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Four American presidents on free trade (Truman/Eisenhower/JFK/Reagan) 60 seconds

.@RepEdCase: "That we even have to waive the Jones Act to try to hold down skyrocketing fuel and other energy costs is a blanket admission of the Jones Act’s crippling effects on our economy..."

@alldspeed @scottlincicome @Brendan_Duke @ericadyork @EBGresser @JJensen2020 @EricBoehm87 Seems reasonable

Scott Bessent says he's lifted sanctions on Russian oil and is working on lifting sanctions on Iranian oil next. Could we get rid of tariffs on solar? solartechonline.com/blog/renewable… @scottlincicome @Brendan_Duke

My column in @thehill, this week reflecting on the President's 2026 Trade Policy Agenda thehill.com/opinion/financ…

🔥"If trade surpluses become evidence of unfair trade, the U.S. will be attempting something unprecedented: using tariffs to punish other countries simply for selling goods the rest of the world wants to buy. That’s not trade enforcement. That’s Washington trying to tariff the laws of economics."

Affordability is crushing American families. It’s not wages—it’s rising costs: 🏠 Housing 🏥 Healthcare 👶 Childcare @MichaelRStrain of @AEI argues that too many policymakers are focused on the wrong solutions. Tariffs, subsidies, and slogans won’t fix it. We need policies that expand supply, lower barriers, and actually let people prosper. Do y miss the latest episode. 🔗👇

@USTradeRep @RealPNavarro Since 2000, the only significant reduction in the trade deficit relative to the size of our economy occurred thanks to the Great Recession.

@USTradeRep @RealPNavarro Tariff rate shown is based on import duties collected divided by total imports. The actual rate is much higher now than shown on the graph since 2025 is an annual average.

2 things @USTradeRep and @RealPNavarro are terrified Americans will discover. ONE: As a % of GDP, the US trade deficit has not been increasing. TWO: Doubling tariffs under Trump1-Biden and then more than tripling them again under Trump 2 had ZERO significant impact on the trade deficit as a % of GDP.

I don’t think the author of this WSJ letter realizes his argument shows the 106-year-old Jones Act has failed: protectionism hasn’t strengthened U.S. shipbuilding, it’s stunted it. wsj.com/opinion/nixing…

@JakeCan72 Who is that blinky eyebrows person? 🤣

Joe Kent didn’t resign over the Iran war. He resigned because an FBI investigation was already open. Says a lot about the Tucker interview — cover story. The resignation letter was the alibi. He saw it coming. He moved first. Now any pushback looks like a witch hunt. He didn’t protest the war. He ran from the investigation.

Today @realDonaldTrump waived the "Jones Act” because the war increased the price of oil. The Jones Act raises all sorts of prices by giving U.S. shipping companies special treatment. But it shouldn’t be waived for 60 days. Here’s why it should be killed for good.

Small business owners say "affordability” is the nation’s leading issue requiring more action by the @WhiteHouse and Congress. One small but important step for small biz and consumers would be the price relief that would result from a tariff exemption for tinplate steel. Read more here: sbecouncil.org/2026/03/03/aff…

Lots of pro-Jones Act types are out insisting the waiver is unneeded because a) there is no JA vessel shortage and b) foreign shipping offers no cost advantage. If true, they should welcome the waiver. Will go unused and be egg on the faces of JA critics.

From @cpgrabow @cato regarding Jones Act waiver

Latest Waiver Is Another Indictment of the Jones Act cato.org/blog/latest-wa… via @CatoInstitute

The Trump administration’s decision to waive the Jones Act for the transportation of fertilizer and certain energy products is an implicit admission that the law is a glaring failure, says Cato’s @cpgrabow.

On March 18, President Trump announced a 60-day suspension of the Jones Act in order to streamline the shipping of oil and gas to the US. In AEIdeas, @AEI's Vincent H. Smith takes on the Jones Act, writing that a better approach would be for Congress to end the antiquated law altogether. Read more: aei.org/american-boond…

@NTU ntu.org/publications/d…

Good move, President Trump via @NTU

@marctshort ntu.org/publications/d…

Waiving the Jones Act is a good step to reduce prices in the short term…. But if everyone acknowledges it lowers prices, Congress should permanently repeal it. Eliminating this non sensical protectionist policy would save Americans $769 million annually