It’s November. Trade between America and China has essentially halted as a result of Trump’s tariffs. American children consequently will have to go without toys for Christmas.
When Scott Bessent is asked about this, he tells the reporter that toys for Christmas aren’t part of the American dream. Americans should be focused on God, family, and community at Christmas, not cheap Chinese toys. In any event, the children in question will be grateful ten years from now when they have jobs in revived textile mills in South Carolina as a result of the tariffs. The long-term gain justifies the short-term pain.
That should go over really well.