Trump’s Tariffs Shake the World: 50 Countries Already Fold as ‘America First’ Strategy Takes Hold

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Nearly just a week, after President Donald Trump’s bold new tariffs took effect, over 50 countries, are already at the negotiating table, signaling that the global economic landscape is shifting in favor of American interests. The ten percent universal tariff on imports and reciprocal tariffs targeting roughly 90 nations are proving to be a wake-up call for the world. Countries that once took advantage of unfair trade practices are now scrambling to strike better deals, understanding that America is no longer willing to play the role of the passive consumer. Trump’s “America First” approach is pushing nations to reconsider their trade practices, and it’s clear that the President’s strategy of economic toughness is beginning to pay off.

During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Agricultural Secretary Brooke Rollins acknowledged that Trump’s tariffs have already forced other nations to bend to America’s will. She emphasized that the core purpose of these tariffs is to strengthen the U.S. economy by prioritizing American-made goods and industries. Rollins acknowledged that while the immediate impact of the tariffs may be harsh to digest, the long-term benefits for the country will be significant. She clarified that Trump’s bold policies are laying the groundwork for a more resilient and self-sufficient economy.

“We do already live under a tariff regime in this country, but it’s the tariff regime of China, of Mexico, of Brazil, of Australia, of countries that Mexico won’t take our corn, Australia won’t take our beef,” Rollins said. “The country of Honduras takes more pork than the entire European Union does, American pork, I should say. So, from our farming and ranching perspective, which is what I’m focused on, but happy to talk about anything that it has to, it is time for a change. That’s what this president evoked last Wednesday.”

“We already have 50 countries that have come to the table over the last few days, over the last weeks, that are willing and desperate to talk to us. We are the economic engine of the world, and it’s finally time that someone, President Trump, stood up for America,” she continued. (Read more from “Trump’s Tariffs Shake the World: 50 Countries Already Fold as ‘America First’ Strategy Takes Hold” HERE)

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It Begins: Vietnam Offers to Eliminate Tariffs on USA

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President Donald Trump announced that Vietnam wants to drop tariffs on U.S. goods entirely if a deal can be struck between the countries.

Trump revealed the major development following a phone call with the general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party, To Lam.

“Just had a very productive call with To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, who told me that Vietnam wants to cut their Tariffs down to ZERO if they are able to make an agreement with the U.S.,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

“I thanked him on behalf of our Country, and said I look forward to a meeting in the near future,” he added.

The call comes days after Trump announced his sweeping worldwide reciprocal and baseline tariffs, which included a hefty 46-percent discounted reciprocal tariff on Vietnamese goods imported into America. (Read more from “It Begins: Vietnam Offers to Eliminate Tariffs on USA” HERE)

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Left-Wing Organizations Opposing The SAVE Act Received More Than $150 Million From Soros Groups: Analysis

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More than 40 left-wing organizations (and/or some of their affiliates) opposing Republican efforts to prevent noncitizen voting in U.S. elections have collectively received more than $150 million from groups funded by leftist billionaire George Soros, a new analysis reveals.

On March 28, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR) released a letter directed at members of Congress, asking them to oppose the GOP-sponsored SAVE Act, which aims to close existing loopholes in federal law that foreign nationals could exploit to register and cast ballots in U.S. elections. As described by InfluenceWatch, LCCHR “serves as an umbrella organization for over 200 mostly left-wing organizations which lobby and advocate before Congress and other federal agencies on legislation and Presidential appointments to the executive departments and judiciary.”

The 112 left-wing organizations that signed onto the aforementioned letter “strongly” urged congressional representatives to “oppose” the SAVE Act, which they falsely claimed, “represents a shameful, divisive attempt to prevent millions of eligible U.S. citizens — disproportionately Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and other voters of color — from registering to vote.” The groups specifically parroted faux Democrat talking points that basic voting safeguards such as documentary proof of citizenship requirements are “onerous,” “harmful,” and “designed to restrict participation by lawfully registered voters.”

“The SAVE Act perpetuates a particularly heinous version of the voter fraud myth and, like other lies that provide the predicate for voter suppression while claiming to pursue ‘election integrity,’ is a solution in search of a problem that cynically trades on dangerous myths and stereotypes,” the letter reads. “This bill is based on misinformation that exploits the demographic fear stoked by those afraid of the fully inclusive, multiracial democracy the United States can and must become, and it erects a significant, unnecessary barrier to the ballot for many citizen voters.”

While the groups attempt to market their activism as a good-faith effort to defend so-called “civil and human rights,” a deep dive into their financial backgrounds suggests their interests are far more partisan than they let on. (Read more from “Left-Wing Organizations Opposing The SAVE Act Received More Than $150 Million From Soros Groups: Analysis” HERE)

‘No Penalties’: Facebook Calls End to ‘Fact-Checking’ That Was Used to Censor Conservatives

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Meta will shutter its fact-checking program across Facebook, Instagram and Threads on Monday, marking a major shift in the company’s content moderation strategy.

The announcement follows a January pledge by CEO Mark Zuckerberg to dial back censorship and restore “free speech” on Meta-owned platforms. Going forward, Meta will adopt a system modeled after X’s “Community Notes,” allowing users to affix context to posts with no penalties or content suppression — effectively ending the era of third-party fact-checkers rating and flagging information.

“By Monday afternoon, our fact-checking program in the US will be officially over,” Joel Kaplan, chief global affairs officer at Meta, wrote on X. “That means no new fact checks and no fact checkers. We announced in January we’d be winding down the program & removing penalties. In place of fact checks, the first Community Notes will start appearing gradually across Facebook, Threads & Instagram, with no penalties attached.”

The program’s demise comes after mounting backlash from conservatives who long accused Meta’s third-party fact-checking partners — including groups like PolitiFact and Lead Stories — of ideological bias and collusion with government agencies to suppress dissenting views. While Meta maintains those fact checkers operated independently, critics pointed to repeated incidents involving censorship of stories related to COVID-19, Hunter Biden’s laptop and election integrity.

Zuckerberg’s move to replace the fact-checking framework with Community Notes signals a significant break from the previous model. Similar to X’s system, Meta’s new feature allows verified users to write “notes” adding context to posts, which are then rated for helpfulness by a broader pool of users. If deemed useful by ideologically diverse raters, the note is published. (Read more from “‘No Penalties’: Facebook Calls End to ‘Fact-Checking’ That Was Used to Censor Conservatives” HERE)

‘Most Likely Ended My Career’: Disc Golfer Who Protested Trans Competitor Says She Has No Regrets

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The professional disc golf athlete who walked off the course during a Nashville competition on Friday over her concerns about a trans-identifying male player told The Daily Wire she was warned against speaking out.

When Abigail Wilson stepped up to compete at the Disc Golf Pro Tour’s Music City Open on Friday morning, she cocked her arm back to throw, but then suddenly lowered her disc, turned around, and walked away from the tee area.

“Females must be protected in our division,” Wilson said as she walked away. “This is unfair. I refuse to play.”

She told The Daily Wire after the competition that she had raised concerns a day earlier, and was reprimanded for misgendering her competition. The trans-identifying male disc golfer, Natalie Ryan, was set to play at the same tee time as Wilson in the women’s division. Ryan has sparked controversy since at least 2022 when he defeated the world’s number one ranked female competitor, Kristin Tattar.

Wilson said this made her anxious because she had heard protests were planned against the trans-identifying player, and last year, a terrorism threat against the same player caused the Music City Open to be temporarily suspended. Wilson played in last year’s event as well. (Read more from “‘Most Likely Ended My Career’: Disc Golfer Who Protested Trans Competitor Says She Has No Regrets” HERE)

Jobs Crush Expectations: 228,000 Added in March as Trump Economy Defies Critics

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Employers in the United States added 228,000 workers to their payrolls in March, the Department of Labor said Friday, and the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2 percent.

Economists had been expecting just 140,000 jobs would be added in March. The climb in the unemployment rate was expected.

The private sector’s hiring was much stronger than expected. Economists had forecast 115,000 jobs. Businesses added 209,000 jobs. (Read more from “Jobs Crush Expectations: 228,000 Added in March as Trump Economy Defies Critics” HERE)

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Mike Pence Attacked Slamming Trump for Destroying “America’s Golden Age” — Wins Liberal Courage Award

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. . .Pence is trending again today for his strident criticism of Trump’s second term economic actions, attacking the President’s “liberation day” tariffs as part of an agenda that is “spoiling America’s Golden Age.” Pence is again being praised by Democrats for his courage and iconoclasm amidst the MAGA policy deluge.

Pence derided the tariffs as “the largest peacetime tax hike in U.S. history.” He simultaneously sought to separate them from the smaller tariffs he supported during Trump 1.0, saying: “These Tariffs are nearly 10x the size of those imposed during the Trump-Pence Administration and will cost American families over $3,500 per year.”

Yet in response, Pence is being subjected to evidence of his long history as a Trump partner and enabler. Multiple commenters — from both sides of the aisle — are noting that Pence once supported Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, making his current stance self-serving and hypocritical.

Popular conservative social media account MAZE noted that Pence “literally spent a year going around the country arguing in favor of Trump’s tariff policies” — and shared video below showing Pence in action.

(Read more from “Mike Pence Attacked Slamming Trump for Destroying “America’s Golden Age” — Wins Liberal Courage Award” HERE)

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Deal To Get TikTok Out Of CCP’s Hands Exploded After ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs: Source

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The Trump administration had a deal in place earlier this week to finalize the sale of TikTok, but the agreement fell apart after the massive tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on Wednesday took effect, according to a source familiar with the matter.

After several months of negotiations involving ByteDance, prospective buyers and Vice President J.D. Vance, a deal had been reached as of Wednesday that would have seen TikTok’s American operations spun off into a new U.S.-based entity owned by a majority of American investors, the source told the Daily Caller News Foundation. However, by Friday, the deal had fallen apart because TikTok came to believe that Chinese regulators would not sign off on the agreement in the absence of further trade negotiations pertaining to the tariffs the Trump administration slapped on China on Wednesday afternoon, according to the source.

The scuttled deal had the buy-in of existing and new investors, the federal government and ByteDance itself, according to the source familiar.

Trump extended the window for a deal to be made by 75 days via executive action on Friday, just one day before an initial 75 day extension period was set to expire on Saturday. The popular social media app was to be banned in the U.S. unless it could be sold to non-Chinese buyers under the terms of a law signed by former President Joe Biden in 2024. Concerns that the app is actually controlled by or accessible to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) motivated lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to move against ByteDance. (Read more from “Deal To Get TikTok Out Of CCP’s Hands Exploded After ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs: Source” HERE)

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65K North Carolina Voters Must Prove Identity Or Have Ballots Thrown Out In Supreme Court Race

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An appeals court in North Carolina is requiring more than 65,000 voters in the hotly contested state Supreme Court race to provide proof of identity in order for their votes to be counted. The ruling could potentially swing the outcome of the race in favor of Republican candidate Judge Jefferson Griffin.

The Friday decision was a win for Griffin, who challenged more than 60,000 ballots because the voters had not provided either a driver’s license or the last four digits of a Social Security Number upon registering, as required in North Carolina.

“The post-election protest process preserves the fundamental right to vote in free elections ‘on equal terms,’” the 2-1 majority opinion states. “This right is violated when ‘votes are not accurately counted [because] [unlawful] [ ] ballots are included in the election results.’ … The inclusion of even one unlawful ballot in a vote total dilutes the lawful votes and ‘effectively “disenfranchises”’ lawful voters” (brackets original).

This contest is the last statewide race to be decided in the country from the Nov. 5 election. On election night, Griffin was beating incumbent Democrat Justice Allison Riggs by about 10,000 votes. Over the next nine days, votes started trickling in that eventually swung the total in Riggs’ favor by 734 votes.

The Democrat-run North Carolina State Board of Elections has been trying to fast-track the certification of Riggs in this election, but the state Supreme Court has been blocking its ability to do so since Jan. 7. (Read more from “65K North Carolina Voters Must Prove Identity Or Have Ballots Thrown Out In Supreme Court Race” HERE)

Barack Obama Makes Shockingly Honest Admission About the State of His Marriage to Michelle

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Barack Obama made a shockingly honest admission about the state of his marriage to Michelle Obama.

“I was in a deep deficit with my wife,” Barack, 63, told Hamilton College President Steven Tepper in a conversation Thursday, according to the Daily Beast.

“So I have been trying to dig myself out of that hole by doing occasionally fun things.”

The former president of the United States has previously suggested that his back-to-back terms in office from 2009 to 2017 took a toll on his relationship with the former first lady.

“Let me just say this: It sure helps to be out of the White House and to have a little more time with her,” Barack said in a May 2023 interview, making sure to praise Michelle for being “forgiving” of his shortcomings.

As for the 61-year-old, she revealed in December 2022 that she “couldn’t stand” her husband for a solid decade when their daughters — Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23 — “were little,” noting that she wasn’t “being catty by saying this.” (Read more from “Barack Obama Makes Shockingly Honest Admission About the State of His Marriage to Michelle” HERE)

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