Transcript excerpt from a YouTube discussion where two speakers debate the role of tariffs and the current U.S. administration’s economic agenda. Speakers contrast historical, broad-minded administration goals with a newer focus on national strength, onshoring, manufacturing, tax cuts, and trade balance, and express uncertainty about whether tariffs will succeed.
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The tariff side, I think there are plenty of arguments of the benefits and the negatives of it if you take a step back. And I think more importantly than ever, there is an agenda that is very clear and historically that most administrations in this country would wear a hat that says make the world great. And that is not what this president's hat says. And it is about America's strength in this economy. Strength and onshoring manufacturing and tax cut cuts and balance trade and so forth. And so if you look at what the agenda is, that is not hidden, right. Of what the agenda points are, then look at these things and know where the focus is going to be and then make those adjustments accordingly. You know, those numbers of low, low growth that you were mentioning earlier, Brendan, is those things should change.
You know, we still have to wait and see. You know, we did as a nation try tariffs at one point in our history and it didn't work out so well. So we have to see what's different about this time. And let's see, let's hope it works out for the benefit of our.