President Donald J. Trump has kept tariffs in the news, with announcements that look contradictory until one understands his intentions. Trump wants to use tariffs both to replace the income tax and to prompt a rebuild of America’s manufacturing base. That’s why some of his proposed tariffs are on a ninety-day pause; the countries involved have shown willingness to negotiate. But many Americans, including many political theorists, don’t understand what tariffs are, or even what legitimate purposes they might serve. Herewith another primer on tariffs to address certain misunderstandings that decades of misapplied strategy – or unilateral economic disarmament – have facilitated.

What are tariffs?

Tariffs, or import duties, are taxes that importers pay on goods they bring into a country. True, many (if not most) importers will pass such taxes on to the buyers of the imported goods. Such buyers always have the option not to buy. Wal-Mart exercised that option recently after President Trump raised tariffs on communist China to a total of 125 percent. (In fact Wal-Mart has paid lip service for years to the idea of “buying American.”

Until the end of the nineteenth century, the United States financed its government through tariffs. Then a coalition of bankers, with William Randolph Hearst (the inventor of “yellow journalism”) as their chief agent provocateur, talked the country into the Spanish-American War. (They might have done more than talk if the destruction of USS Maine ACR-1 was due to anything other than a paint-locker fire that spread to the ship’s ammunition magazines.) The United States had not embarked on such an expensive foreign venture ever before. (All America’s wars until then took place on what are now the Contiguous States, the Lower Forty-eight, etc.) So Congress laid a telephone tax on wealthy telephone users (who then were the only ones who had telephones). Then in 1910, the “banksters” met on Jekyll Island to create and launch the Federal Reserve System.

The telephone tax is gone. But in 1913 came the income tax. And after World War II came the mis-called “free trade system.”

The great borrowing binge

Contrary to Erick-Woods Erickson’s execrably flawed analysis, trade deficits always must resolve somehow. Any two countries have between them a current account and a capital account. Current-account transactions are imports and exports. Capital-account transactions are investment in new manufacturing plant and equipment – or sales of bonds. Those bonds might be private company commercial paper, or government bonds.

Today the United States has an aggregate net-resultant current-account trade deficit of over a trillion dollars a year with the rest of the world. That cannot possibly sustain itself forever, and it doesn’t. One would expect these other countries to take all the money (American dollars, which are no longer redeemable in gold) they rake in, and invest in plant and equipment to make things in America to sell to Americans. Occasionally that is exactly what happens. But typically, foreign governments use the excess dollars to buy United States Treasury instruments. These are the short-term “bills,” ten-year “notes,” and thirty-year or “long” “bonds” The Wall Street Journal talks about. One finds this “talk” in a section called “Credit Markets and Money Rates.”

This represents continued borrowing by the United States government – and by extension, its citizens. To compound the absurdity, the U.S. government had created this “understanding” with other countries. Which is: you may “tariff” us all you want, so long as you keep buying our bills, notes and bonds.

One would expect a limit on this activity – except that Congress keeps raising the debt ceiling.

Deadbeat city

What does that make America? America has become not only a debtor nation but a spendthrift and almost a deadbeat nation. The one reason America is not a deadbeat nation is that it has not – yet – defaulted on its paper. But America is paying compound interest that itself is a significant portion of the federal budget. The one President in recent memory who presided over a budget surplus was Bill Clinton. And that was only because he couldn’t persuade a Republican Congress to spend big money on his priorities. Or perhaps he had none, because Bill Clinton was never an ideologue. (This is not an endorsement of Bill Clinton. But remember that a broken clock tells the correct time twice a day.)

In any case, federal revenues exceeded expenditures for one or two years in his second term. That’s never happened since.

In the meantime, other countries have been more than content to lend Americans money so that they can keep buying – though they have no work product to buy with. American manufacturing is nearly dead – because other countries have closed their markets to American goods. The ownership of brands is no longer a reliable indicator of what is, and what is not, made in America. That in part reflects foreign companies actually building factories in America. But it also reflects American companies importing goods and slapping their own labels on them.

President Donald Trump wants to put a stop to this.

How Trump plans to use tariffs

Donald Trump has proposed two kinds of tariffs – baseline and reciprocal. The baseline tariff will be ten percent. Americans will always import many, many things they simply can’t “make in the USA.” These are mainly agricultural products, including coffee and tropical fruits. A ten-percent tariff on such staples should provide a comfortable revenue stream. (Rare earths are another story. Trump plans to acquire territories, like the island known variously as Greenland and Kalaalit Nunaat, rich in these minerals.)

Reciprocal tariffs are actually retaliatory. They send the message that no country will ever again close its markets to Americans without consequence. That’s why Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 125 percent, while pausing them on other countries for 90 days.

Other countries can avoid the reciprocal tariffs in one of two ways. Either they open markets to American exporters, or they build factories in America. A factory in America, whether making goods for export or domestic consumption, employs Americans. Many countries are already making both kinds of deal.

A special word about China

China deserves special mention. Their true name for themselves is The Middle Kingdom. Middle of what? Middle of the world. Every Chinese emperor since Noah (who likely founded what became China after disembarking from his Ark) has dreamed of a kingdom that sits in the middle of the world – and rules the world from that position. Whether Chiang Kai-shek thought that way before Mao Zedong drove him out and onto Taiwan is anyone’s guess. But from Mao on, every Secretary General of the Chinese Communist Party has thought in these terms also.

Of course they will continue buying American paper – so they can suddenly declare that they own America, and dictate accordingly. They also have built a system on slave labor. And now they are building a navy to rival the United States Navy – as Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas) clearly understands.

Furthermore, they want Taiwan back. To leave an independent Taiwan is to lose face. Some have debated on whether China can take Taiwan, but no one doubts that they’ll try. Fortunately the head of Taiwan Semiconductor has already spoken to President Trump about building a plant in the United States. That plant might become the only off-island asset left to the Taiwanese.

The world has enemies

All of which to address a general principle that many economists, especially libertarians, routinely ignore. The human world has enemies. Libertarians always maintain that one has no enemies but what one makes. That’s not true. China is the prize example of an external enemy who will attack without provocation. To China, merely to exist apart from China is to be an enemy of China. Remember how China sees itself: The Middle Kingdom.

Those same libertarian economists despise tariffs because they do not see national borders as legitimate. Perhaps they never once imagine that anything can be an exclusive public concern. If nothing is an exclusive public concern, then no tax is necessary – because government need not exist. And because tariffs are taxes, tariffs shouldn’t be necessary either.

But that presupposes utopia. And human beings will not build utopia. Whenever they try, they inevitably make it tyrannical. Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451) recognized that. For those who don’t, consider the old Soviet Union. Or again, consider China, which governs itself with a Party named after the principle of holding all things in common.

“We can’t get there from here” – oh, yes, we can

Darrell Castle is one such libertarian – and his blind spots should surprise everyone.

Increased revenue comes at the cost of decreased production thus offsetting any gains.

Not if the revenue comes from overseas (cf. External Revenue Service) and production is to increase in-country.

Tariffs tend to slow down production wherever they are imposed. That is a concept proven time and again by history.

Since when? Tariffs slow down imports and prompt someone to build factories in the markets into which one wants to sell. (Which is what Elon Musk has done with Tesla.)

The idea then is to spur US manufacturing. That is a good thing but only if people have enough income to afford the products.

They’ll have the income in the form of factory wages.

A banana republic sells bananas to us and we sell them cars. We import twice as many bananas as that country does cars so there is a trade deficit. So we put a 100% tariff on bananas so problem solved. The difficulty is that the banana republic now can’t afford nearly as many cars so it’s self-defeating.

This is an example of a “straw man.” Ten percent is the more likely figure, as Trump has said repeatedly.

Some of the things we import in great numbers are vital to the American people. The product I’m thinking of is antibiotics which is almost exclusively made in China now.

First, having those antibiotics made here, is the idea. We have to start somewhere, and sometime, so we might as well start there, and now.

Second, such infections are avoidable, and one can combat them by strengthening the body’s defenses. Pumping someone (especially a child) full of antibiotics, is allopathic medicine. As Joseph R. Mercola D.O. aptly demonstrated, allopathic medicine is often a cop-out. Secretary Kennedy, fortunately, is already on that case.

Conclusion: tariffs can work

Hopefully this essay will clear up some misunderstandings that many have expressed about tariffs, and their proper role. Again, a baseline tariff of ten percent across the board might indeed replace the income tax. Trump intends the much higher reciprocal tariffs to change behavior. That includes restoring incentives to build things in America, for Americans and for those who produce goods America cannot produce.

Link to:

The article:

https://cnav.news/2025/04/13/news/tariffs-misunderstandings/

Video:

Various sources:

https://retailwire.com/discussion/walmarts-open-call-continues-to-support-products-made-in-the-usa/

https://cnav.news/2025/04/10/editorial/guest/tax-spanish-american-war-century/

https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly

https://cnav.news/2025/04/12/editorial/guest/tariffs-resetting-global-order/

https://cnav.news/2025/04/13/accountability/executive/china-restoring-american-industrial-might/

https://cnav.news/2025/02/07/accountability/executive/china-taiwan-unintended-consequences/

https://cnav.news/2025/03/08/accountability/executive/china-war-plans/

Declarations of Truth:

https://x.com/DecTruth

Declarations of Truth Locals Community:

https://declarationsoftruth.locals.com/

Conservative News and Views:

https://cnav.news/

Clixnet Media

https://clixnet.com/

As Resurrection Sunday approaches, Dallas Jenkins is premiering his fifth season of his long-running streaming series, The Chosen, in theaters. This theatrical run is, to be sure, limited. Yet last Wednesday (April 2), its first of three installments came in second place overall in gross box-office receipts. The Walt Disney Company’s live-action Snow White remake came in third place, with a wider release! And little wonder. Not only does The Chosen have better source material to work with, but it takes a far more respectful approach. The result is a series of films that build suspense at least as well as does any “thriller” franchise. But besides that, it holds up a mirror to our own society, into which all Americans should look.

The Chosen – Who is He/are they?

The Chosen opened in 2017 in the streaming market, first from Angel Studios. (They are the same distributor that brought us Sound of Freedom.) Writer-Director-Producer Dallas Jenkins (son of Jerry Jenkins of Left Behind fame) films mostly on location in Texas and Utah. Jenkins’ production company (Five and Two Studios) plans seven seasons of eight episodes each. The Chosen finished its fourth season last year, after a considerable delay during which Jenkins found another distributor (Come and See). Anyone can view it on a dedicated “app” available in the Google Play and Apple App Stores. It is also available on the Roku API, which has the largest (over 300,000) inventory of “channels” for streaming boxes and “smart TVs” using that API.

The Chosen is, of course, Jesus Christ, or His Apostles. Thus the series treats the public ministry of Christ, beginning after His Forty-day Temptation in the Desert. Season 1 begins with Mary Magdalene and ends with the Woman at the Well. Season Two ends before the Sermon on the Mount, and Season 3 ends with the Feeding of the Multitude. That last episode also shows Jesus walking on water, rescuing Simon (now called Peter) from the storm-tossed waves, then calming the storm.

Season 4 begins with the most tragic scenes of all thus far, especially the execution of John the Baptist. It continues with an observance of the Feast of Dedication, or Hanukkah. It ends with the resuscitation of Lazarus, and Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey.

The most recent season

Season 4 also set the pattern for future season releases: in theaters, in three installments covering eight episodes. So Season 5 is following that same pattern. The full name of this three-part arrangement is The Chosen: The Last Supper, because the season treats the last week of Jesus’ mortal life. Part One began with Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, and ended with His expelling the marketers and moneychangers from the Temple. Regular viewers expected an intense scene, and they got one – and perhaps were as surprised to see Jesus reacting in violent anger as His Apostles were.

Part Two continued to the Last Supper of the trilogy’s name – and also to Judas meeting with High Priest Caiaphas. Part Three will show next week, and end with Jesus’ arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Each part of the arrangement will run for one week only, opening on a Thursday and closing next Wednesday. Given that narrow gap, Part One accomplished an incredible feat. According to The Numbers, it finished its one-week run in second place, behind MGM’s A Working Man. It finished comfortably ahead of the Disney Snow White remake. Furthermore, it earned $593 per screen – while Snow White earned only $203 per screen. Over its weekly run, Part One performed as expected from its opener. Snow White has not performed up to expectations.

The Chosen – how it plays

The number of actors who have portrayed Jesus Christ in motion pictures and television is almost too many to count. These portraits have varied from central (like Max Von Sydow in The Greatest Story Ever Told), to brief (see, for example, Ben-Hur, The Robe, and the Hallmark special Give Us Barabbas). Jonathan Roumie shows viewers a Jesus like no other in film or TV before him. He plays Jesus as Accessible, and trying earnestly to teach something to men who, half the time, can’t understand Him. That’s because He is teaching a new way of thinking, about humans’ relationships with one another, and with God.

As mentioned, the series begins with Mary Magdalene (Elizabeth Tabish), who comes to understand Him better than anyone. (And why not, after He delivered her from possession by seven unclean spirits?) Simon Peter (Shahar Isaac) thinks he understands Jesus – but regular viewers know he’ll crack. Judas Iscariot (Luke Dimyan) keeps expecting Jesus to be some kind of military rebel leader. Of course Jesus is anything but that – and viewers will understand fully when Judas sells Him out.

All the traditional biblical characters are present, including all twelve Apostles, the Evangelist Matthew (whom we see abandoning his tax-collecting trade), and a certain Roman officer who begs Jesus to heal his son – and also says he doesn’t rate Jesus entering his house!

Unusual and extra-biblical characters

Andrew James Allen plays a most unusual Pilate – a brash young Roman who got his Prefectship as a political favor. This Pilate is out of his depth. His wife Claudia (Sarah J. Bartholomew) knows it, and so does the Roman garrison commander Atticus Aemilius Pulcher (Elijah Alexander). In fact the Roman contingent, military and civilian, present the perfect picture of aristocrats and their enforcers. This is, after all, an occupied land, whose people resent that occupation.

The Jewish Sanhedrin, including Caiaphas (Richard Fancy) and Shmuel (Shaan Sharma), are an insincere lot, and it shows. The only sincere man among them is Nicodemus (Erick Avari), who at least is willing to ask Jesus honest questions. Their colleagues are constantly plotting and scheming, their only concern being how to retain power. So well does the cast project this, that one has only to look at them to know this. When Jesus calls them out, everyone understands instantly what He’s talking about.

David Amito plays an earnest John the Baptizer, who goes to his death knowing he has found God.

Occasionally The Chosen opens an episode with scenes from centuries ago, or millennia. Thus it occasionally includes ancient characters like Kings David and Solomon. (This hasn’t happened – so far – in Season 5.)

Lessons for today

The source of the power of The Chosen is its rich portrait of the larger society in which the events take place. One will readily recognize modern analogues of the Sanhedrin, the Roman aristocrats, and even ordinary people. Who hasn’t met legalists of every stripe – and who can fail to recognize the decadence of modern rich people? As King Solomon said,

There is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

Furthermore, Elizabeth Tabish’ Mary Magdalene is a metaphor for ourselves. She starts as broken as one gets, and becomes a tough-as-nails advocate for the Man Who gave her hope for the first time in her life.

Perhaps by no accident, Jenkins abbreviates, or omits, certain parts of the story of Jesus’ last days. When the outraged Sanhedrin ask Jesus by what authority He expels the moneychangers and merchants from the Temple, He replies, “My own!” Not a word about Jesus’ asking them by what authority John the Baptist baptized people. Nor does the Levirate Riddle of the Sadducees – which of seven brothers is a widow married to in heaven – appear. The script proceeds from Jesus making light of the census tax directly to the Summary of the Law.

That’s because, correctly or incorrectly, Dallas Jenkins believes these things are distractions. Even as sweeping a drama as a fifty-six-episode series (with no definite limits on running time for each episode) has a limit to how much one can cover. Jenkins has chosen to focus on the most important things one can learn from Scripture.

Reception

Critic Michael Schwartz of The Western Journal observes that The Chosen Season 5 Part One made almost double what Season 4 Part One made in their respective opening weekends. As he further observes, one can explain the differing reception of The Chosen and Snow White in two ways. Either Snow White is an egregious two-hour cliché, whose leading “lady” made the reception worse with her gratuitous insults of audience and supporting cast alike – or The Chosen finally gives viewers what they have wanted, and haven’t had, for at least a decade, if not longer.

Both might be true – and both probably are – but a positive fact is always stronger than a negative. The Chosen succeeds, not by default but by offering a Message that satisfies as nothing else can. Dallas Jenkins and his cast and associates clearly understand that people want something more than an appeal to self-righteousness. Life must have meaning beyond self if it is to be worth living. The Chosen reminds us of something we already knew, deep in our hearts. More and more people are responding to that Message.

Will Hollywood “get” the Message? Probably not. So movie exhibitors will have a decision to make, almost as profound as the decision any individual must make.

Link to:

The article:

https://cnav.news/2025/04/05/editorial/talk/the-chosen-timely-timeless/

Video:

Box Office performance charts from The Numbers:

https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-chart/daily/2025/04/02

https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Chosen-The-Last-Supper-Part-1-(2025)#tab=box-office

https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Disneys-Snow-White-(2025)#tab=box-office

Michael Schwartz’ review:

https://www.westernjournal.com/chosen-last-supper-cruises-past-woke-snow-white-remake/

Declarations of Truth:

https://x.com/DecTruth

Declarations of Truth Locals Community:

https://declarationsoftruth.locals.com/

Conservative News and Views:

https://cnav.news/

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https://clixnet.com/

The past thirty-six hours have seen something extraordinary – and vital: major housecleaning at the National Security Council. Yesterday President Donald J. Trump fired at least six, or as many as ten, employees of the National Security Council. New and legacy media outlets are giving credit to – or heaping blame on – Laura Loomer for getting those people fired. Further revelations show that many of these people were Biden administration holdovers. Whether any of them had anything to do with “Signal-gate” remains unclear. What is clear is Donald Trump’s newfound willingness to listen to those warning that previous administration employees are suspect. That applies even more to those handling “secret events” than to Cabinet officers.

What Laura Loomer has to do with the NSC firings

Laura Loomer does not work in or for the Trump administration. She is an independent, freelance investigative journalist who specializes in exposing left-wing officials and cause seekers. As such she has the luxury of investigating anyone she considers suspicious, without regard to any inside political considerations.

On Tuesday (April 1), Laura Loomer had a meeting with Trump in the Oval Office; yesterday she posted about it. She shared little about that meeting, other than its having taken place, and the subject of her concerns.

I woke up this morning to learn that there are still people in and around the West Wing who are LEAKING to the hostile, left-wing media about President Trump’s *confidential* and *private* meetings in the Oval Office. I want to reiterate how important it is that people who gain access to the White House or the administration respect the privacy of their conversations with President Trump and his senior staff.

Out of respect for President Trump and the privacy of the Oval Office, I’m going to decline on divulging any details about my Oval Office meeting with President Trump. It was an honor to meet with President Trump and present him with my research findings. I will continue working hard to support his agenda, and I will continue reiterating the importance of, and the necessity of STRONG VETTING, for the sake of protecting the President of the United States of America, and our national security.

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1907820422902448173

Then came the news that Donald Trump had fired several National Security Council employees. Axios said only that Trump fired “several” NSC staff members. Then CNN named three specific names:

Brian Walsh, a director for intelligence and a former top staffer for now-Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the Senate Intelligence Committee;

Thomas Boodry, a senior director for legislative affairs who previously served as Waltz’s legislative director in Congress;

David Feith, a senior director overseeing technology and national security who served in the State Department during Trump’s first administration; and

Maggie Dougherty, senior director for international organizations.

Note: other outlets quoting this CNN report do not mention Ms. Dougherty’s name – why not, remains unclear. (The New York Times mentions her name, but not Feith’s name.)

Later yesterday, CNN named two other names:

• General Timothy Haugh, director of the National Security Agency and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, and

• Wendy Noble, deputy director of the NSA.

Concerning the latter two firings, Laura Loomer said this on X:

NSA Director Tim Haugh and his deputy Wendy Noble have been disloyal to President Trump. That is why they have been fired.

As a Biden appointee, General Haugh had no place serving in the Trump admin given the fact that he was HAND PICKED by General Milley, who was accused of committing treason by President Trump. Why would we want an NSA Director who was referred to Biden after being hand selected by Milley, who told China he would side with them over Trump!?!?

The vetters should have been more critical given the fact that the Pentagon revoked the security detail and clearance for retired general Mark Milley, who called President Trump a FASCIST.

Why would we want Milley’s hand picked choice for NSA DIRECTOR? We do not! And he was referred for firing. Given the fact that the NSA is arguably the most powerful intel agency in the world, we cannot allow for a Biden nominee to hold that position. Thus, Haugh was fired today, along with his Obama loving protege, Wendy Noble. This is called VETTING.

His deputy, Wendy Noble is a protege of Trump hater James Clapper, who frankly, belongs in prison. President Trump has accused Clapper of spying on his campaign and Clapper falsely accused the Russians of stealing the election for Trump. James Clapper is a traitor to his country, as are all of his enablers and supporters. Why would we want Clapper’s protege at the NSA?

Of course Wendy Noble was referred for firing. She is a Trump hater who was nominated by JOE BIDEN. Additionally, Wendy Noble spent her time at the NSA promoting DEI. Their firings are a blessing for the American people.

Thank you President Trump for being receptive to the vetting materials provided to you and thank you for firing these Biden holdovers. Vetting matters!

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1908013350866608261

Loomer also questioned the judgment of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, for not catching these questionable associations sooner.

That’s a question for Mike Waltz. Biden holdover in the NSC INTEL OFFICE. Transgender male to female. Fire them.

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1908024341637251512

Kellie Meyer at NewsNation reported that two junior-level employees, whom she did not name, also lost their jobs.

https://x.com/KellieMeyerNews/status/1907847827184660854

Laura Loomer cited the reaction to the firings in the legacy media as further evidence against the fired officials.

You know how you know the NSC officials I reported to President Trump are disloyal people who have played a role in sabotaging Donald Trump? Because the fired officials are being defended by Jen Psaki & Andrew McCabe on MSNBC & CNN RIGHT NOW.

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1907965351125725452

Look at the people who are crying about my meeting with President Trump and the firing of NSC AND NSA officials today. The people crying are the people who worked to undermine Donald Trump, members of the Democrat Party, and the mainstream media. They are furious. That’s how you know these people needed to be fired. We need to protect President Trump. Vetting matters.

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1908033828075262268

Analysis

One can take many things away from this story. First, Donald Trump is displaying at least enough imagination to listen to people’s concerns about the loyalty of others. He could use more imagination, enough to “smell out” such disloyal people himself.

Second, Laura Loomer obviously is fiercely loyal to Trump, even though he did not endorse her run for Congress, and has not hired her. And perhaps this is just as well, because – again – she has no constraints on whom to expose.

Third, the legacy media have proved again, not only their disloyalty to America but also their problems with the truth. For instance, the Times quoted a year-old Associated Press story accusing Loomer of claiming that the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, were “an inside job.” This is the post that started all the trouble:

WATCH: On 9/10/01 , one day before 9/11, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld under the Bush administration said the US Government “lost” $2.3 Trillion dollars. The very next day, 9/11/01, we were attacked and nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered on US soil, which established precedent to begin the 20 year “War on Terror” and the creation of the Patriot Act. These actions destabilized the Middle East and allowed for the alphabet agencies to begin their campaign of WEAPONIZED GOVERNMENT AND MASS SURVEILLANCE against the American people.

Fast forward 22 years… On 6/20/23, the Biden administration announced the Pentagon had an “accounting error” that resulted in them sending $6.2 Billion additional dollars to “Ukraine”. In the following days, a violent coup was staged by Russian mercenaries who are members of the Wagner Group against Putin in Russia.

It doesn’t matter whether a Republican or a Democrat is in the White House. This is the UNIPARTY. This is how they operate to maintain power and create global conflict. They will do everything in their power to keep President Donald Trump from seizing control once more because President Trump is anti-war, and he recognizes that we live in a “corrupt country with a corrupt media.”

The UNIPARTY always fears the outsider. This is why they’ve offered up Ron DeSantis, who is a byproduct of the military industrial complex. We must NEVER let them win! Trump 2024.

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1672642483958710274

In the very year this story came out, Laura Loomer set the record straight:

This is the tweet the media is using to accuse me of being a 9/11 conspiracy theorist even though there is an entire chapter in my book in which I talk about how Islamic terrorist attacks inspired me to do counter jihad work. I wrote about how the Islamic terrorist attack on 9/11 is being white washed to make people forget about the dangers of Islamic terrorism. The US government has provided protection to the same people who attacked us. The Biden-Harris regime offered a plea deal to the mastermind of 9/11.

My post below is about the accounting errors by our own government on 9/11. Read my words for yourself and see if what the media is accusing me of matches what you see in my actual words.

The media is going to lie because they don’t care about the truth. They want to demonize me the same way they demonize Donald Trump. Speaking to the media doesn’t work either because they deliberately lie. Read the tweet for yourself. 👇🏻

I don’t care what the media says about me. These people defended the Biden -Harris regime for making a plea deal with the 9/11 masterminds. That is worse than anything I have ever said or done. I stand by everything I have said. Because it’s the truth.

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1834276554798489967

Hey, Kaitlan Collins, why did you lie tonight and deceptively cut off my actual tweet during your show? Nowhere in my ACTUAL tweet does it say 9/11 was an inside job. You deliberately took the end of a video and said it was my tweet by cutting off my actual post.

This is the tweet I posted. 👇🏻 Be honest for once in your life. You deceptively edited it out of your newscast tonight so people couldn’t see my actual tweet because if you actually showed the tweet, people would see I never said 9/11 was an inside job. Everything I said is true.

Stop with your faux outrage. The American people know our government lies about everything and your lies and gaslighting isn’t going to gain you any credibility. I am one of the few people who has actually told the truth about how dangerous Islamic terrorists are while your network refuses to even say the words ISLAMIC TERRORISM. It was Kamala Harris and Joe Biden who negotiated a plea deal with the 9/11 masterminds.

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1834407416253055329

Add to it, that Laura Loomer exposed one former U.S. Congressman and Minnesota Attorney General who did say that “9/11 was a setup.”

Wow. Today, Keith Ellison, who is being floated by Kamala Harris as a pick for US Attorney General despite openly endorsing ANTIFA, advocating for ISIS and HAMAS supporters in Minnesota, falsely accused me of saying 9/11 was an inside job and called me a “9/11 conspiracy theorist”. Here’s a video of Keith Ellison saying “9/11 was a set up”. Who is the 9/11 conspiracy theorist, Keith? All the democrats do is lie.

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1834682372933009874

Any veteran of any aerial bombardment campaign knows that the flak is always thickest over the target. So it is with Laura Loomer, as with President Trump himself. We should all thank God for people like Loomer, who stay on target.

Link to:

The article:

https://cnav.news/2025/04/04/news/laura-loomer-prompts-nsc-housecleaning/

Video:

Sources about the NSC firings:

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/trump-laura-loomer-fire-national-security-council

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/politics/nsc-firings-trump-laura-loomer-meeting/index.html?Date=20250403&Profile=CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/politics/trump-administration-fires-director-national-security-agency/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/trump-meeting-laura-loomer.html

https://x.com/KellieMeyerNews/status/1907847827184660854

https://apnews.com/article/laura-loomer-trump-911-conspiracy-theories-18198b8ea2ce567467acfd6b

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