Mic Drop: Vice President JD Vance Blasts Left's Tariff Panic

Yesterday, I gave you a rundown of the three tariff options that President Trump was weighing. And we found out later at the Make America Wealthy Again event that Trump had imposed a 10% tariff across the board as well as reciprocal tariffs on particular nations and products. As a result, varying percentages will be applied from country to country.

And as expected, the mainstream media went into a full panic over President Trump’s plan. Vice President JD Vance went on Fox & Friends to fiercely combat the far-Left narrative of impending economic doom.

Here’s a portion of Vance’s interview:

A lot of people have gotten rich from American jobs moving overseas, but American workers have not gotten rich, and frankly, American companies have not gotten wealthy from the increasing growth of foreign competitors manufacturing overseas. . . . These foreign companies, they charge us ridiculous tariffs. They engage in a lot of non-tariff practices like currency manipulation. That has been awful for Main Street in the United States of America. . . .

[American workers] were in the Rose Garden yesterday. They’ve never had a President who stood up for their jobs and stood up for American prosperity. They finally see something has shifted. There were Democrats out there, Republicans. There were union and nonunion workers alike. They know this is a big change, but we need a big change in this country because what we’ve done, what we did under the Biden Administration, it just wasn’t working.

Vance echoed much of the same message that Trump shared during his tariff rollout. Yesterday Trump asserted that Americans have been “ripped off for more than 50 years, but it’s not going to happen anymore. . . . Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already.”

Trump also hit on the importance of manufacturing pharmaceuticals and medicines in America as opposed to China, which is actually an important security concern. How often do you pause before you take a pill and wonder, Wait . . . who made this and where did it come from? Trump will ensure that Americans can feel safe about where their medicine is being produced.

Now what Trump and Vance are promising sounds nice, but logistically, returning manufacturing to America is very complex. Vance admitted that “we will not fix things overnight.” However, America couldn’t continue on the same path to experience economic prosperity. Too much American manufacturing has been shipped overseas, and we need it to become a backbone of the American landscape once again.

ACLJ Senior Advisor for National Security and Foreign Policy Ric Grenell explained Trump’s strategy with the tariffs:

When you look at the tariff numbers, for instance, what Europe does to America on cars – let’s just take that as an example. The Europeans charge 10%. And the American government charges 2.5%. Now, everybody realizes that is not fair. And so what we really need to be able to do is recognize that America is being taken advantage of. And other countries have way higher tariffs on us.

And President Trump is doing this amazing job where he is saying, You know what, I’m going to take the hit in the short term and say we’ve got to do something better. I’m going to increase the tariffs to show them what they’re doing to us. And in response, I can tell you I see it all around the world: Leaders are saying, Okay, let’s have a free trade agreement. Let’s get to zero. Let’s negotiate. . . . President Trump is doing the right thing by leveling the playing field.

At the end of the day, I’m glad the Trump Administration is willing to try something new. For far too long Washington elites have ignored the loss of American manufacturing, but the Trump Administration has the courage to roll out a new economic plan that could pay off immensely. Yes, there will be growing pains, but the result could be worth it for the American economy in the long run.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included a full analysis of Vice President JD Vance defending the Trump Administration’s tariff plan.

Watch the full broadcast below: