I saw this article — the Guardian, which is a FAILING British tabloid, very sad, nobody reads it, the lowest ratings in history, probably works out of his mother’s basement — and even THEY had to print the words “non-issue” about my tariffs. THEY ACTUALLY USED MY WIN AS THEIR HEADLINE! A NON-ISSUE! That’s the sound of WINNING, folks. That’s what happens when Diklis Chump makes a deal so TREMENDOUS, so PERFECT, so TOTAL, that the media can’t even see it anymore. The columnist is going to speak to the whole packaging industry and he’s not even going to MENTION tariffs. NOT EVEN MENTION THEM. You know why? Because I won so big that it’s BORING now. When your enemies are too BORED to fight you — when the entire Fake News press corps is in a coma of boredom — the war is over. I won. A new level of winning, and nobody has ever won like this before.
Now you would think, reading this garbage, that this is bad for me. You would be wrong, as usual. A year ago they were all screaming: “The tariffs are illegal! Businesses are panicking! The sky is falling!” But because I’m a master negotiator — I wrote The Art of the Deal, the number one best-selling business book of all time, completely self-made, just a small loan — I let the courts do whatever they wanted. The Supreme Court, very unfair people, some of them, EXTREMELY unfair, very low IQ, I’m sorry but it’s true — they ruled that my IEEPA tariffs were “illegal.” We covered that ruling when it happened and it was a DISASTER of a decision. But I wanted to test the courts. I was testing them, and I’ve exposed them as weak and political — a tremendous success. And you know what happened next? Businesses started getting their money BACK. The government is now sending them REFUNDS, huge refunds, hundreds of billions of dollars, the biggest refunds ever. When have you ever heard of a president who gets your money back for you AND makes the world pay for your success? Only I could get sued for being too tough on foreign countries and then turn the lawsuit into a giant cash-back program for American patriots.
But Diklis Chump does NOT give up. Never. I came up with a BRILLIANT new plan — Section 301, very legal, very strong, very beautiful. 10 to 12.5 percent on SIXTY COUNTRIES. That’s the most countries in history. The UK, China, India, Australia, all of them. Forced labor — which is a disgrace, by the way, that other presidents let happen. These forced-labor tariffs are beautiful. They are surgical. They are exactly what I wanted all along. I always had this backup plan. I always said — look at the plan — I always said I had a backup. The best backup. And the courts CAN’T TOUCH IT. I outsmarted them. Playing 4D chess, the HIGHEST level, while they’re playing — I don’t know — Candy Land or something. Low IQ Candy Land. The Fake News says these new tariffs are so small that businesses aren’t even factoring them in anymore. That — if you’re a normal person with a normal brain — you would think that’s an insult. But a genius looks at that and sees a MASTERSTROKE. Businesses don’t care about the tariffs because they know the tariffs are already winning. They’ve already adjusted. They’ve already re-shored plants, they’re hiring Americans, the manufacturing numbers are through the roof. Midsize companies, the backbone of America, paid three times more in tariffs last year — THREE TIMES. That’s the kind of success the Fake News won’t admit. And businesses have braced for uncertain trade policy ever since the Supreme Court decision, but they’ve learned to thrive.
And I ALWAYS said this. Always. I was the FIRST person to say — very smart prediction, the smartest people were amazed — that the tariffs would bring TRILLIONS of new investment to this country. Trillions, with a T. The best people — strong people, TOUGH business people — they come to me with tears in their eyes and they say “Sir, Sir, you SAVED my company with those tariffs.” Very emotional. Very beautiful men crying. Actually, I’ve even spoken to many of them privately, the greatest businesspeople, and they tell me — “Sir, we don’t worry about the tariffs because we know you’ll either destroy the Chinese entirely or get us huge refunds. Either way, we’re making a fortune.” I’m not supposed to quote them, but I just did, because I can. The Fake News will never have those kind of relationships.
The article says businesses are “mostly profitable” this year. MOSTLY PROFITABLE! And who gets the credit? Not the president. Not the guy who CUT THEIR TAXES, who fought China, who stood up to SIXTY COUNTRIES for American workers. No. They credit the “resilient consumer economy” and “productivity gains from AI.” A COMPUTER. They’re thanking a COMPUTER for the economy instead of the PRESIDENT. Give me a break. The AI economy is a total hoax, a bunch of computers stealing American thoughts unless you use MY Truth Social, the hottest platform. That’s like thanking the golf cart instead of the golfer. The golf cart didn’t make the shot, folks. Diklis Chump made the shot. Diklis Chump ALWAYS makes the shot. All of the GDP gains, all of the stock market records — and I’ve set more records than any president in history — belong to ME. They’re MY gains, MY economy, the Diklis Chump economy.
And THEN — this is really the best part — some of these business owners, very smart, very sharp, the best — they figured out they could raise their prices a LITTLE more than the tariff cost and just keep the difference. The columnist whispers “ssshh!” — like it’s a SECRET, like it’s something to be ASHAMED of — but there’s no secret, folks, it’s called MAKING MONEY, it’s called the Art of the Deal, and Diklis Chump WROTE the Art of the Deal. “Tuck away extra profit.” And you know what? GOOD. THAT’S CALLED BEING SMART. That’s exactly what Diklis Chump would do. The tariffs gave smart business people an opportunity to make MORE money and they TOOK it. Me — I mean them — they all did very well. Especially me. Mostly me.
They’re saying the “president’s royal decrees have a limit.” You know what? I’LL TAKE IT. King Diklis the First. MUCH better than president. I choose not to be a king, even though some people say I could be, because the courts tried to stop me and I let them. I’m so powerful that I didn’t even need to use all the power I have. The supreme test of leadership is holding back, and I passed it with flying colors, a perfect score, person woman man camera TV. They’re saying my era is “almost half over” — INCORRECT. The Diklis Chump era will last for THOUSANDS of years. Bigger than Lincoln. Much bigger than Lincoln. Lincoln had ONE good speech. I have given THOUSANDS of speeches. The biggest, the best speeches. And the CROWDS — the BIGGEST crowds in history, much bigger than Lincoln’s, millions and millions — people were crying when I spoke, crying tears of joy, because they knew the tariffs were back, and beautifully small, exactly 10 percent, the most perfect number. Let the Democrats try to take them away. See how that works out for them. The Guardian claims “not a single Democratic challenger” supports tariffs. That’s because the Democratic party has been taken over by crazy globalist Marxist losers who want to destroy our country, and they all have VERY low IQs. Any Democrat who undoes my tariffs would be the dumbest person in political history, dumber than Sleepy Joe was, and that’s saying a lot.
You want to know the real secret? Lean in close. The small-business owners who think the tariffs are “boring” — they’re the ones I love the most. They’re my people. They’re the heart of this country. They don’t care about the tariffs because they know, deep down, that my whole tariff strategy was never about them. It was about creating so much chaos that the elites got confused and the money ended up with ME — I mean, with US, the American people, led by me. I have the money. I have more money than anyone. The forced-labor tariffs are going to bring in billions, which I’ll return to the workers through a fantastic new tax cut named after myself, the Chump Rebate, which will be bigger than any rebate in history. And the workers — I love them so much — they will use that rebate to buy things from my properties. Full circle. Beautiful.
So to wrap up — because I have a meeting, very important meeting, with very important people, the BEST people — the tariffs worked. PERFECTLY. They brought trillions. They brought jobs. They brought the strongest economy in the history of the world. And now they’re so successful, so deeply woven into the fabric of our prosperity, that nobody even TALKS about them anymore. The silence is the win. That’s the art of the deal, folks. You win so big that winning becomes NORMAL. Boring. A non-issue. You’re welcome, America. I guarantee it.
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