In today’s episode, Mike Gallagher seeks insight and answers in the swirling debate surrounding President Trump’s economic strategies, particularly tariffs. As the show navigates the nuanced opinions from political commentators and everyday Americans, Mike gets candid about his own beliefs and concerns while engaging listeners in a broader dialogue about what it means to place America first, and whether Trump’s policies truly support the nation’s workforce.
He’s the happy conservative warrior. Mike Gallagher from your trusted conservative TV network, Salem News Channel, and broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide. Here’s Mike.
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Pardon not to be in a good mood after, well, getting into work today and feeling a lot of love. And people are so sweet and so kind. And I’m on vacation next week, so we’re going to make today count. Make sure you join us at 800-655-MIKE. Call or text. We got through the week. It’s been an interesting week, hasn’t it? A lot of roller coaster hills, a lot of peaks and valleys. One valley is watching the people who pretended to support Trump bail on him over the issue of tariffs. And I am absolutely riveted by this. Talk show hosts who’ve been hot and cold on Trump. Politicians. Ted Cruz. Who else? I mean, you got Republicans who are basically hanging Trump out to dry. And I’m so fascinated by that because, of all people, Republicans should know that Trump is delivering exactly what he promised to deliver. Whatever you think of him. And I’m not going to spend all day on tariffs because, frankly, most of us don’t even fully understand him anyhow. There’s all kinds of analogies that people are raising and examples. At the end of the day, time is going to tell. But why are you going to listen to the people who don’t like him in the first place? In a way, this is a very good litmus test. Pay attention to the people who are on our side today. who are ripping him over his economic plan. Pay attention to them, because they don’t believe in him. I don’t mean a blind belief, a cultish kind of following. Anything he says or does has to be perfect. I don’t know if this is going to work, but I don’t want to root against him or the country. If I’m rooting against tariffs, I’m rooting against America. I’m cheering for the demise of our whole economic structure. And I’m pretending that Americans ignored Trump when he promised he would do exactly what he’s doing when they pulled the lever for him on November the 5th. He said he was going to do this. And now you’re all upset and you’re hysterical? Charles Payne dropped a big truth bomb on Fox News.
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news channel about tariffs there’s a guy an economic expert knows this stuff far better than you or i let’s listen to what charles payne said about trump’s tariffs president trump ran on tariffs what we just saw was a president who did what he said he was going to do i we all every single day the media said trump is running on tariffs and people say we know that trump is running on bringing back manufacturing people said we know that and they went and pulled the lever for him This is mind-boggling to me that the media is focused on pain, pain, pain. You know, listen to me. I heard someone earlier today on another network say that countries send us wine, cheese, and Mercedes, and we give them a piece of paper as if, like, we’re getting the better end of the bargain. People sweat. They work hard. They sacrifice families. Families are broken up. People commit crimes for this piece of paper. It represents an investment, our life, our energy. It represents a lot. So we send it over, and we get all this plastic crap on this table. You know how that money comes back to this country? They buy this building. They buy our farms. This system is unsustainable. It’s unsustainable. We have to figure it out. So if the American people can make a short term, you know, hey, that beach won’t cost 50 cents more. I won’t buy it. This is what’s really amazing to me. And unfortunately, I hear it on our network and a lot of networks that somehow we all want a good GDP. We all want a good economy. But does it have to come at the expense? Is it patriotic to always stay in debt? Is it patriotic to spend my entire paycheck? so that the economy is good? Is it patriotic so my kids can’t afford to go to college? I don’t have a retirement. I don’t have a decent home. Is that patriotic? Is our patriotism tied to Wall Street? Or should it be tied to our own personal ability to achieve the American dream? We need to rethink all of this.
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Over on CNN, Scott Jennings had this take.
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Elections are ultimately about choices. They aren’t, you know, you don’t have them in a vacuum. And I would just argue back to Kamala Harris that, you know, I told you so. I agree. I told you so. Donald Trump was going to close the southern border. I told you so. He was going to bring order to immigration. I told you so. He was going to drag this country out of the left wing cultural ditch and put us back towards more mainstream middle of the road. Do you think he’s the last thing? I did tell you so. Now, he’s also executing, as you all have acknowledged, his economic agenda, just as he said he was going to do. He’s enacting tariffs and he’s asking the Congress to make the tax cuts permanent. And he’s unleashing American energy. So I agree. It is. I told you so. And about half the country is OK with it. And about half the country voted for it. So it strikes me that this is a healthy level of copium going on right now among Democrats who are telling themselves stories that the people who voted for this are not happy with it. The vast majority, if not everyone who voted for Donald Trump, is some level of happiness ranging from 9 to 10.
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This is about defeating the status quo. And Donald Trump’s election, twice, is about defeating the status quo. And the status quo don’t like it. Pardon my grammar. The establishment don’t like it. Even some Republicans. I cringe when I see the Ted Cruzes of the world. Oh, I don’t like tariffs. Oh, they’re not my favorite thing. Mitch McConnell. Oh, their attacks. I’m going to vote against Canada tariffs. Look, these are people, I suspect, who aren’t really on board. They talk a good game when they need to. But when push comes to shove… They’re just not on board with Trump’s agenda. Scott Jennings is absolutely right, completely correct, when he points out that Trump is delivering what he said he was going to do. Tariffs, make the tax cuts permanent, close the southern border. He’s doing what he said he was going to do. 800-655-MIKE. We’re in the Relief Factor studios Friday, April the 4th. Also, big happy birthday to my son. It’s his birthday, too. Kind of some birthday celebrations. I got the coolest birthday gift from my friends Mark and Lisa. A Lola blanket. You talk about a warm, comfy blanket. Unsolicited plug. Oh, by the way, Joe in Pennsylvania wants to learn more about that Khrushchev prediction that we read yesterday on the show. We’ve got it for you. I’ll read it for you. We found it. There’s some commentary mixed in with it, but it’s still a commentary that a lot of people are familiar with, so we’ll tell you a little bit about that. Alex is online, too, from Minneapolis. He wants to tell us why Trump is dead wrong about the tariffs. You know me. We’ll start with Alex first. Next, here on the Mike Gallagher Show. Never got high. Oh, was a sorry guy. PhD weight loss has changed my life, and I’ve got a little secret for you. You know Big Pharma and semaglutide and the shots in the belly. You’ve seen the story recently about the study that shows that a lot of people that are getting this are going blind. You don’t want to do this. You want a program to lose weight that’s centered around science and nutrition, a proven roadmap that has helped over 8,000 clients lose weight and keep it off, like me. I lost 53 pounds a few years ago, and I’ve kept it off. I know what to eat and when. I know how to quiet any of the cravings I might get and finally release that unhealthy belly fat that I carried along for so long. Make the phone call that can change your life in the way it changed mine. It’s called PhD Weight Loss. PhD Weight Loss, Dr. Ashley Lucas’ program is brilliant. And how do I know? Well, 53 pounds later, here I am. 864-644-1900 is their number. Call and schedule your consultation. You can do this program from anywhere in America. Call 864-644-1900, 864-644-1900, or visit MyPhDWeightLoss.com. Pay attention, especially to the Republicans, who are challenging Trump’s economic agenda. I hate to paint with a broad brush, but not a single one of them likely supports Donald Trump. They may say they do, but they don’t. I expect his opposition, I expect Democrats to line up, even though the hypocrisy is astounding. I could line up, and I will, all of these prominent Democrats who for years have railed against the uneven trade practices and the unfair tariffs and the jobs that have been evaporated in America. But now we’ve got Alex, as I promised, on line two from Minneapolis who says, Trump is completely wrong, so let’s give Alex the floor. How are you doing today?
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Hi, I’m very disappointed at all the conservative talk show hosts and pundits who are defending Trump on what is basically the biggest tax increase in American history, or it must be pretty close to it. I mean, I can’t believe you brought up Charles Payne. Charles Payne is a shameless protectionist. He has no clue how international trade works. I mean, why don’t you put Thomas Sowell on? I’d love to see Charles Payne debate Thomas Sowell. Thomas Sowell would mop the floor with his head.
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Sure, and it’s fair that there are lots of smart people who are very leery of the tariffs. I want to ask you, not to get personal with you, but I just want to kind of know where you’re coming from. Did you vote for Trump?
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I voted for Trump three times. I just could never imagine the tariffs would be this crazy. So you regret your vote now, right? Well, no, I wasn’t going to vote for the socialist Kamala. I can’t do that. But Trump, I figured Trump would. I figured he would raise the tariffs a little bit like he did his first term where he wouldn’t do much damage. But I didn’t expect this massive tax increase. Correct. I mean. Trump is so dumb, he thinks that foreigners pay this tariff.
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Trump is so dumb, he thinks foreigners pay the tariffs, and you’re an enthusiastic Trump supporter. You voted for a guy who’s that dumb?
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I’m an enthusiastic Trump supporter. I’m an enthusiastic conservative.
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Well, you’re an establishment conservative. You can sit there and call me names. Why don’t you ask me questions? First of all, relax. Alex, you don’t need to come out swinging. Just calm down. We’re going to give you plenty of time. I’m not going to interrupt you, so don’t interrupt me. Just calm down. Take a breath here. Okay, so you’re not an enthusiastic Trump supporter. What is your economic background? And I don’t want to, by the way, I don’t mean that to be personal or make you defensive, and I’m saying this, I say this respectfully, and I know this is going to sound crude or wrong. I don’t mean it the way it sounds. But what makes you so smart on tariffs and an economic blueprint that many people like Charles Payne, who frankly, shame on you, I think he’s fantastic, think is a great idea? What makes you the expert?
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Well, I believe I have a very good understanding of free market economics. I’m a big believer in free market economics, not protectionism. And I’ve read a lot of Thomas Sowell works, and I agree with Thomas Sowell. I understand his work. If you’re asking if I have a degree in economics, I do not.
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No, I get it, and nor do I, and most people don’t either. And the truth of the matter is, and again, it’s going to sound mean-spirited, you don’t know how this is going to play out. In a year from now, if factories come back and manufacturing jobs return, because I’m not sure if you believe that what we’ve been doing up until now has been copacetic. Are you okay with the trade practices? And you know how lopsided they are with China. You know how lopsided they’ve been with Canada, Mexico. You know that because you know enough about the way trade has gone for the last few decades. Do you believe that the status quo was acceptable?
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Absolutely, because we need free trade, not balanced trade or so-called fair trade. I got it. Because when Europe charges tariffs… They’re hurting themselves. That’s a tax that they do on their own people. Now, if we reciprocate, then we’re taxing Americans. And Trump says they’ve been ripping us off all these years and stealing our wealth. But the only little problem is… We’ve been by far the wealthiest nation on the planet, and our workers have the highest standard of living on Earth over the last 50, 60 years.
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Right, right. And part of the reason is the cheap products we get. Right, right. We get all that. We get all the talking points. Here’s what we do know. This is the fundamental— They’re talking points. They are talking points, but here’s the fundamental— Here’s the fundamental disagreement. You are okay with the status quo, which tells us everything we need to know about you. We have had declining strategic industrial capacity, and that’s as a result of the same establishment people who are whining about tariffs now, like you. You have not been right about a single thing on the economy in three decades. I mean, the competence has been so incomplete. And when I hear you say, and again, Alex, I say this respectfully, you sound like a smart guy. The status quo is okay. You’ve been to Detroit lately? You ever seen the Rust Belt? Have you seen what’s happened to American jobs? And that’s okay with you?
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Well, I would change the status. I would change, well, we have the lowest unemployment on the planet.
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I didn’t ask you about that. I asked you about the Rust Belt and factory jobs and the industrial boon that this country used to enjoy. That got evaporated by China, and you’re okay with that?
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Yeah, it got evaporated. It’s called creative destruction. Now we have better jobs.
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Creative destruction! China owning… I wonder how many apartment complexes China owns in Minneapolis. I wonder how many blocks of buildings China is buying all of our land. Ask the farmers if the status quo is okay. Ever talk to a farmer, Alex?
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If China is such a big enemy, put sanctions on China, let’s end all trade with China, then we can import from…
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Look, you’re a smart guy. You know what you got? You got a belly button. And you know what I mean by that? We all got one. You got an opinion. You don’t want this thing to succeed. I’m rooting for America. Final question. Final question. Final question. Final question. Do you want Trump’s plan to work?
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Well, do you want… Ah, you can’t answer that, can you?
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Of course you can’t, because you don’t. That was an easy question. I served you a softball, Alex, from Minneapolis, and you don’t want it to work. The real answer would have been, hell yes, you want it to work, but you don’t. Thanks, Alex. We got you. Spring is here, and my pillow is ready to meet the moment with the Spring Sheet Sale. Got to be careful with the way I say that. The Spring Sheet Sale. Say that three times fast. You know the Giza Dream Sheets that I’ve been telling you about? These and the percale sheets, holy cow, check out this offer. Just in time for spring, you can get your very own set of Queen Giza Dream bed sheets from MyPillow. You’ll save 50% or more. You can get the queen size sheets. Queen-sized Giza Dream or percale bed sheets for as low as $29.98 with the promo code MikeG. That’s an extraordinary offer. And when you go to the website, check out the pillows, the slippers, the doggy beds, the loungewear. And more. MyPillow.com. Look for the Mike Gallagher Special Square. Click on that box, and then with anything you order, enter the promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG. Or call 800-928-6034. 800-928-6034. Sing along with me. For the best night’s sleep in the whole wide world, visit MyPillow.com. Promo code MikeG.
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Wall Street, screw you. I’m waging class warfare on behalf of the American working class. And you elites in Wall Street, you do what you need to do because I’m not going to stop fighting for the American working class. Suddenly everybody is sitting around going, oh no, the stock market. Yeah, the stock market looks like that because the rich are punishing Trump for siding with the neglected and humiliated American working class over them.
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I am honestly grateful for Alex’s call because, look, he represents a point of view that definitely is pervasive among a lot of Republican circles. The problem is, and this is where the rubber meets the road, people like Alex confuse conservatism with politics. The Trump movement, the Trump era. Trump is not a globalist. And a whole lot of establishment conservatives are globalists. And I don’t say that just to throw around a pejorative. I’m not trying to name-call here. But this is what the status quo represents. Globalism. We’ve got to just take it from all these other countries. And for Alex to believe… Oh, we’re the richest country in the world. Do you know how much debt we’re in? That doesn’t matter to people like Alex. Just keep printing money. Just keep putting our kids and our grandkids in debt. Think Alex has ever driven through the Rust Belt? Seen the gutting of American manufacturing? Here’s Vice President J.D. Vance talking about, on Newsmax, talking about what these unfair trade practices and unfair tariffs have done to the United States. This is what just really fires me up. Look, I completely acknowledge that I am putting my faith in Trump and his economic advisors and people who are a heck of a lot smarter at this, than I am. I’m not an economist. I don’t pretend to be. I voted for a guy who said that the days of America being taken advantage of by countries like China and, yes, Canada, are over. It’s all been a one-way street. Well, we’re the richest people. We can do that. That’s the mindset of a globalist establishment Republican. Status quo is fine. And so, again, to be respectful to that, I don’t think he was necessarily a troll, as many of you are suggesting on the text line. He’s a globalist. He’s an establishment guy. Everything Trump represents alarms these people. And finally, we’ve got a president who’s looking out for Main Street, not Wall Street. And did you notice the intensity, too, with his call? A lot of these people are real fired up about it. I mean, my gosh, it’s been two days. And you hear people talk as if they’re ready to… It’s like a scene from the Great Depression, and they’re ready to jump off, you know, the 20th story of a building in Lower Manhattan. Because they’ve… Give me a break. Look… A lot of people were absolutely fine with shutting down this country and gutting our economy over COVID without even batting an eye. So, again, I don’t know what the guy’s motivation is. I think it’s helpful, but what’s more important is that we listen to people who can kind of explain this in a way that factory workers and hardworking people I love the Charlie Kirk line about our side, you know, we work with our hands. Republicans are laborers, carpenters, painters. A lot of liberals are just academics. They’re the product of academia. They’re academics. They’re just people who, you know, they’re elitists. And I know that’s a bit of a caricature, but at the end of the day, it holds true. And to manufacturers, to manufacturer jobs, to the entire – well, let’s listen to J.D. Vance. He can articulate it a lot better than I can.
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We care the most about American workers and about American small businesses. And they’re the ones who are really going to benefit from these policies. Think about how many factories we’ve seen closed down since NAFTA in the early 90s. 90,000 American factories have been closed down. That’s small towns that have been blighted. That’s millions of workers who have lost their jobs. That has to stop. And that’s your wheelhouse. President Trump, that is my wheelhouse. That’s where you’re from. Yeah. where you had 10,000 great American steel workers, and my town was one of the lucky ones, now probably has 1,500 steel workers in that factory because you had economic policies that rewarded shipping our jobs to China instead of investing in American workers. And that’s what President Trump, he ran on changing it, he promised he would change it, and now he has. And I think Americans are going to reap the benefits.
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And, you know, it is fascinating. I kept coming back to he ran on this, he delivered it, and now people like Alex are freaking out. Look, the call with Alex was very instructive. There were two big, big, big takeaways. The biggest takeaway of all was a simple question. Don’t you want it to succeed? And you heard his inability to say yes. It was funny, he got flustered when I said, you’re not rooting for America. How dare you? And then I said, well, do you want Trump’s tariffs to succeed? That’s not a trick question. The truth of the matter is, he doesn’t. You talk to a smart guy like Alex and you say, do you want Trump’s economic plan to work? That confounds them because that’s the last thing they’re thinking about. They’re thinking about all the clever ways to try to demolish Trump’s presidency. I saw an article, I think over the Daily Beast, just the headline, oh, this is it. Trump’s tariffs are going to end his presidency. End his presidency? He’s only got three and a half years left. End it? Where’s he going to go? You think he’s going to quit because globalists don’t like his plan? Because the Daily Beast is a… Come on. What do you mean end his presidency? Where’s it going to go? He isn’t going anywhere. And again, the majority of Americans voted for this. Voted for this. Speaking of Charlie Kirk, my gosh. This guy, he goes on these college campuses… And goes one-on-one with kids. And they tried to do that, evidently, at UC Davis yesterday. I think it was Officer Tatum tried it. Did you see that? And Antifa showed up. And the police did nothing. I am pro-law enforcement. But what I saw happen at UC Davis… University of California, Davis campus. Brandon Tatum was there. And it was one of those same, I think it’s the same format. They have a tent. They’ve got a table. Charlie Kirk or Brandon Tatum or others sit there and say, prove me wrong. Let’s go one-on-one. Let kids debate these great minds like Charlie and Brandon. At UC Davis, we’ve got the video, right, Christian? This is, if you’re watching on Salem News Channel, check out how this sort of gaggle of Antifa folks, all with their stupid masks and their helmets and their umbrellas, they come marching on to Brandon Tatum and his tent and his booth, the turning point set up. They destroyed the tent. They stole the property. But you know what’s the most chilling part of all? The cops are standing there watching it all. They didn’t do anything. In fact, the guy with the camera says, come on, police, step up, please. This is unbelievable. Roll the videotape.
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Here they come. They’re marching on. There’s Brandon in the red cap. One man trying to stand there, pushing them away. They’re tearing down the tent, taking all the signs. Now, go back. Hey, Christian, can you go back? Can you rewind and have the guy play? The guy is telling an officer to the police officer, come on, get in there, get in there, listen to this guy who’s trying to encourage the police to stop this. Oh, you can’t play it from there? I wanted to play it from where you left off.
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Don’t do it. Don’t do it. Get back.
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Don’t do it. Come on, please, get in there. Get in there.
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Did you see that? I mean, he’s telling the police officer, get in there, please, get in there. The cops didn’t do anything. They’re all standing there watching this destruction of property. I mean, I know it’s California, but aren’t cops cops? It’s astounding. What prevented police officers? This video clip, you’ve got to see it. You’ve got to see it. You’ve got to see this. I want to send this clip out to you because it is a master class in what not to do if you’re law enforcement. And they’re just marching off with the tent. There they are in the background just taking the tent and all of the property from this organization. And look, keep doing it, Antifa, because you’re going to drive people away from the Democrat Party forever. These are not Republicans. These are not conservatives. It’s chilling. We’ll come up with a keyword for you so you can see this video. It’s really scary. And there’s Brandon standing there. He’s a big guy. I don’t want to take on Brandon Tatum. Nobody would. But he pushes one kid, some stupid little punk with the mask and the, oh, and they’ve got the kafetha or whatever it is, the Palestinian flag wrapped around their head, of course. I mean, what’s happening in America? Again, I get the bad guys. I get the violence. I know there’s a lot of violent people on the left. But why wouldn’t the police have done anything about that? Any ideas? You’ve got to see this clip. We’ll get you a keyword and get it back to you here in just a couple of minutes. In the meantime, join me. 800-655-MIKE. 800-655-6453. Give me your take on these violent Antifa activists and how police officers, to me, that’s the biggest shock of all. The police officers stood there and watched it happen. They did nothing wrong. That’s astounding to me. 800-655-MIKE, 800-655-6453. Join us.
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He’s the happy conservative warrior, Mike Gallagher, from your trusted conservative TV network, Salem News Channel, and broadcasting across hundreds of radio stations nationwide. Here’s Mike.
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You know, I want to stay happy. I want to be optimistic. But, man, it’s tough some days, isn’t it? Frustrating. Frustrating. Every day we see a new outrage, and I’m really, really… I’m sort of troubled by what I saw last night before I went to bed, a video over at the University of California, Davis, very liberal enclave and Turning Point USA, one of the most important organizations in America, led by one of the best and the brightest we have, Charlie Kirk. They were on campus there and it’s unbelievable. It’s unbelievable to watch Antifa attack Brandon Tatum and their booth on campus and to see the police officers do absolutely nothing. If you’re watching this right now on Salem News Channel, we’ve had some problems, some technical problems, and I apologize. We posted the wrong video and it’s the wrong clip. So we’re going to try to get this fixed for you here. And once we get it working, we’ll be sure to give you the link so you can see this video. It’s extraordinary. It’s absolutely astounding to see police officers standing around doing absolutely nothing. And these monsters are attacking these peaceful, energized, America-loving patriots, and the police did nothing about it. It’s unreal. And I’m just discouraged because I love law enforcement. I’m discouraged because I so appreciate the police. I’m so devastated by this. And it’s just incredibly frustrating. So we’ll check this here in just a moment and give you the keyword to get the video so you can see it for yourself. Again, if you’re watching along right now on Salem News Channel, you’re seeing this. You’re seeing this unbelievable assault on these young people led by Officer Tatum, who’s such a popular social media influencer. And the police did nothing. And this ought to be a major story because there’s federal funding involved. If UC Davis gave an order to stand down and let Antifa run roughshod all over the turning point, folks, gosh, that’s wrong. Wrong on so many levels. Let me give you some good news. Great job numbers. Far better than expected. I heard a news report today with a kind of a pessimistic news anchor say, well, economists only expect 100 and some thousand jobs. U.S. employers added a surprise 228,000 jobs in March. A lot higher than analysts had predicted. So that’s good news. Unemployment rates about the same, 4.2%. Healthcare, transportation, warehousing among the sectors that continued to add jobs. The usual suspects are railing against Trump’s tariffs. It’s been two days and the sky has definitely fallen on a lot of them. Pay close attention to the people pushing back on Trump and his economic plan. Pay close attention. Pay close attention. Be very mindful of people who are supposedly on our side, who claim to be Trump supporters, who are rooting for the Trump tariffs to fail. I loved what Tom Tradup wrote over at Town Hall about Trump’s tariffs. Our friend and colleague wrote at Town Hall what he called the malignance of rooting for America to fail. And I had a back and forth with a guy, Alex in Minneapolis, who claimed to be a three-time Trump voter. They always say that. And then he launched into how dumb Trump is. He doesn’t understand the economy. Somehow Alex in Minneapolis does, and Trump and his economic advisors do not. But I am fascinated by so many people voicing their hopes that America fails. Trump ran for and won the presidency, promising to end the decades-long ripoff of America by what we laughingly refer to as global trading partners. These so-called partners have slapped tariffs on American products while crying crocodile tears at any hint the U.S. will stand up for our own interests and By imposing reciprocal tariffs. It’s all it is. It’s all it is. Be fair. And so, you know, they’re all excited about, you know, tariff gates. And Tom writes about this in the column. Tariffs send Wall Street tumbling. World leaders blast Trump tariffs. I saw today Axios. You got to believe. And then they listed all the reasons why Trump is completely unequivocally wrong. You got to believe that he’s wrong here. He’s right. Look, the bottom line is the template. of Donald Trump is America first. That’s the whole theme that swept him into the White House twice. America first. Tom writes, if we had honest, functioning media outlets in America, we’d be hearing more from business leaders like Nate Morris, chairman of Republic Financial, who said, as someone who was raised by a proud auto worker, thank you, President Trump, for putting American workers first again. Or Bucky Rasdel Vargas, senior vice president of the International Dairy Foods Association. The U.S. dairy industry exports more than $8 billion of high-quality dairy products every year. to approximately 145 countries around the world. IDFA supports the Trump administration’s efforts to hold trading partners accountable and expand market access for U.S. dairy. Ask a farmer what they think of Trump’s tariffs. Ask a laid-off factory worker what he or she thinks of Trump’s tariffs. But ask the usual Trump haters, and they want it to fail. We’re going to post my back and forth with Alex from Minneapolis at MikeOnline.com. And you’ll hear at the end of my call with him, I might play it again. It was a really fascinating exchange with a guy who claims to be a conservative and promises that he voted for Trump three times. But then he let the slip show a little bit. Oh, Trump’s dumb. And at the end, I said, I asked him a simple question. And we had a really good back and forth. And at the end of the call, I said, do you want Trump’s tariffs to succeed? He couldn’t answer. He wouldn’t answer. It threw him. He was totally stymied by my question. Because the people who hate Trump are invested in Trump failing, which means America fails. It was, we will, I want to play this again for you, especially at the end, where I said, do you want them to work? Because look, if you’re worried, if you’re pessimistic, if you’re cynical, surely as an American, you want it to work, right? Do you know that guy couldn’t say yes? He stumbled, he fumbled, and he blew it because he doesn’t want the tariffs to work. People on the left want to wallow in misery. They want to be unhappy. They want us to be anxious. They want us to be at each other’s throats. I did a podcast interview yesterday with Wilk Wilkinson from an organization called, I think it’s called Braver Angels. And obviously I need to learn more about them because it’s the first I heard about them this week. But he’s a conservative, but he’s focused on hearing the other side, talking through our differences, and trying to find maybe some common ground and not being at each other’s throats. And I like that theme. I like the braver angel’s mission. And so if you want to hear a conversation that attempts to— tamp down the temperature a little bit, check out our podcast at mikeonline.com or wherever you download your podcasts, Apple, Spotify. It’s a good, comprehensive chat about a guy who wants to not blow everything up. And we’ve got to be there. I mean, do the people who are rooting against Trump’s tariffs… Pretend not to know about the flashbacks. Have you seen the flashback videos of the most prominent Democrats in America pushing for more tariffs and fair trade, not so-called free trade? Let me take you to 1996. You’ll recognize her voice. Nancy Pelosi.
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In terms of tariffs, I think it’s interesting to note that the average U.S. MFN tariff on Chinese goods coming into the United States is 2%, whereas the average Chinese MFN tariff on U.S. goods going into China is 35%. Is that reciprocal? In terms of jobs, this is the biggest and cruelest hoax of all. The China trade supports 170,000 jobs in the United States. Our imports from China support 10 million jobs at least. The fact is that U.S.-China trade is a job loser.
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That’s Nancy Pelosi. You want another flashback? How about we go to 2008? Bernie Sanders.
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Further, what they have said is that we need to not worry about manufacturing in America because what we should establish is a policy of unfettered free trade. We don’t need tariffs. What we need is to allow corporate America the freedom, the freedom to throw American workers out on the street People are making 15, 20, 25 bucks an hour health care pensions. Throw them out on the street because somehow, Madam President, we are going to create wealth in America and good paying jobs in America. As we shut down plants, we move to China. Corporations there pay workers 20, 30 cents an hour and we bring the product back into this country. And anyone who goes shopping in a mall knows how difficult it is today to find the product made in America. But that is the philosophy. And I have to say in that regard, the champion, and he is honest on this one. Senator McCain has been criticized recently for not being the most honest candidate we have seen in terms of his ads and so forth. He has been honest on this one. He is the lead advocate of unfettered free trade. And that’s an also important part of this right-wing ideology, that it is good for America that corporations can go to China and bring products back into this country.
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Oh, they’ve all changed their tune now, haven’t they? Now it’s a different story. Now, oh, it’s Trump, and he’s destroying the economy in 48 hours. The sky is falling. Look, the globalists are unhappy. The establishment is mad. But the simplest question of all is, do you want the tariffs to succeed or not? This fiery caller from Minneapolis couldn’t answer that question. We all know why. Welcome aboard. Happy Friday, April the 4th, 2025. We’re at the Relief Factor Studios. Got a busy day. 800-655-MIKE. We finally got the text thing fixed. So if you want to see that video of the police officers standing by at UC Davis and doing nothing to protect Officer Tatum, and incidentally, Officer Tatum, former cop, He’s got to be heartbroken that his fellow men in blue stood there and did nothing to try to help Turning Point USA on the campus of UC Davis. They just stood there. You’ll see it in the video. If you text, and I apologize earlier, we had the wrong video sent back, so our apologies for that mistake. But if you text TPUSA now to 1-800-655-MIKE, you can see that video of that violent encounter At UC Davis, the violence directed towards Turning Point USA and Officer Tatum and the police doing absolutely nothing about it. Unbelievable. So just text, if you want to see the video with your own eyes, just text TPUSA to the MyPillow text line, which is 800-655-MIKE, and we will get you that video back free of charge. Standard text messaging rates may apply. Thank you.
Trump’s Tariffs Challenge The Globalist Status Quo
In today’s episode, Mike Gallagher seeks insight and answers in the swirling debate surrounding President Trump’s economic strategies, particularly tariffs. As the show navigates the nuanced opinions from political commentators and everyday Americans, Mike gets candid about his own beliefs and concerns while engaging listeners in a broader dialogue about what it means to place America first, and whether Trump’s policies truly support the nation’s workforce.
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