Jay Weber Show transcript 6-12-25
I hate to jinx it, but this second Trump term is starting to feel ‘different’. As if it’s leading to something ‘greater’.
What i mean is...over the last six months...a pattern has developed, and to simplify it, the pattern is: Trump and America win-as the Trump hating and America hating lunatics keep losing and looking more and more unhinged.
This is starting to impress me as ...a fever breaking...
As... our long-time political stalemate in this country is coming to an end.
I think even to most average Americans, this is starting to look and feel like...it ‘really is morning in America, again’....and if you don’t want to participate in it...shut up and get out of the way.
Even as the Trump haters and anarchists start to realize that the American people aren’t falling for their bullying and alarmist b.s. and rioting this time... Their wing of legal activists is losing over and repeatedly in court.
Many of the lawsuits that have been filed against trump in a flurry of action...months ago...are starting to be kicked out of court or decided in trump’s favor now.
Gavin Newsom and California sue over trump calling in the national guard. A judge tosses it out within a day.
That comes on the same day that yet another appeals court ruling slaps back judge Boasberg in the DC circuit for trying to block Trump’s -constitutional- use of his deportation powers.
On the same day- a different appeals court blocks the court of trade from blocking trump’s tariffs.
It doesn’t mean Trump has won on this matter...but the activists who are trying to stymie Trump’s tariffs sure took it as a loss.
Repeatedly, these attempts to chop block Trump and harm any American revival are getting tossed to the side...as 2/3 of Americans get a better and better sense of ‘which side of the aisle’ the adults are on...and which side the bitter, hateful children are on.
It seemed to ‘kill’ some of the talking heads on CNBC and CNN, yesterday, to have to admit that there was virtually no increase in inflation in May...and trump’s tariffs haven’t driven us into a recession.
In fact, I’ve noticed that these mainstream news outlets are still referring to quote...trump’s escalating tariff war’.... even though this so-called tariff war hasn’t been escalating for over a month.
Yes-there was the highly disruptive roll out-and threats- that trump rolled out April second...and yes...there were a few weeks of escalating talk and unsettled markets.... But then it quickly became apparent that our most important trade partners were going to either cooperate or capitulate. That had Trump relaxing and reversing most of his threats.
It was mostly just a ‘wakeup call’ to get them all to the table and get them focused. Make it clear trump and the u-s aren’t screwing around.
But this whole trade situation has been ‘de-escalating’ for nearly a month now. The markets have risen. Inflation remains low. Wages and private sector job creation are up. Energy and food prices are mostly down.
But these news outlets still want to characterize this as ‘trump’s escalating tariff war’?
Folks-there isn’t one.
Even the major trade showdown-with China- is showing positive signs. Yesterday morning at this time, Trump announced the framework for a new modified trade deal with China has been agreed upon by negotiators.
Great. That was very good news.
And it came on the same morning that the May inflation numbers were released...showing virtually no increase in inflation last month which proved the so-called ‘experts’ wrong again...
They were expecting to see a noticeable increase in inflation ..cuz...you know...Trump’s tariffs.
Nope.These people are dopes.
And grocery prices were up slightly from April...but it was a real mixed bag: some items saw their prices tick up a bit, again, while other items, like eggs, fell again.The prices for meat, poultry, and fish were all down very slightly. Basically flat....as were the prices of most fruits and vegetables.
Inflation has been tamed, my friends, based on any definition that any of these so-called experts have ever used.
And yet-Trump is getting no credit for it- and the ‘haters’ are just moving on to the ‘next smear’.
Yes-inflation is still slightly more than two percent when it’d be great to see it back below two percent, again. But we are in the territory here in which every economist-forever- has talked about ‘healthy inflation’.
A so-called healthy inflation rate is at or below two percent. Good. Fine.
We are there.So- let’s start cutting the interest rate and fueling some new growth.
Jerome Powell and the fed still refuse to do it.
They were willing to cut rates last September, when inflation was three percent, in a move that was clearly meant to try to help kamala and the dems win the election-
So, we know that Powell-at the very least-is a partisan hack. But now that inflation is down closer to where it should be?He still won’t even talk about reducing interest rates.
The fed is never going to agree to that sort of dramatic swing...but they haven’t even been talking about a quarter point...or a half point. And that -really is- economic malpractice at this point.
Even some experts at the big financial houses are starting to grumble...and say...we get that Powell hates trump. But... This combination of economic factors says it’s time for a rate cut.
The next decision on interest rates will come next week following a two-day fed meeting-but observers aren’t expecting Powell or the fed to make any moves. No.
They are dug in... on screwing over the consumer. Especially younger consumers who want to borrow money and start building their lives and families.
And yes, expect the excuse to still be Trump’s tariffs. The smart set keeps insisting...they got to mean higher prices at some point...they got to. At some point. They just...got to.... mean bad news for consumers. It’s coming. It’s just. Got to.
At some point-this looks more like ‘Trump haters’ on wall street-wanting- to see new inflation and a recession.... instead of giving us an honest analysis.
That’s what it looks like to me. One reason is that they keep saying ‘we haven’t seen price increases yet due to trump’s tariffs’.... but we have.
Prices for some of the things trump put tariffs on -have-gone up. Like appliances, electronics and car parts. We-have-seen some higher prices due to some trump tariffs, already. It’s just that they haven’t been terribly widespread or noticeable to the consumer.
Other things that were expected to be affected-weren’t.
The consumer impact of trump’s so-called tariff war has been minimal...and man...does that irk his haters.
These tariffs haven’t soured any consumer sentiment, either. Consumer optimism has risen. And apparently-that is really cheezing off the trump haters who want to see a recession.
Some of the surveys that economists do....are starting to show that consumers expect lower inflation from here on out into next year...which is an indication that the American people don’t think trump’s tariffs are going to slam them with higher costs here...
That sounds like a positive for future economic growth and stability.
But...ooohh.....how the smart people want to see trump ruin the economy....ooohhhh...come on disaster. Come on Armageddon....
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