Tough Talks Tomorrow

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is heading to Switzerland for trade talks with his communist Chinese counterparts tomorrow. These are high-drama, high-risk negotiations. There will be nothing easy in these talks. President Trump tried to give them a boost this morning by indicating some flexibility on his part to reduce tariffs. 

But here’s what I find particularly depressing: In such a confrontation between the two countries that will decide the kind of world our children and grandchildren will grow up in, the American media will twist every report into making the communist Chinese sound reasonable while making the Trump administration sound clueless or worse.

Just a few months ago, these same reporters were blasting the president for going after Canada when they said he should be going after communist China. And when he does go after China, they still criticize him and resist what he is trying to do.

Meanwhile, President Trump continues to negotiate better trade deals for America. India agreed to lower tariffs on U.S. products by two-thirds.