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While left-wing mainstream media continues to rage and fear-monger at Trump over things like tariffs and DOGE, it turns out this is all part of the MAGA plan that his voters wanted. Together, they could strengthen America's position on the world stage and return money to the taxpayers.
Former U.S. Diplomat Stephen Helgesen says that Europe has indeed been taking advantage of the U.S. economically. He said, "The Europeans have much higher tariffs on American products than we have on theirs. They have been unwilling to budge."
He pointed out that prior to Trump's tariffs, European cars imported into the United States only faced a tariff of about 2.7%, meanwhile, U.S. cars imported into Europe were tariffed at around 10%.
Helgesen also says that reining in the federal government with DOGE is critical to the MAGA agenda. He pointed out that the federal government continues to spend and grow, racking up more and more debt by the day. He said, "The last time we had a balanced budget was when Bill Clinton was in office, and with a $36 trillion deficit, we have a long way to go."
He thinks Trump's goal here is to cut government enough to give Americans massive tax breaks, strengthening the economy by putting more of their money back into their pockets.