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Blue Collar Intellectual:A little Local, A Little Global

August 3, 2025 Blue Collar Intellectual

We’ve got an expert on the latest Iran Middle East nonsense (yeah, that still), plus some good news (maybe) about international trade, China, and the US Economy. The Citizen DOGE guys are also back to deliver an update on local efforts to make local government more efficient and transparent Speakers’ opinions are their own and … Read more

MacDonald: Trade “War”

July 24, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Elites, from pundits to economists, are at a loss to explain how that pig Donald Trump could be so damn lucky. There’s no way he knows more about business, trade, or global economies than they do, yet he continues to run circles around them. They predict doom from tariffs, trade wars, and economic misery, but … Read more

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MacDonald: Canada Had to Fold Like a Cheap Tent

July 1, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Last week, Mr. Trump announced the US had ended all trade talks with Canada after the Great White North declared that it was moving forward with its digital services tax (DST). Canada, like every socialist nation on earth, needs revenue. The government meddles and crushes, and this planned decline would result in the government having … Read more

War By Other Means – Chinese Workers Revolt!

May 5, 2025May 4, 2025 Steve MacDonald

I recently reported on news that China was quickly swirling down the economic drain as Trump’s big, beautiful tariffs did the work they were meant to do. War by other means, as already, “high unemployment and rising costs force [China] to address the threat of millions of Chinese milling about in misery with nothing to … Read more

Canada Is Aggressively Attacking U.S. Trade, Farmers and Workers

April 30, 2025 Kevin M. Spivak

RealClear Wire Canada has one of the most protectionist economies among developed nations. It particularly targets American farmers, media, and manufacturers. That may be why Donald Trump launched his counterattack on trade offenders with a 25% tariff on many imports from Canada and Mexico, and 10% on Canadian energy. Unhelpfully, Trump claimed authority to do so under the International … Read more

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EU’s Protectionist Policies Have Been in Place Long Before Trump

April 17, 2025 Kevin M. Spivak

In March of 2025, President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on imports of steel, aluminum, automobiles, and certain automobile parts. European Union (E.U.) members, except Hungary, announced retaliatory tariffs of 10% to 25% on specific U.S. imports. On April 2, Trump proclaimed, “Liberation Day” and added a global baseline tariff of 10%, plus customized … Read more

Liberation or Obliteration?

April 12, 2025 Ron Paul

President Trump was elected in part because he promised to reduce prices and not drag the country into foreign wars. Sadly, President Trump has adopted a tariff policy that will raise prices and abandoned his “America First” foreign policy in favor of a return to Bush-era neoconservatism. Despite criticizing President Biden for bombing Yemen, President … Read more

How The UN Plans To Tax The World

April 9, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Climate change has always been about wealth redistribution. A complete reimaging of the American economy to send money to the developed world (by which we mean, global elites). It is by far the most authentic expression of Democrat-Socialism. Create economic parity by making nearly everyone poor and dependent. These are the pigs from Orwell’s Animal … Read more

Commies Still Clueless in Canada

February 15, 2025February 15, 2025 Skip

The lack of homework and research, the inability to track what is happening, and letting all that show. Like the clueless teacher in high school who gets a “Kick Me!” sign taped to his back without realizing what has been done to him. Emphasis mine, but only here on the ‘Grok. This time, the Clueless … Read more

America Is Shifting Its Economic Supply Chain to a Country That Is the Most Deadly and Violent in the World

September 13, 2023 Op-Ed

Did you realize one country is the home to 9 of the ten most deadly cities in the world? it is also home to 11 of the 15 most violent cities in the world. It has been the most deadly country in the world for the last six consecutive years. Which country is this?

More BRICS in the Wall

August 28, 2023 Op-Ed

The leaders of China, Russia, India and Brazil met to discuss common interests with dozens of dignitaries in South Africa. The meeting was a three-day summit seeking to cobble together currently unaligned powers who would counter Western influence worldwide.

China … Debate Night for the VP’s

October 8, 2020
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If you did not watch debate night for the VP’s this time you missed something on China. The debate was a better articulation of the Harris Biden position than Joe was able to present. The interaction was more professional than the first Presidential debate. There did seem to be a clear winner. I may be … Read more

How About a World Government with a New Currency?

September 21, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said this week that Joe Biden can be manipulated. Joe Biden is already in the process of turning his political agenda hard left. And she intends to move him in a more Leftist direction. All they have to do is get him elected. Stay with me here.

More Bad News for Democrats: Trump Wasn’t Just Right About China

March 11, 2020 Steve MacDonald

It is difficult to find something Donald Trump has said, done, or suggested that Democrats have not contradicted or equated with impending doom. It’s so bad that there jokes about asking The Donald to oppose the Second Amendment or support abortion so we can watch Democrats reflexively do the opposite.

President Trump Has Brought Prosperity to America and We Must Protect It

January 16, 2020 Op-Ed

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has at last rolled her Sisyphean boulder of impeachment to the top of Capitol Hill. There it teeters, awaiting a flick of Mitch McConnell’s finger to send it careening back down, squashing every 2020 Democrat hopeful in its path. The Speaker is like a bank robber, who, holding a … Read more

Breaking: Senate Passes US Mexico Canada (USMCA) Trade Agreement 89-10

January 16, 2020 Steve MacDonald

A quick hat tip to Congress and the president for getting something done. That’s a rare accolade. My go-to position on Congress is to undo things or stop things from getting worse. Less is always more when it comes to legislatures unless the “more” leads to less. And the USMCA is a bit of both.

Trump Winning: US and China To Sign Phase 1 Trade Deal Today

January 15, 2020 Steve MacDonald

If only Nixon could go to China, perhaps only Trump could get them to revisit trade. It’s not a stretch. No one has made any serious effort to insist on a better deal for the United States. But today, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu are scheduled to sign the phase 1 agreement.

Well, Here We Are 2020, (Now What?)

January 2, 2020

We are headed, not only into the new year but into a new decade. Some are calling it the kickoff to the Roaring Twenties redux. Let’s hope not. Voters are facing some incredibly important decisions. Absolutely everything is on the line. Heads up, it is time to defend your values and principles before it is too late.

Trump Signs off on Preliminary Trade Deal with China to Avert Dec 15 Tariff Hike

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 Steve MacDonald

In mid-October, the Trump Administration announced a deal with China on Trade. It sounded great, but within days, the Chinese were asking for more. They wanted assurances that mid-December Tariff hikes would be shelved. It wasn’t part of the mid-October announcement.

Shouldn’t a Debate Impart Information to the Audience?

November 21, 2019 Aaron Warner

We had a national debate with the Democrat candidates for president. Shouldn’t a debate impart information to the audience? Shouldn’t it be more than a chance to up the name recognition by having a moderator call your name repeatedly on national TV?