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Watching Monday’s Chris Salcedo Show, patriotic Americans saw exactly what many of us have suspected: too many on the left reflexively side with globalist interests instead of putting America first. Salcedo slammed what he rightly called “China-first Democrats” for opposing tough action against the Chinese Communist Party, and he’s not the only conservative voice calling out this dangerous softness.
President Trump’s hardline response to Beijing’s new export controls on rare earths and other critical materials was a necessary wake-up call for a nation that has been sleepwalking into strategic dependence. When China weaponizes supply chains it becomes a national security problem, not just a trade dispute, and the administration’s tariff threats directly confronted that threat.
Predictably, Democrats and many establishment Republicans attacked the move as reckless and inflationary, acting as if defending American manufacturing and national security were optional. Their complaints about price pressures ignore the point that decades of surrender to Chinese manufacturing and theft of intellectual property are what left our workers exposed in the first place.
The left’s political calculation is obvious: prefer cheap consumer trinkets and campaign donations over the long-term survival of American industry and technology. Polling shows that public opinion on tariffs is volatile, but that reflects confused messaging and media panic more than principle—hard choices are rarely popular in the short term.
Markets dipped when the White House announced dramatic tariff steps, and Wall Street’s tantrum was used by critics to claim the policy was a failure; don’t be fooled. Market volatility is not the same as weakness, and sometimes a president must rock the boat to stop a slow-motion national decline that threatens our factories, our supply chains, and our military edge.
Even international officials have signaled that the tariffs achieved their purpose: bringing Beijing back to the bargaining table and forcing urgent diplomacy on an issue that should have been addressed years ago. Treasury officials now report talks aimed at de-escalation and meaningful commitments on exports—proof that firmness, not appeasement, compels action from ruthless state actors.
America doesn’t need handwringing elites or Chamber of Commerce sellouts dictating our strategic choices; we need leaders who put American families and workers ahead of foreign powers and short-term market placation. If Congress and grassroots patriots rally behind standing up to Beijing, we can secure supply chains, rebuild manufacturing, and make sure no future administration can be bullied by the CCP while Democrats cheer from the sidelines.
