Everyone agrees that globalization was good for corporate profits. No one is arguing that. But it was also bad for ordinary American workers. The two are not always in alignment.
What is good for corporate profits is not always good for America. On the other hand, what is good for America will also, ultimately, be good for American corporations.
The stock market rises and falls on corporations' profits, but the future of America rises and falls on the strength of America's people, workers, and families.
The fall of American manufacturing meant that 90,000 factories closed, 5 million workers lost their jobs, and countless communities were gutted, while an elite few became spectacularly rich.
Not only do tariffs put workers first, President Trump's tariff policies are also deconstructing the fake, sugar high Biden economy that was built on an unsustainable house of cards of permanent deficit spending, illegal immigration, and loose monetary policy.
President Trump is building the foundation for healthier, made-in-America growth that doesn't leave workers and their families behind.
Ultimately, corporations will benefit too. Just like there was a pull back when Reagan took office as he fought inflation and economic malaise which gave birth to the bull run of the 80s, President Trump's policies can and I believe will deliver an economic boom.