🧵What do textiles teach us about globalism?

I talked about this recently at an event hosted by @NCTO.

In 1973, the denim in virtually every pair of blue jeans, in America and around the world, was made in Greensboro, N.C. 2/ Then came multiple trade shocks from these weapons of jobs destruction:

- Sweatshop labor
- Subsidized foreign capital
- Pollution havens
- IP theft
- Currency manipulation

.@POTUS & @TheJusticeDept are cracking down on the Big Meat cartel.

DOJ alleges Agri Stats' business model facilitates cartel pricing sticking American families with the bill. When the bench trial begins on May 4, @TheJusticeDept will explain how Agri Stats, a number crunching data service, turns confidential competitor data into actionable market intelligence that helps dominant processors stabilize or raise prices.

justice.gov/atr/case/us-v-…

🧵Every so often, what looks like a defeat proves to be a strategic WIN.

The Supreme Court’s ruling on IEEPA tariffs is one of those moments.

The court acknowledged that President Trump retains broad and powerful authority under numerous other statutes to impose tariffs. President Trump is already using Section 232 for national security tariffs on steel, aluminum and, potentially, critical minerals.

Section 301 against unfair trade practices like China’s.

Section 201 safeguards against foreign solar panels.

Now a Section 122 15% global surcharge.

The statutory backbone remains strong.

🧵 TRILLIONS of dollars of investment commitments, foreign and domestic, are already flowing in to build factories in the United States. .@Bloomberg asked me about the timeline for new manufacturing jobs.

Here’s the math: For a new factory in this country, ready to create manufacturing jobs, it takes about two to three years.

There is initially a construction boom – that’s happening right now – and then the factory jobs appear.

Charles J. Kirk will go down in history as the most effective political organizer in presidential politics in the last 50 years.

His achievement stands out not only for its scale but for its difficulty:

Persuading and mobilizing a generation long presumed to be Democrats’ property. 🧵 2/ To understand Kirk’s accomplishment, it helps to measure him against two of the last half-century’s most consequential organizers:

Ralph Reed and David Axelrod.

Each built durable models for mobilization—but each worked with coalitions already inclined to their parties.

🧵 India’s keyboard minions are hijacking X’s Community Notes to bury the facts.

They’re furious about losing unfettered access to U.S. markets—even as India, the Maharaja of Tariffs, keeps some of the world’s highest trade barriers. 2/ I posted the facts:

•India’s sky-high tariffs cost U.S. jobs.
•India buys Russian oil purely to profit.
•Those revenues fuel Putin’s war machine.

Frenzied Indian partisans swarmed—and cobbled together a flimsy Community Note to protest the truth.

🧵 One FBI. Two bad apples. BOTH from the same family.

Recently fired Special Agent Walter Giardina — who orchestrated my wrongful arrest — and his FATHER-IN-LAW former FBI Deputy Director Larry A. Potts.

This is the chilling saga of 2 disgraced agents linked by blood who have forever stained the Bureau’s reputation. 2/ Bad apple Larry Potts was FBI’s #2, demoted after two of the deadliest failures in Bureau history: Ruby Ridge and Waco.

🧵🚨 U.S. v. Peter Navarro is a landmark case of first impression. At stake: executive privilege & the very doctrine of constitutional separation of powers. This is SCOTUS-level “good law” waiting to be settled.

DOJ flipped position on Friday and it's HUGE -- Keep reading now! Tip of the cap to @kyledcheney for flagging DOJ’s latest filing — where Trump’s DOJ flipped sides in support of @realpnavarro. But shame on @AP, @Reuters, @washingtonpost, @Law360, @business, & @CourthouseNews for ignoring this critical story.

1/ President Trump’s 50% tariffs on Indian imports are now in effect.

This isn’t just about India’s unfair trade—it’s about cutting off the financial lifeline India has extended to Putin’s war machine. 🧵 2/ Here’s how the India-Russia oil mathematics works:

American consumers buy Indian goods while India keeps out U.S. exports through high tariffs and non-tariff barriers.

India uses our dollars to buy discounted Russian crude.

1/The media calls recently fired FBI agent Walter Giardina a martyr.

I call him the tip of the spear in a weaponized FBI campaign to take down Donald Trump—and imprison me.🧵 2/ Giardina wasn’t just “doing his job.”

He was there at every anti-Trump lawfare OP.

1/ The Wall Street Journal has been waging war on Trump’s tariffs since day one—predicting a “Navarro Recession,” runaway inflation, and economic collapse.

They’ve been WRONG every time.

Here are the top 5 myths they’ve pushed.

Let’s SHATTER them. 🧵 2/ Myth #1 — “Tariffs Are a Tax on Americans”
– The Myth the WSJ Doesn’t Want to Let Die

The WSJ said prices would spike.

Reality: Exporters absorbed the tariffs. No sticker shock on Asian electronics and European autos.

🧵 This was the son of a bitch that put me in leg irons, perp-walked my fiancée, apparently lied to the Grand Jury to secure my indictment. Karma's a bitch.
nypost.com/2025/08/07/us-… Thx to @ChuckGrassley for outing Walter Giardina, @KashPatelX for firing him. Now Giardina should be investigated along with other corrupt FBI agents who brought shame to the agency. Giardana wiped his laptop clean as Hillary's.

1/ Fed Chair Jay Powell refuses to cut interest rates—even with ample evidence supporting a cut.

That stubbornness is costing the U.S. economy BILLIONS. Even a mere 0.50% overshoot has major consequences.

Let’s BREAK IT DOWN 🧵 2/ Keeping the Fed Funds rate half a percentage point too high can cut GDP growth by 0.25–0.5% annually.

In a $28-trillion economy, that’s $70–140 billion in lost output EVERY YEAR.

Growth and wealth—GONE because of Powell’s overly tight policy.

1/ Before the word “tariff” became synonymous with President Trump, generations of American statesmen laid the foundation for the America First agenda of today.

Their ideas—rooted in sovereignty, security, and protection of American workers—embody the ongoing fight for American prosperity.

A THREAD 🧵 2/ Alexander Hamilton was the original architect of American economic nationalism.

In his "Report on Manufactures", he argued that tariffs were essential to defend U.S. industry and secure independence from Britain.

🚨THREAD: @realDonaldTrump raised steel tariffs from 25% to 50% — a decisive move to protect American steel and our national security.

🧵Here’s why this action is ESSENTIAL. 2/ 🚨America’s steel industry is under siege.

The original 25% tariffs from 2018 helped, but Joe Biden turned them into Swiss cheese. 🧀

Now, global overcapacity is growing, dumped imports are flooding our market, and foreign producers are gaming the system.

1/ 🚨The bond market and pundits are MISSING the mark on President Trump's One, Big, Beautiful Bill.

President Trump is changing the source of federal revenue altogether, taxing Americans LESS and foreign countries MORE. It's a win-win.

Let’s break it down. 🧵 2/ The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) claims President Trump’s bill will add $3.8 trillion to the national debt over a decade.

‼️But they’re wrong and here’s why…

1/ The One, Big, Beautiful Bill. 📜

It brings back the Trump tax policies that made America GROW — and locks them in for good.

Let’s break down how this bill delivers for American manufacturers 🧵 2/ Build in America? Get Rewarded. 🇺🇸

New factories built in the USA get enhanced expensing and tax relief.
Projected result:

300,000 new jobs

Wage BOOST

More Made in America across the board.

Ever wonder why you don't see Ford Mustangs, Jeep Wranglers, or Chevy Silverados cruising through Paris, Rome, or Berlin?

It's not because Europeans don't love American cars.

It's because the European Union RIGGED the game🧵 Start with tariffs.

The EU slaps a 10% tariff on U.S. cars.

Before Trump, our country only charged 2.5% on theirs.