in government than manufacturing—consuming, not producing, American wages.
Think about what that means for the *kind* of economy we have.
Millions more Americans now work in government than manufacturing—consuming, not producing, American wages.
Think about what that means for the *kind* of economy we have.
The result is that we're no longer self-reliant. We rely on other countries for our most essential goods: Pharmaceuticals and antibiotics, medical supplies, electronics, manufacturing equipment, the semiconductors we need for everything from computers to fighter jets—you name it.
So how did this happen?
The promise of globalism was that we would all become fabulously wealthy together—going forward as one into a new utopia without borders, nations or peoples.
But the price of entry was selling our sovereignty—even as others didn't play by the same rules.
The promise of globalism was that we would all become fabulously wealthy together—going forward as one into a new utopia without borders, nations or peoples.
But the price of entry was selling our sovereignty—even as others didn't play by the same rules.
The American people never voted for this. It was foisted on them by a class of elites—in business, government, and culture—who no longer thought of themselves as Americans at all, but saw themselves as "citizens of the world," with no loyalty to the nation they were plundering.
"More of the same" is an unacceptable offer.
President Trump ran and won on taking back control of our country.
This is what the American people voted for: Reclaiming our sovereignty and putting America first.
President Trump ran and won on taking back control of our country.
This is what the American people voted for: Reclaiming our sovereignty and putting America first.
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