BOOM! Ron DeSantis Privately Tells Corporate
Donors He Is Against U.S Tariffs on Chinese Goods
Conservative Treehouse,
by
Sudance
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
6/21/2023 1:47:29 PM
This is the big one. The Economic Policy is the distinct and singular policy at the core of Make America Great Again. The MAGA coalition is centered around the principles of America First economics, and Ron DeSantis has just admitted he does not support them.
CTH has long warned about Ron DeSantis’ economic policy being driven by the donors who fund him. When he was in congress, DeSantis voted in support of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for President Obama, and DeSantis voted in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP).
These are the trade policies supported by the Club for Growth who was congressman DeSantis’ biggest funder.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
bpl40 6/21/2023 1:50:54 PM (No. 1496806)
Globalist money talking.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
earlybird 6/21/2023 2:07:35 PM (No. 1496814)
This event could not have been more secret. And no media availability. Preaching to his choir. Then off to a similar secret do for Silicon Valley donors.
FTA:
Keep in mind also that Donald Trump recently announced the sweeping “Economic Agenda 47“, which includes baseline tariffs against all imported goods.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
red1066 6/21/2023 2:14:10 PM (No. 1496818)
Call it quits now DeSantis. Your dead in the water with Republican voters with this pronouncement. Trump was right to have tariffs on products from China, but he fell a bit short. The tariffs needed to be 100% for any product produced in China and also produced by U.S. companies in China. Make those products in the U.S. and receive tax breaks.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
downnout 6/21/2023 2:46:31 PM (No. 1496851)
Bad decision, sir.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 6/21/2023 2:51:26 PM (No. 1496858)
Is DeSanctimonious bought and paid for by the Chicoms? Just like Joey Baby? Sounds like he's New World Order Ron to me.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
tisHimself 6/21/2023 2:54:47 PM (No. 1496860)
Any of you who jumped off the Trump ship want help getting back on board?
We are at war with the Chinese, and only part of it is economic.
This guy is not the answer to anything, 2024 or later.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
49 Ford 6/21/2023 3:33:28 PM (No. 1496883)
I read through this sloppy hit piece twice and can find nothing wrong or disturbing with what DeSantis supposedly said. No actual quotes here, no transcript, just summaries by attendees which suggest that DeS simply delivered his standard talking points.
And did the governor suggest that Trump's tariff policies were ineffective? OK, then how and why? Sounds like a fair question for debate, not a reason to mindlessly denounce the most promising star on the GOP horizon.
And If "MAGA", as it has come to be known, is about nothing more than trade policy then it is doomed as a political force.
Our country is gradually dying as its moral unravelling accelerates. The entitlement mentality is engulfing us. Government spending is out of control. Against this background, whom Governor DeSantis had lunch with just doesn't register on my list of concerns. But then, maybe I'm just a RINO.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
MattMusson1 6/21/2023 3:42:34 PM (No. 1496887)
Meanwhile - Joe Biden has doubled down on all of Trump's trade policies with China. That's how you know they were great policies.
Everything Trump started with China, Biden has followed through with on trade.
Of course, the State Dept is still bending over for the Chinese.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
law428 6/21/2023 3:48:52 PM (No. 1496894)
We are now seeing DeSantis as he truly is...he just shot himself in the foot!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
49 Ford 6/21/2023 5:20:42 PM (No. 1496961)
Well # 9, if you would provide us with what the governor actually said then we could consider how good a shot he is.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Right Time 6/21/2023 5:56:37 PM (No. 1496977)
Well....We all know Donald Trump is a lousy judge of character and hired Losers like Jeff Sessions, Fat Barr, Wray, Michael Cohen, etc.
And DeSantis would not be in the governor's mansion but for Donald Trump's support. (a gay pedophile druggie would be governor)..
So, I look at DeSantis and say "Yet another bad hiring decision."
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Moritz55 6/21/2023 6:03:51 PM (No. 1496981)
Conservative Treehouse isn’t always a reliable source.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 6/21/2023 6:17:54 PM (No. 1496995)
Bad news. We need to block out ALL ChiCom goods by making them more expensive.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Kate318 6/21/2023 7:43:07 PM (No. 1497046)
I always know where the truth lies, depending on who posts what. It’s all so predictable. But, calling a thoughtfully laid out article sour grapes is just silly. Where is truth to be found? National Review? Fox News? Daily Mail??
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 6/21/2023 8:02:51 PM (No. 1497050)
I find it intriguing that someone at Conservative Treehouse is attacking a Republican candidate for opposing tariffs. He must have fallen out and hit a few branches on the way down.
Conservative intellectuals such as William F. Buckley opposed tarrifs on principle, and Conservative presidents such as Reagan reduced them in practice (with some exceptions). As someone who venerates those men, and also enthusiastically supported President Trump, I'm willing to grant some leeway on this issue in both directions.
As #6 correctly says, there is a strong argument that national security concerns must take precedence over free trade orthodoxy. But #7 is equally (and characteristically) correct that opposition to tarrifs is hardly a reliable indicator of conservative heresy.
That I support President Trump doesn't obligate me to criticize everything Governor DeSantis does, particularly when it aligns with the principled conservatism of my youth.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 6/21/2023 9:19:37 PM (No. 1497128)
I wish Sundance would tell us how Trump can win the presidency with fewer votes in 2024, especially in those close states, instead of pounding on DeSantis, who likely won’t Be our nominee.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 6/21/2023 11:31:59 PM (No. 1497193)
Re #16, assuming facts not in evidence.
Why assume fewer votes? IMO, he is likely to have many more votes this time, since he is well known to have created the best economy in 50+ years, and right now NOTHING is more needed than fixing the economy.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
49 Ford 6/22/2023 12:36:02 AM (No. 1497202)
# 17, you may be overestimating the public memory and underestimating the "Trump fatigue" factor.
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