Love to see this. Puts pressure on China to cut their shit out while strengthening the relationship with a key player.
President Donald Trump began one of his busiest days of his Asia trip on Tuesday by warmly greeting the new Japanese prime minister and taking her with him as he spoke to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier.
Although Trump is visiting one of America’s most steadfast allies in Asia, there’s no shortage of uncertainty while he’s there.
Sanae Takaichi, who became the country’s first female prime minister only days ago, must solidify her relationship with Trump while defending her country’s economic interests.
The trip suggested that Trump — by his administration's count — came close to nailing down the goal of $550 billion in Japanese investment as part of a trade framework.
At a dinner for business leaders in Tokyo, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced up to $490 billion in commitments, including $100 billion each for nuclear projects involving Westinghouse and GE Vernova.
“You're great business people,” Trump told the gathered executives before the dinner. “Our country will not let you down.”
It was unclear how the investments would operate and how they compared with previous plans, but Trump declared a win as he capped off a day of bonding with Takaichi.
When Trump and Takaichi met on Tuesday morning, they shook hands and he paid her a compliment: “That’s a very strong handshake."
In return, Takaichi talked about watching the third game of the U.S. World Series before the event.
She added that Japan would give Washington 250 cherry trees next year to honor America's 250th anniversary, as well as fireworks from Akita Prefecture for July 4 celebrations.
She used her early remarks to mention former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, her archconservative mentor who forged a strong bond with Trump during his first term through their shared interest of golf.
“As a matter of fact, Prime Minister Abe often told me about your dynamic diplomacy,” she said.
Trump called her role as Japan's first woman prime minister as a “big deal,” putting an emphasis on the U.S. commitment to Japan.
While the president in the past has publicly scolded his foreign counterparts, he had nothing but praise for Takaichi.
“Anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there,” Trump said. “We are an ally at the strongest level.”
Takaichi is primed for a charm offensive, including a potential purchase of Ford F-150 trucks.
Reporters arriving for the event were hustled past a gold-hued Ford F-150 as well as what appeared to be white American-made Toyota vehicles parked outside the Akasaka Palace, which is Tokyo's guest house for visiting foreign leaders.
Trump has often complained that Japan doesn’t buy American vehicles, which are often too wide to be practical on narrow Japanese streets.
The Japanese delegation also made the strategic choice to serve American beef and rice during a working lunch that was mixed with Japanese ingredients, at which the two leaders also discussed efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Takaichi also gave Trump a putter used by Abe, the former prime minister, and a golf bag signed by the professional golfer Hideki Matsuyama, according to a post on X by White House aide Margo Martin.
They signed black “Japan is Back” baseball caps that resembled Trump’s own red “Make America Great Again” caps.
Trump gave Takaichi a custom scarf, according to a White House official.
Both leaders signed the implementation of an agreement for the “golden age” of their nations' alliance.
When the document was held up after signing, it ran to less than one page and reaffirmed the earlier framework by which the U.S. would tax goods imported from Japan at 15% and the creation of a $550 billion fund for Japan to invest in the U.S.
Trump and Takaichi then signed a second agreement, this one laying out a U.S.-Japan framework for securing the supply of critical minerals and rare earths.
That agreement suggested that some of the investment dollars would go to the development of rare earths needed for advanced technologies.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Takaichi would be nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. The two leaders also met with people whose family members were abducted by North Korea.
Although Trump has focused his foreign policy toward Asia around tariffs and trade, he also spoke aboard the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier docked at an American naval base near Tokyo.
The president brought Takaichi with him and she also spoke as Japan plans to increase its military spending.
The president talked about individual units on the aircraft carrier, his political opponents, national security and the U.S. economy, saying that Takaichi had told him that Toyota would be investing $10 billion in auto plants in America.
He attended the business leader dinner at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo after his remarks on the carrier, with Apple CEO Tim Cook among the guests.
Trump arrived in Tokyo on Monday, when he met with the emperor in a ceremonial visit. He was previously in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he participated in the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Trump is scheduled to leave Wednesday for South Korea, which is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Trump plans to meet with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
There were also signs that tensions between the U.S. and China were cooling off before a planned meeting between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, which is expected to take place in South Korea later this week.
Top negotiators from each country said a trade deal was coming together, which could prevent a potentially damaging confrontation between the world’s two largest economies.
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Trump, Japanese PM Sign Critical Minerals, Rare Earths Deal
The U.S. president visited Tokyo on the second leg of his three-country tour of Asia.
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Oct. 27 for bilateral talks on security, trade, and other issues, before signing a framework agreement outlining the two nations’ plans for an expanded partnership.
“I would like to realize a new golden age of Japan-U.S. alliance, where both Japan and the United States will become stronger and also more prosperous,” Takaichi said.
“I am ready to promote further collaboration with you and the United States.”
Leaders first signed an agreement “toward a new golden age for the U.S.-Japan alliance.” “The Agreement will help both countries to strengthen economic security, promote economic growth, and thereby continuously lead to global prosperity,” the document reads.
The directive follows similar arrangements made in July between the two countries and Trump’s subsequent executive action from September.
Securing sustainable supplies of critical minerals and rare earth metals was the topic of the second agreement signed Monday. Japan and the United States will partner to maximize efficient mining, processing, investing, and project management operations, according to the details of the framework.
The elimination of unfair trade practices and market manipulation is a key aspect of the agreement.
According to the document, “the Participants plan to accomplish this through use of economic policy tools and coordinated investment to accelerate development of diversified, liquid, and fair markets for critical minerals and rare earths.” Strong Allies
Ahead of the signing, the two leaders spoke for approximately 10 minutes in front of the media accompanied by their respective delegations. She said the island nation is gifting 250 cherry trees to Washington, D.C., to reside among the thousands living in the city that were donated from Tokyo to the U.S. capital in 1912. Special Japanese-made fireworks will also launch into the sky around Capitol Hill to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026.
Takaichi was chosen as prime minister in an unprecedented election in the nation’s lower parliament on Oct. 21.
“I want to congratulate you on being the first woman prime minister,” Trump said. “That’s a big deal.”
The president thanked Takaichi for Japan’s recent order of U.S. military equipment.
“We make the best military equipment in the world: the jets, the missiles, and everything else,” Trump said. “And we hope we don’t have to use them much, if at all, but we appreciate that order, and we appreciate the trade.”
Trump said the two countries will continue doing “tremendous trade.”
He welcomed her leadership style and noted her close relationship with his friend, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in 2022.
Takaichi expressed gratitude for the U.S. president’s long-lasting support of her predecessor.
After the signing ceremony, Trump told Takaichi, “I want to just let you know, anytime you have any question, any doubt, anything you want, any favors you need, anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there.
“We are an ally at the strongest level.”
Masanao Ozaki, deputy chief cabinet secretary; Kei Sato, deputy chief cabinet secretary; and Keiichi Ichikawa, national security advisor, were among those representing the host nation at the ceremony.
Also present representing the United States were George Glass, ambassador to Japan, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, among others.
The president is next scheduled to address U.S. troops aboard the USS George Washington before attending a dinner with Japanese business leaders.
He will then travel to South Korea for the final stop on his tour of Asia, where bilateral discussions on the side of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference will precede a meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping to cap off his trip.
Japanese Prime Minister to Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
The White House announced Tuesday that Japan's newly elected prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
A White House official confirmed to The New York Post that during Trump's trip to Tokyo, where he met with Takaichi and pledged strong alliance ties, the prime minister "told the president she nominated him and presented him with the papers" for next year's Nobel Peace Prize.
"In such a short period of time the world started to enjoy more peace," Takaichi said in remarks to reporters on Tuesday.
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October 28, 2025, 01:13 PM
oddball
I have been watching Japan closely this year. Their tourism is at an all time high, yet the citizens are now weary of the visitors coming in, ignoring their societal customs. More importantly, they are weary of the small percentage of immigrants that have moved to Japan, afraid of mass migration that was hinted by their prior Prime Minister, who resigned last month in disgrace because of his push to import Nigerians and other Africans into Japan to take up jobs and also to fill out the population. The new PM, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, the first female PM in Japan's history is being called the Japanese Trump, who ran on a platform of Japan first, to deport immigrants, and keep Japan Japanese. The global leftists have been going out of their skulls over recent developments in Japan, and it is no wonder that Trump loves this lady.
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October 28, 2025, 03:02 PM
chellim1
Hegseth Announces 14 Killed In New, Largest Single Attack On 'Narco-Terrorist' Boats
Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth has announced yet more strikes on alleged drug vessels operating off South America, in what's becoming a weekly thing. This latest strike involved four total boats - in what looks to be the largest single set of strikes yet.
Unlike most of the some nine strikes recorded thus far, these fresh attacks were on the Pacific side of Latin America, and not directly off Venezuela's coast. There's been only one other prior instance, announced earlier this month, of such operations on the Pacific side.
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor
October 28, 2025, 03:36 PM
downtownv
You would think this speedboat plan isn't such a good idea for the narcos
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October 28, 2025, 04:42 PM
GT-40DOC
Some of them are slow learners.....plus it isn't them in the boats!
October 28, 2025, 04:49 PM
Rawny
As many of their co-workers never returned from their trips, surely anyone put on a crew by now would know they're being sent on a suicide mission.
October 28, 2025, 06:06 PM
Lefty Sig
quote:
Originally posted by oddball: I have been watching Japan closely this year. Their tourism is at an all time high, yet the citizens are now weary of the visitors coming in, ignoring their societal customs. More importantly, they are weary of the small percentage of immigrants that have moved to Japan, afraid of mass migration that was hinted by their prior Prime Minister, who resigned last month in disgrace because of his push to import Nigerians and other Africans into Japan to take up jobs and also to fill out the population. The new PM, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, the first female PM in Japan's history is being called the Japanese Trump, who ran on a platform of Japan first, to deport immigrants, and keep Japan Japanese. The global leftists have been going out of their skulls over recent developments in Japan, and it is no wonder that Trump loves this lady.
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I agree with Japan wishing to stay Japanese, but Japan and South Korea still need to fix their birthrates to survive. The government needs to incentivize having children. One of the problems is the nonstop work culture that keeps fathers away from home for 12-16 hours a day. Another is the old boy culture where men stay out late drinking, and frequent prostitutes at hostess bars and massage parlors. Younger women are not accepting these behaviors and would rather stay single. China has the same issues and their 40 years of one-child only is going to cause a population crash over the next 40 years. But they are much bigger than Japan and SK and the Chinese government can simply mandate people have children, just like they mandated only one.
I've been to Japan seven times, and I always try to conform to their culture. Like, there is no talking on phones on the high speed trains, and not audible volume on devices. Everyone follows the rules so you feel compelled to as well, just to avoid being an ass. But the immigrants are basically doing the same shit they do here - being loud, obnoxious, and disruptive, either on purpose or because they don't care. There are Japanese public service posters telling people to be quiet and showing cartoon monkeys misbehaving on the train. Japanese are not that subtle about their disdain for the uncultured.
October 28, 2025, 06:47 PM
egregore
The above two posts remind me of this Mad magazine Don Martin cartoon.
"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke
By NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT PUBLISHED: 02:28 EDT, 29 October 2025 | UPDATED: 03:31 EDT, 29 October 2025
President Donald Trump was given a gift that will likely make the 'No Kings' protesters go a little mad - a replica of an ancient golden crown.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung awarded Trump with the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, South Korea's highest honor, for his work trying to achieve peace on the Korean peninsula during his first term.
Trump was the first American leader ever bestowed with the honor.
Trump met three times with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in at attempt to ink a denuclearization deal, a goal that ultimately foiled him.
The announcer said the honor was going to the Republican president 'in anticipation of the peace and prosperity that you will bring to the Korean peninsula' as well.
In a ceremony Wednesday afternoon in Gyeongju, South Korea, on the sidelines of the APEC summit, Trump was given an ornate medal to symbolize the Grand Order of Mugunghwa and the large golden crown, a replica of the 'largest and most extravagant of the six existing crowns' from Korea's Silla-era.
The announcer is explained this was 'the first Korean kingdom to unite the Korean peninsula.'
Lee showed Trump his two gilded gifts.
'I'd like to wear it right now,' Trump said of the medal, which was displayed in a picture frame. 'I will cherish it.'
The crown was on display in a glass case.
The president was told the gift from Lee was supposed to usher in a 'golden age' of U.S.-South Korean relations as well.
Trump told Lee the gift was 'very special' - and did not try to put the crown on.
The move was the latest gesture by a world leader to lean into the president's golden tastes, as Trump has splashed the White House with the color associated with wealth and prestige.
In Japan, the country's new leader, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, gifted Trump a golden golf ball, a putter that belonged to Trump's late friend, the assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his golf bag, signed by Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama.
Lee, who took office in June after the country's former President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from power, met with the president in Washington in August, and as APEC's host rolled out the red carpet for him.
When Trump touched down Wednesday morning at the Gimgahae International Airport, he was serenaded to a rendition of YMCA by the South Korean Air Force Band.
Ahead of the bilateral meeting, Trump was treated to more pomp with a dramatic drum ceremony and military members hoisting sabers.
The meal served also played to Trump's tastes - it included a salad with Thousand Island dressing, a nod to the president's New York roots, followed by a three-course Korean meal with freshly harvested Gyeongju rice and a gold-themed dessert.
During the leaders' sit-down, Trump said he wouldn't be meeting with Kim on this trip due to their schedules not lining up.
'I know you’re officially at war but we will see what we can do to get that straightened out,' Trump told Lee.
'I know Kim Jong Un very well, we get along very well,' he added.
It's unclear how much the Trump administration has been able to get in touch with Kim's regime since he was sworn-in in January.
In Tokyo, Trump met with Japanese family members of individuals who been abducted by North Korea.
Trump will have what's considered his most high-stakes meeting of the trip, that with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea Thursday morning.
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October 29, 2025, 07:45 AM
Muddflap
quote:
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung awarded Trump with the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, South Korea's highest honor, for his work trying to achieve peace on the Korean peninsula during his first term.
Piss on the Nobel committee.
October 29, 2025, 08:32 AM
911Boss
He should wear the crown for his next press gaggle…
What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???
October 29, 2025, 01:27 PM
Sig2340
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
October 29, 2025, 08:13 PM
pbslinger
When I look at what competent opposition has done to the dims, and how powerless and inept they appear now, I wonder how did they ever get power? Who let them? They moved the majority race to the back of the bus, were on the crazy side of many 80/20 issues, bankrupted us in favor of non citizens. They are pretty lazy except when agitated by their puppetmasters, or when they can use stolen tax money to hire legions of useful idiots to help chip away at America. They have no credibility and lie endlessly. They seem to only be able to run rigged elections, riots, welfare programs, and open border invasions.
So who let them be in charge? I'm afraid it is the uniparty. All the repubs we've voted for decades allowed it and were for it. They didn't care because they were only a little to right of them, and only cared a little about preserving America. DT has exposed the anti American dims and given a great example of what a pro America agenda looks like. At this rate of moving dims to the dustbin of history, they might be at 25% favorability in a couple of years.
That they were ever a majority is a lie, their followers have been duped into believing this for a long time. Its why they get so pissed when their crazy commie and perverted ideas get shot down, because they firmly but wrongly believe they are opposed by the minority.
Trump orders US nuclear weapons testing to begin 'immediately' after Russia tests new missiles
President cites Russia's recent missile tests and China's growing nuclear capabilities as reasons for decision
President Donald Trump announced that he has ordered the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing "immediately," saying he directed the Department of War to match other nations’ programs. He called the move a necessary step to maintain global parity.
Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Wednesday night: "The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office."
"Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years," Trump said. "Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately."
The announcement comes days after Trump warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. has a nuclear submarine stationed "right off their shores." The warning followed Russia’s recent missile tests.
Trump made the comments during a conversation with reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday morning, saying the U.S. is "not playing games" with Putin.
"Russia said this week that they’ve tested a new missile that can go more than 8,000 miles. Is that saber-rattling for you? What is that?" a reporter asked.
"I know we have a nuclear submarine, the greatest in the world, right off their shores. So, I mean, it doesn’t have to go 8,000 miles, and they’re not playing games with us. We’re not playing games with them either," Trump responded.
"We test missiles all the time. But, you know, we do have a submarine, a nuclear submarine. We don’t need to go 8,000 miles. And I don’t think it’s an appropriate thing for Putin to be saying either, by the way. You ought to get the war ended. A war that should have taken one week is now in its soon [to be] fourth year. That’s what you ought to do instead of testing missiles," he added.
Trump later hinted he may impose additional sanctions on Russia, telling reporters simply, "You'll find out."
Russia’s defense ministry said Sunday it successfully tested a nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, claiming it can travel more than 8,000 miles and pierce defense systems. Putin said Russia is moving to deploy the weapon.
Russia’s top general, Valery Gerasimov, told Putin the missile traveled 8,700 miles and remained airborne for about 15 hours during its October 21 test.
US Will Begin Conducting Nuclear Weapon Tests Again, Trump Says
The president said the U.S. would begin testing nuclear weapons ‘on an equal basis’ with tests conducted by adversaries.
The United States will begin conducting nuclear weapons testing again after decades of rejecting the practice, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
“Because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “That process will begin immediately.”
Nuclear tests in the atmosphere, space, or underwater have been banned since the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty, which permitted continued underground nuclear testing for several decades.
The United States last conducted a nuclear weapons test underground in September 1992.
That year, President George H.W. Bush announced that the United States would undertake a unilateral moratorium on all nuclear weapons testing, including those conducted underground.
Trump tied the decision to resume nuclear testing to his first administration’s efforts to keep the United States’ nuclear arsenal on par with those of Russia and China.
“The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years,” Trump wrote.
It’s unclear from his Truth Social post whether the resumed tests would be conducted underground, underwater, in the atmosphere, or in space.
Recently, top nuclear-armed U.S. adversaries, including Russia and North Korea, have conducted high-profile weapons tests.
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October 29, 2025, 10:04 PM
sjtill
Michael Pillbury, China expert, just said on FNC that a deal has been leaked: US will withdraw threats of 100% tariffs with China; PRC will put on hold for 1 year the demand for export licenses for items including magnets, rare earth minerals. Pillsbury thinks Trump’s policy is brilliant. This is a guy who wrote The Hundred Year Marathon, about China’s long term plan to rule the world.
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October 30, 2025, 06:38 AM
rat2306
Link to an article regarding DJT's actions with China, and the meeting Xi.
It is unclear whether the House will take up the legislation to eliminate the president’s levies.
Senators have passed a bill to revoke the national emergency declaration used by President Donald Trump as the legal basis for his reciprocal global tariff measures.
The Senate voted 51–47 on Oct. 30 in favor of the joint resolution, S.J. Res. 88, introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Four Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to support the bill: Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
The latest vote came shortly after the upper chamber supported a bill to repeal the president’s 50 percent tariff on Brazilian imports entering the United States. Five Republican senators reached across the aisle and voted with their Democratic colleagues on Oct. 28, resulting in a final tally of 52–48. In August, the United States imposed a 50 percent tariff on selected Brazilian products, aiming to facilitate trade reciprocity and regulatory alignment. Both sides have been engaged in informal talks since August.
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), speaking on the Senate floor, stated that these legislative measures are counterproductive to helping the United States.
“It’s no secret that for decades, countries around the globe have raised tariff and non-tariff barriers against Americans and against American businesses and have raised costs for Americans and American businesses without response by the United States,” he said.
“Trump is now responding and saying these countries need to take down their tariff and their non-tariff barriers and deal with us in fair and free trade.”
But a chorus of lawmakers, including Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), say that levies are harming the United States.
“Tariffs make both building and buying in America more expensive. The economic harms of trade wars are not the exception to history, but the rule. And no cross-eyed reading of Reagan will reveal otherwise,” McConnell said in a statement. The Republican-controlled Senate also voted on Oct. 29 against Trump’s authority to implement additional tariffs on Canada. Four GOP senators—Collins, McConnell, Murkowski, and Paul—joined with Democrats, with the vote coming in at 50–46. “I primarily object to the Canada tariffs because I don’t think there’s an emergency that should trigger the use of this statute, but there are many other reasons I object to them and the fracturing of this long-standing, powerful relationship is one of them,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said in a speech on the Senate floor.
Trump slapped an additional 10 percent tariff on existing rates for Canadian products in response to a television ad by Ontario, which used edited clips of President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.
Despite the outcome, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is unlikely to bring these resolutions to the floor for a vote.
Vice President JD Vance, following his meeting with Senate Republicans, stated that these votes are a “huge mistake” as tariffs provide the president with leverage to “put American workers first.”
“They’re also incredible leverage for the president [of the] United States in negotiating these trade deals overseas,” Vance told reporters, pointing to recent trade developments during Trump’s trip to Asia.
During his Asia tour this week, Trump finalized or put together trade agreements with Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Trump also lowered U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports to 47 percent from 57 percent after what he described as “an amazing meeting” with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The U.S. president also halved the rate of tariffs related to trade in fentanyl precursor drugs to 10 percent from 20 percent.
In exchange, Beijing will resume its purchases of U.S. soybeans and refrain from imposing rare earth export controls, Trump said.
All of this has happened because of the president’s ability to employ levies, the vice president said.
“If you look at all of the trade deals, the trade barriers that have been dropped by foreign countries on American consumers, they are happening because the president of the United States has been willing to use tariffs to give American workers and American farmers a better deal,” Vance said.
These legislative efforts come ahead of a major case before the Supreme Court challenging the president’s authority to introduce sweeping global tariffs using emergency powers.
On Nov. 5, the high court will hear oral arguments regarding Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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October 30, 2025, 03:03 PM
sjtill
It will come to nothing, but we note who voted against Trump. McConnell is retiring, good. Murkowski needs to be primaried; Collins - no hope there, Maine is crazy. Rand Paul is Rand Paul. He seems to feel no party loyalty.
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