We categorically reject this dark view and believe that the president should heed the wise words of President Ronald Reagan, who said, “We should beware of the demagogs who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.” Combined with the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the planned silencing of the Voice of America and other critical elements of American soft power, this unprovoked trade war signals to the world that America is mindlessly disengaging and isolating itself. In the quote from Reagan above, he goes on to say: “The expansion of the international economy is not a foreign invasion; it is an American triumph, one we worked hard to achieve, and something central to our vision of a peaceful world of freedoms.”
Author: Charlie Dent, Dan Glickman
Published at: 2025-04-14 21:54:39
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