Good morning kids. Well, the beat goes on as the song goes, and as the nattering nabobs of negativism in the propaganda press and on the Left continue hammering away at President Trump over his tariff regime, more countries including the EU are now lining up to make a deal with Trump and do away with their tariffs, while Trump is not backing down from Xi and indeed doubling down. As we discussed yesterday, this is abut so much more than just the leveling of the playing field in terms of trade. It is a long-term plan to jumpstart and propel our economic engine and manufacturing sector while rejiggering the global economic order. No mean feat.
Those who have followed President Trump’s messaging since 2015 know this has been his goal from the start. Even in his first term, when he implemented specific tariffs targeted at China and the steel and aluminum industries, the tariffs proved effective. He has consistently advocated for them to become a permanent policy that would only benefit the United States. Fair share and America First protectionist positions have long been central to Trump’s vision of world trade, and the "free trade" policies that the United States was propping up under Biden and his WEF cronies were insufficient.
Trade cannot be free without being fair, so the perception that America should willingly participate in laissez-faire economics while being run over by the rest of the world is precisely why President Trump has initiated this change in our role. Protectionism gets a bad rap from conservatives who have been told that Reaganomics is the only way to think about economics.
Still, that approach has led to nothing besides the elites of the world trampling over the American workers. Corporations, Wall Street, and countries like communist China can be protected through the abuse of "free trade," or the American people and their families’ futures can be defended against the rest of the world through tariffs.
Above and beyond economics, foreign policy, of which the former is certainly a key component of the latter, made news as Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu paid a visit to the White House. And then came this rather surprising announcement from President Trump.
The United States and Iran will hold direct discussions on Tehran's contested nuclear weapons program this weekend, President Donald Trump announced on Monday, just hours after the Islamic Republic affirmed that one-on-one negotiations with America remain off limits. If the talks fail, "Iran is going to be in great danger," Trump said.
The surprise announcement came during a Monday afternoon press conference in the Oval Office with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in town to discuss Iran’s nuclear program and ongoing efforts to free the hostages still being held by Hamas, Tehran’s top terror proxy. . .
Trump expressed optimism that a diplomatic deal can be reached with the hardline regime but said negotiations will not continue indefinitely and that military options remain on the table.
"I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious, and the obvious is not something that I want to be involved with, or, frankly, that Israel wants to be involved with, if they can avoid it," Trump said while sitting beside the Israeli leader. "So we're going to see if we can avoid it, but it's getting to be very dangerous territory."
"I think if the talks aren't successful with Iran," Trump added, "I think Iran is going to be in great danger."
Earlier in the day, Iran’s foreign ministry confirmed that it had responded to a March letter from Trump requesting diplomatic talks. In that response, Tehran submitted an "offer to begin indirect talks," according to foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei.
An Iranian official told Reuters on Monday morning that "indirect talks offer a chance to evaluate Washington's seriousness about a political solution with Iran."
In separate comments, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian said his country is "looking for negotiations" but would not enter them directly "at any cost." The Americans, he said, "must also prove that they are looking for negotiations."
While "Jaw-Jaw" is preferable to "War-War" what is there to discuss with mad Mullahs. There is no parlaying with people who view Armageddon as a desirable and necessary thing in order to achieve their supposed Islamic paradise on earth. Beyond their support and likely being the force behind the October 7 invasion into Israel fromGaza, as well as waging a global terror campaign against us, our allies in the west and Israel in general for nearly 50 years, these maniacs are a nether hair's breadth from having atomic weapons and the missiles to carry them. That we can thank Obama and Biden and the billions of dollars we gave them.
There must be regime change in Tehran, and that can be achieved without direct military action on our part by the reimposition of sanctions and the open support for the people who in large part are sick and tired of the theocracy.
I would hope this nonsense from Trump about "negotiations" is merely for the cameras. But what't the purpose. Would it not be better to vocally declare regime change and a free Iran a goal we should get behind.
"Dangerous territory" indeed Mr. President. On a more upbeat note, despite the darkness, a light still shines.
To memorialize the brief but beautiful life of Israeli toddler Ariel Bibas, whom Hamas jihadis horrifically murdered along with his mother and baby brother Kfir, the Jerusalem fritillary butterfly has a new name.
Hamas jihadis kidnapped the whole Bibas family from their kibbutz on Oct. 7, 2023, subsequently killed mother Shiri and her two sons brutally, and gleefully informed father Yarden of their murder. Hordes of Palestinians joyfully cheered the coffins of the babies. Yarden returned as the family’s only survivor, but the Hebrew Language Academy wants to immortalize little Ariel’s memory.
The state of Israel posted on X April 4, “A butterfly now carries his name. The Hebrew Language Academy @HebAcademy has renamed the Jerusalem fritillary butterfly (Melitaea ornata) the Ariel fritillary, in memory of five-year-old Ariel Bibas—murdered in Hamas captivity along with his mother, Shiri, and baby brother . . . Israel added, “In a letter to Ariel’s father, Yarden Bibas, the Academy wrote: ‘Of all our country’s orange butterflies, this one should carry Ariel’s name. May it be a small comfort to you and an everlasting tribute to those lost in this tragic war.’” Little Ariel had bright red hair, and the group Stand With Us said he loved butterflies.
At the end of the day, the evil barbarians who snuffed out Ariel and who still hold hostages are agents of Iran, Mr. President.
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