Free trade is a great idea as it fosters prosperity. How is it to be accomplished? Idealists have often stated a tariff is merely a tax on citizens and cuts off free trade. Correct, but what to do when one country embraces free trade while another country sternly objects to it? The idealists act as if this is not a problem to be solved.
The tariff harms other countries wanting to trade. There have been various attempts to bring tariffs down worldwide since World War II, with the latest incarnation being the World Trade Organization. Yet, the United States often has been stuck in a dilemma. Country A imposes tariffs on USA goods at 50 percent, but the USA charges no tariffs on Country A imports to the USA. This is what Trump has been arguing about. He wants to at least up the USA tariffs to counteract the absurdly high tariffs and force trade negotiations.
Yet, this has led to investors and detractors to freak out and claim the world is coming to an end. In enters former Nebraska US Senator Chuck Hagel.
The quickest way to find left wing bias is to find a Republican trashing a Republican. Never fails. KMTV 3 covered Hagel making a presentation at UNO (https://www.3newsnow.com/central-omaha/its-just-insanity-former-defense-sec-chuck-hagel-levels-criticism-at-trump-tariff-policy) where he bashed Trump and provided no valuable comments.
Hagael was Secretary of Defense, chosen by President Obama and is known to make some starlilng comments about Jews (https://theweek.com/articles/468981/7-controversial-chuck-hagel-quotes-votes).
And also attending was Rear Admiral John Kirby, from the Obama and Biden administrations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kirby_(admiral)). Kirby has not written anything, but he certainly is a media darling for CNN and PBS. Now he has shown up in Omaha.
I attempted to contact the reporter but her only contact information is an X account of which . . . .
I guess I should be satisfied she made no reference to Facebook?
Hagel was/is a weasel who kissed up to Obama to become his Defense Sec
Bagel had been a traitor for years early 2000 was my awareness of it, as we were good friends, friends of his family, got birthday and Christmas gifts. Then can along mad cow disease, guess it ended our friendship😂😂