Why Trump’s tariffs are reckless
W.L.D.
The New York Times, Newsweek, BBC, ABC, and the rest of the once-revered but now desperately clinging to relevance legacy media are in full panic mode. Their headlines scream in unison, warning Americans that tariffs are dangerous, destructive, and a direct assault on the sacred order of globalism. They want you to believe that Trump’s plan to impose tariffs is reckless, that it will cause suffering, and that it must be stopped. But why?
They trot out the same tired excuses, claiming that tariffs will drive up prices, hurt consumers, and fuel inflation. Yet weren’t these the same media outlets that cheered as Biden printed trillions of dollars out of thin air, welcomed millions of unskilled migrants at taxpayers’ expense, and drove inflation to record highs? Back then, they called it economic genius, insisting the economy was stronger than ever.
Now, suddenly, they care. Suddenly, they’re concerned about rising costs. But their outrage isn’t really about the well-being of the American people—it’s about something different.
Foreign corporations must rule, and Americans shouldn’t object
For decades, foreign corporations have been dumping cheap, mass-produced goods into America, crushing American businesses, gutting entire industries, and wiping out the middle class. They sell at a loss until American manufacturers go bankrupt and—once the competition is gone—they own the market. Prices skyrocket. Jobs vanish. Communities crumble. Ultimately, the whole country might resemble San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, where drugs are traded openly, children are left in the streets, and people have no hope.
And the media? They cheer it on. They tell Americans that cheaper goods are a blessing—even as factories shut down—urging them to “accept progress” while their towns become hollowed-out ghost cities. Globalism, they say, is inevitable. It is unstoppable. It is for your own good.
But Trump’s tariffs threaten to unravel this carefully designed system. Tariffs mean Americans making things again. Tariffs mean jobs returning. Tariffs mean a nation that stands on its own two feet rather than begging for handouts from China, Mexico, or any other country the media insists must be obeyed.
That, of course, cannot be allowed to happen.
A weaker America means more control
The ruling class needs a struggling population. They need desperation. They need dependency. Because when people are beaten down—when they can’t afford a home, when they live paycheck to paycheck, when their cities rot around them—they’re easy to control. They’re too exhausted to fight back, too distracted to question why a tiny elite gets richer while they drown in debt.
Tariffs would change that. Tariffs would rebuild what decades of free trade agreements and outsourcing deals deliberately destroyed. Tariffs would mean less reliance on the government, fewer people trapped in poverty, and a workforce that actually has power again.
And that’s a nightmare for the people at the top.
The media fear losing its lifeline
Legacy media isn’t just angry about tariffs because they care about the economy. No, they’re terrified because tariffs threaten their survival.
Foreign corporations don’t just dump cheap goods into the U.S.—they also funnel billions into media advertising. The same companies that profit from outsourcing, from sweatshops, from destroying American jobs—they pay the bills for CNN, MSNBC, the Washington Post, and the rest of the establishment press.
If tariffs take effect, if foreign corporations lose their dominance, they won’t need to pump as much money into propaganda. And when that happens, who will keep these media empires afloat? Who will bankroll the endless think pieces warning about the dangers of economic nationalism? Who will sustain the carefully curated narrative?
Without foreign money, the media’s influence collapses. That’s why they’re desperate to kill tariffs before they can even begin.
Tariffs are the one thing they can’t control
This is not about economics. This is not about inflation. This is about power.
The media, the political elite, and the global corporations don’t fear tariffs—they fear what tariffs will lead to. They fear an America where people don’t need them anymore. They fear a nation that refuses to be exploited. They fear an American working class that stands tall, builds its own future, and no longer bows to foreign interests.
Tariffs mean strength. Tariffs mean independence. Tariffs mean a nation that works for itself, not for the billionaires, not for the politicians, and certainly not for the media overlords who think they own you.
And that, above all, is why tariffs are bad.