Why Trump & America Will Dominate the Global Trade War

Summary

Podcast Summary: Louder with Crowder Episode – "Why Trump & America Will Dominate the Global Trade War"

Introduction

In the February 3, 2025, episode of "Louder with Crowder," host Steven Crowder delves into the complexities of the ongoing global trade war, highlighting former President Donald Trump's strategies and their implications for America's economic dominance. Co-hosts Gerald Morgan and Josh Firestein join Crowder to dissect issues surrounding immigration, border security, and international trade tensions, offering their take on how these factors interplay to shape the current economic landscape.

Mass Deportation and Border Security

The episode begins with a focus on the Trump administration's aggressive stance on immigration and border security. Crowder asserts the administration's commitment to "the complete restoration of America" through a series of executive orders aimed at curbing illegal immigration.

Gerald Morgan provides statistical support, stating, "According to ICE, they've arrested more than 7.2 thousand illegal aliens in Donald Trump's first nine days in office" ([04:47]). He emphasizes the success of Trump's policies, noting a "93%" decrease in border crossings ([05:10]).

The hosts discuss the feasibility and economic impact of mass deportations. They challenge critics by arguing that deporting illegal immigrants will not only enhance national security but also alleviate economic burdens. Morgan counters leftist arguments by highlighting the purported inefficiency of mass deportation efforts, stating, "It's just not actually something you can do. Mass deporting people is a fool's errand" ([15:48]).

Critique of Leftist Arguments on Immigration

The conversation shifts to dissecting media narratives, particularly targeting a John Oliver video that critiques Trump's immigration policies. Morgan and Firestein argue that the left's portrayal of immigrants as indispensable to the economy is misleading. Morgan debunks the notion by presenting counterarguments, such as the high cost of deportations and the strain on government resources: "Costing American taxpayers up to $450 billion a year... Losing 320,000 children" ([13:05]).

Crowder and his co-hosts assert that immigrants occupy jobs Americans are unwilling to take, thus bolstering the economy by filling essential roles in construction and other low-skilled sectors. They dismiss claims that immigrants reduce wages for low-skilled Americans, arguing instead that illegal immigrants contribute positively by filling labor shortages.

Tariff Wars: Trump's Strategy and Responses

The primary focus of the episode centers on Trump's initiation of a broad tariff strategy aimed at correcting perceived trade imbalances and protecting American industries. Crowder outlines the rationale behind these tariffs, emphasizing the need to "use its power, use its negotiating clout to try and benefit Americans" ([34:00]).

A. Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, EU

Morgan details the specific tariffs imposed on key trading partners:

• Canada: Aiming a 25% tariff on $155 billion worth of American goods, targeting dairy, beer, wine, and bourbon.
• Mexico: Imposing a 25% tariff on American beef and a 10% tariff on energy exports.
• China: Implementing a 22% tariff on American goods, slightly higher than the U.S.'s 19% on Chinese imports.
• European Union: A 10% tariff on American automobiles, complicating trade relations further.

B. Canada's Retaliation

The hosts critique Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's response, mocking his inability to effectively counter the tariffs. Morgan sarcastically remarks, "We have not done anything, we have done some things. We've increased taxes" ([50:59]). They argue that Canada's retaliatory tariffs are minor compared to the longstanding high tariffs Canada has imposed on American goods, particularly dairy.

C. Mexico's Response

Mexico responds by deploying 10,000 National Guard members to reinforce its northern border, addressing the U.S.'s concerns over drug trafficking and illegal immigration. Morgan highlights this as a necessary step, stating, "These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants into our country" ([37:30]).

D. Potential Impact and Trade Deficit Analysis

Morgan provides an in-depth analysis of trade deficits, arguing that the imposed tariffs are a corrective measure against longstanding imbalances:

• Canada: U.S. trade deficit of $55 billion, with American exports constituting only 1.1% of Canada's GDP.
• Mexico: U.S. trade deficit of $157 billion, American exports accounting for 1% of Mexico's GDP.
• China: U.S. trade deficit of $270 billion, with American exports representing 0.45% of China's GDP.
• European Union: U.S. trade deficit of $213 billion, American exports making up 1.2% of the EU's GDP.

Morgan critiques the ineffectiveness of previous administrations' approaches, emphasizing that "Trump is finally going, you know what? I've got this. Let's just see what happens" ([50:07]).

Conclusion

The episode concludes with Crowder and his co-hosts reaffirming their support for Trump's policies, arguing that the strategic use of tariffs and strict immigration control will ultimately benefit the American economy and restore national sovereignty. They dismiss opposing views as ineffective and driven by outdated narratives, emphasizing the administration's proactive measures to secure America's economic future.

Notable Quotes:

• Gerald Morgan ([04:47]): "They've arrested more than 7.2 thousand illegal aliens in Donald Trump's first nine days in office."
• Gerald Morgan ([05:10]): "The crossings on the border down 93%. 93%."
• Gerald Morgan ([15:48]): "Mass deporting people is a fool's errand."
• Gerald Morgan ([34:00]): "Use its power, use its negotiating clout to try and benefit Americans."
• Gerald Morgan ([37:30]): "These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants into our country."

Overall Insights:

• Economic Nationalism: The episode underscores a nationalist approach to trade and immigration, advocating for policies that prioritize American workers and industries.
• Trade Deficit Correction: Emphasis on rectifying trade deficits through tariffs and renegotiating trade deals to favor U.S. economic interests.
• Border Security: Strong advocacy for stringent immigration controls as both a security measure and an economic strategy to protect American jobs.
• Critique of Media Narratives: Hosts challenge mainstream media portrayals of immigration and trade, positioning themselves as defenders of a more conservative, America-first perspective.

Conclusion for New Listeners:

For those unfamiliar with "Louder with Crowder," this episode offers a comprehensive look at current trade tensions and immigration policies from a conservative viewpoint. The hosts provide statistical evidence and policy analysis aimed at illustrating how Trump's strategies could reposition America as a dominant player in global trade. The conversation is peppered with humor and sharp critiques of opposing viewpoints, making it an engaging listen for those interested in political discourse surrounding economics and national security.

Transcript

[Steven Crowder]

Today I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America. There's something happening here and what it is is extremely clear. There's a man with a pen over there. Executive orders and a big brass pair. I think it's time to stop children. What's that President Trump is backing? Many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback. But as you see today, here I am. The American people have spoken. Aliens are our worried now Just a stroke of the pen and they're out. They're not wrong for being afraid. The dawn proved in one week he mean what he said. Stop children what's that sound? President Trump is back in town. From this moment on, America's decline is over. The United States of America will be a free, sovereign and independent nation. Strike a line through deep we will forge a society that is color based. My job goes to the best guy. We don't care what race they are. Back to being merit based and merit based don't care if you're a black crippled who is gay. It's time to stop children. What's that sound? President Trump is back in town.

[Gerald Morgan]

Click Rumble Premium and join now for 99 annually or $9.99 a month to get the entirely ad free experience and exclusive content from Ladder with CROWDER, Nick DePaulo, Mr. Guns and Gear, Donald Trump Jr. And an ever expanding roster of content creators. And free speech. Well, that sip went better than the first one. Before we went on air, I spilled my beverage all over myself because I'm a child. It's just the mug is too girthy. You can eat soup out of it.

[Josh Firestein]

Guys, can we order those sippy cups?

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes, we can. We have them here, actually, and they're just for me. They're labeled mine, by the way. Leave them in the fridge.

[Steven Crowder]

Less girth for Stephen, please.

[Josh Firestein]

Custom sippy cups.

[Steven Crowder]

That's what I heard.

[Gerald Morgan]

Stephen provides less girth for everybody else. Glad to be with you. Hey, I don't know if you know this. Everyone's talking about the tariff war. It's been going on for a long time. That's what we're going to be talking about today. We have all of the receipts. I think a lot of Americans aren't aware of just how many tariffs and how awful they are in other countries. And it's been going on for a very long time. This is novel to you. It is not novel to the countries who will now be experiencing this. From the United States for the first time so let me ask you this. What do you think we should tariff next? What would be most fun from Canada or Mexico? I vote bananas. We're also gonna be talking about John Oliver. Re released now to 2 million plays his video, a Kamala K campaign ad decrying deportations. And it's funny, they think that it ages well. So we'll get into that. We also have some live coverage of the illegal alien protests that were going on across the country. Foreshadowing. It's quite stupid. So since we'll be discussing all of this and more, if you're still watching on YouTube at some point today, you'll likely see this head on over to Rumble. It's a live show weekdays, 10am Eastern, including Friday for Mug Club. And, well, now Rumble Premium members. I still have to make sure because it is Rumble Premium. Captain Morgan, CEO. CEO number two. How are you, sir?

[Josh Firestein]

I'm doing well. I thought we weren't doing this anymore.

[Gerald Morgan]

And Josh Firestein. Good, good.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes. I'm happy about whatever you're doing.

[Gerald Morgan]

Okay. Let's go.

[Steven Crowder]

Gerald hates it.

[Gerald Morgan]

Deportations.

[Josh Firestein]

I'm a jerk. Sorry.

[Gerald Morgan]

So, according to ICE, I, C, E. But we just say ICE. They've arrested more than 7.2 thousand illegal aliens in Donald Trump's first nine days in office.

[Steven Crowder]

Good.

[Gerald Morgan]

And according to Tom Holman, our new favorite border crossings have dropped alarmingly, but in a good way. The crossings on the border down 93%. 93%.

[Steven Crowder]

Wow.

[Gerald Morgan]

That's a bigger decrease than under the first Trump administration. So, look, I said President Trump is a game changer. No one has had the success he's had on securing the border.

[Steven Crowder]

He clearly understands we can't have strong.

[Gerald Morgan]

National security if we don't have border security. I don't even care that he has a lisp.

[Steven Crowder]

I don't know if it's a lisp or if it's like a too big of a cheek thing.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah. I don't know. But you know what? He pulls it off.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. He gets his words out there.

[Gerald Morgan]

He wears it well. Of course, not everyone is happy. And across the country, places like Los Angeles, New York, blah, blah, people are taking it. Taking it to the streets.

[Steven Crowder]

That's a lot of nuts. Traffic hasn't moved that fast in years.

[Gerald Morgan]

We didn't know where to start looking to deport. But thank you for giving us.

[Josh Firestein]

Yes.

[Gerald Morgan]

A good start.

[Steven Crowder]

I'm just glad to see a couple American flags down there. That kind of makes sense.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah, that was nice.

[Gerald Morgan]

Very few, very sparse.

[Josh Firestein]

You couldn't do those in the Streets and highways anymore. Because people, you know, with cars, you.

[Gerald Morgan]

Can do it in places that don't enforce the law.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah, that'll arrest the people in cars. Yes.

[Gerald Morgan]

In California, that's not.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, if you're reducing the carbon emission, it's fine.

[Josh Firestein]

Yes.

[Steven Crowder]

Unfortunately, they were all farting the whole time.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes, they were.

[Steven Crowder]

Yes, they were.

[Gerald Morgan]

Don't even get us started on the. But they were in the river now. The protests were going on across. And here's the thing. A lot of these protests, just so you know, I would be on their mailing lists, and, you know, we have people who've infiltrated almost all the major organizations here in this country. A lot of the initial protesters are paid. So back in the day, fight for 15, that was a good example, was funded by the SEIU, and they would send out emails asking you go show up in protest. But then at a certain point, those emails stopped and they would just send a picture of the protest. And every single person was a paid protester. So the initial protesters are paid. So you can have one pussy hat march, but you're not gonna have a second one. And that's where when you look at these protests, you say, how do these people have no idea as to what it is they're protesting? This isn't jaywalking and trying to make people look silly. This is the majority of the people out there on the streets. So there were some actually in Dallas, and we actually sent Lane the Brain here, Gingersnap, to those who love him down to see exactly what was going on.

[Steven Crowder]

Do y'all have to get permits to.

[Josh Firestein]

Do this, or do you just do it? We're busy right now.

[Gerald Morgan]

I am. I'm working, so. I'm also working.

[Josh Firestein]

So yay or nay?

[Gerald Morgan]

They gave it to you? Yes.

[Steven Crowder]

Who gave it to you? Some random people over there.

[Josh Firestein]

People?

[Steven Crowder]

Yes. Do you agree with that? I mean, yes, we do.

[Unknown Protester]

Donald Trump, he ain't nothing but a goddamn liar.

[Gerald Morgan]

The news or something. Yeah, y'all lay in first. Not going to call.

[Steven Crowder]

Did you get that guy up? Do you think the US Government has.

[Gerald Morgan]

A priority to the legal citizens of their country before people that are here undocumented and illegally? The U.S. doesn't even care about the.

[Josh Firestein]

Working class of the U.S. it doesn't.

[Unknown Protester]

Care about the U.S. working class.

[Gerald Morgan]

It's a principal question, like, what do you think? Would you say personally, you identify and.

[Steven Crowder]

I'll get out of your hair, but do you think you identify more with.

[Josh Firestein]

Your Mexican cultural background or with American culture?

[Steven Crowder]

Absolutely. I'm with more Mexican culture.

[Gerald Morgan]

Why do you think so many Latinos, especially Latino men, voted for Donald Trump in this election? Like, over half of Latino men.

[Steven Crowder]

I feel like, honestly, especially nowadays, a lot of them get a bit cocky.

[Josh Firestein]

Because they get legal, but they do.

[Steven Crowder]

It through ways that it's kind of like cheating.

[Gerald Morgan]

Do you think any deportations are okay.

[Steven Crowder]

Or do you think, yeah, for sure.

[Josh Firestein]

I'm for a secure border.

[Steven Crowder]

I think everybody is.

[Gerald Morgan]

We want our country to be safe. We don't want to let anyone in, like just anybody in here.

[Josh Firestein]

That's why they're leaving.

[Steven Crowder]

And they should be doing this process with their government because the president will be, oh, yeah, we're gonna raise this on if they raise the tariffs, this, and we're gonna raise the price and everything. Okay. But she has not once said, I'm gonna raise the pay that I do for my labor workers, you know, so like you, we could go to Japan and just walk in and live there and they would be fine with that. Or I could go to Colombia and just live there.

[Gerald Morgan]

Do you think that. I'm serious.

[Josh Firestein]

What do you think about that?

[Steven Crowder]

That' you're right.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah. Of course he wouldn't go to Colombia because it's an awful, drug addled, war torn country where dreams go to die. But he did get their number.

[Josh Firestein]

It's true.

[Steven Crowder]

It makes a good point, though. I mean, especially with the Japan thing. It's like, oh, yeah, you won't think.

[Josh Firestein]

About that in Japan.

[Steven Crowder]

You can't just go live in Japan.

[Gerald Morgan]

No, no, no, no. Except Brack. What are you saying? You brak Winnebrak?

[Steven Crowder]

No, I'm Mexican.

[Gerald Morgan]

Oh, he's too hurley.

[Steven Crowder]

Oh, yeah, the guy, the Hurley shirt.

[Gerald Morgan]

He's too hurley for this bull, man. All right. Hey, by the way, those of you who are existing Mug Club members, you connect your locals account to Rumble Premium. There's a link in the description. The video is pinned. Please do so by February 7, we are no longer broadcasting to Mug Club. It is all Rumble Premium one stop shop. You are grandfathered in. The link is in the video description or you have a video tutorial and new people. None of this happens without you. Go, go sign up. Click that button. $99 annually with your hand etched mug or $9.99 a month. So this is kind of a flashback.

[Josh Firestein]

John Oliver, he didn't want it to be a flashback. He was like, new video. Not so new video.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes. He posted it this morning and I got tricked where I was watching it because their talking points are always the same, right? Until I Heard at the end where he started saying, and. And this is what, hopefully Kamala Harris. I'm like, wait, wait, wait, who's talking? Oh, this is a repost. And so he thought that this aged gracefully and of course, cannot be bothered to create new content because they take giant, long breaks with many, many, many tens of millions of dollars in budget. So they released this video, it's called last year tonight. Yes, exactly. They re released this video decrying Donald Trump's sort of immigration policy. This is from October 27th, 2024. Okay, so it has 1.3 million plays, I believe. Let's go through these arguments because it's always interesting to see the arguments that they made. Right. We're going to develop a segment here. The experts were wrong. How often were you told? So what, you just think you're gonna round people up and deport them? That's never gonna happen. Yeah, that's exactly right. They try to demoralize you for a very long time because you're just one of those, right? You're just one of the plebs. You can't possibly know. Well, it turns out it's actually not that hard to deport people who are here illegally. How do we know they're here illegally? Because they've said so. Makes it pretty easy to spot or just go down to one of those protests. So the key arguments that you hear from the left, John Oliver, it's always an appeal to, oh, it's inhumane. All people are legal. There are no illegal human beings. And then they try and make some case that we need illegal aliens as the backbone of the economy. None of which holds water today. Let's go to the first claim that you heard from John Oliver. This is inhumane, and you're a bad person for wanting borders.

[Unknown Protester]

A lot of people seem to be supporting something right now whose implications they may not fully understand. So given that, tonight, let's talk about Trump's mass deportation plan. And before we go any further, we'll be talking a lot about the logistics of mass deportation. But for the record, the morality of it is despicable. Immigrants are human beings, no matter what McDonald's worst employee says.

[Gerald Morgan]

Kay, does this work in anybody? Comment below. Does it work anymore? These people are gonna deport them and they're gonna have you. Whatever.

[Steven Crowder]

Also, worst employee at McDonald's. Come on, they haven't been to the 72nd street one in Tacoma.

[Gerald Morgan]

No, I'm assuming they have not. Also, it could be argued that Donald Trump was the most overqualified employee ever and they very much.

[Steven Crowder]

He smiled. It was crazy.

[Gerald Morgan]

I would make the case. Does anyone care anymore? It's like, hey, even if Lake and Riley stories and you see what's happening, I think the sympathy's worn out. And by the way, worst case scenario, with these deportations, we're not talking about executing anybody. We're talking about sending them back to the country they came from, you know, where they have a culture that's equal. Leftists. How is that inhumane or cruel? A ticket back to their home? Let me tell you some things that I guess aren't inhumane to John Oliver. Costing American taxpayers up to $450 billion a year, losing 320,000 children, allowing foreign gangs to occupy American cities. Give you an idea, by the way, contributing to the largest number of slaves, by and large, sex slaves on earth today. Over 40 million slaves on Earth today. Don't know if you know this. That happens quite easily when you don't have any type of monitoring or border security. Sex traffickers love open borders. But I get it. Sending them back to their home country is more inhumane than doing anything about solving those problems. To give an idea, yesterday ICE arrested an MS.13 leader in Columbus, Ohio. I didn't even think they could deal with the cold.

[Josh Firestein]

Never would have thought to look for him.

[Gerald Morgan]

Never would have thought to look in Ohio. Donda esta Grand Rapidos, Michigan.

[Josh Firestein]

Oh, no.

[Gerald Morgan]

And then, of course, John Oliver goes on to tell you, and he told you this, but we now know it's not true. Remember this. It's just not actually something you can do. Mass deporting people is a fool's errand. You clearly don't understand. One note. I don't think that you watching or listening right now don't understand. Hopefully we provide some information that provides some insight. Hopefully. It's illuminating, but I know that you are perfectly capable of understanding if you hold the position that we should deport illegal aliens. All right, he thinks you're stupid. I don't. He tells you there's no way to do it.

[Unknown Protester]

But that still leaves the task of removing 13 million people, many of whom, incidentally, are spread throughout the country and have lived here for decades. Also, deporting someone isn't as simple as finding them, not liking their paperwork and putting them on a plane. It usually requires an arrest, detention, legal processing, and only then removal. And to carry out over 13 million arrests in a short period of time, it's been estimated the government will need to hire between 220 and 409,000 new government employees. And law enforcement officers.

[Gerald Morgan]

Hold on a second. The process is identify illegal alien, send them back. Now all of a sudden we're concerned about the legal process.

[Steven Crowder]

Judd Oliver, they already have a list too.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

JD Vance said it the other day in an interview. He's like, it's crazy that this is a thing. We already had the list. We know where they live.

[Gerald Morgan]

Right. The first half of the process is already complete. I think John Oliver is just worried about being deported back to the uk And I wonder why that may be the case.

[Josh Firestein]

It's mostly knives. It's hard to do. The stabbings.

[Steven Crowder]

Home's not quite what it used to be.

[Gerald Morgan]

We need knife control.

[Unknown Protester]

All our problems will be solved.

[Josh Firestein]

Make all the knives blunt like Idris Elba said.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah. They want knife control in the UK now. Are you starting to, you know, white Europeans. Right. And I include, by the way, the United States because we understand the history. They're a little bit of a tiff. They're really good at creating civilizations and really bad at defending said civilizations because they try and introduce it to cultures and societies that have no interest in civilization. That's how. That's how these nations crumble. Just to be clear, you can't bring people in who actively seek to destroy. In the UK specifically, when you're dealing with people who support Sharia law. Here we just have people leaving countries that aren't all that good. And I'll get to that in a second. We'll get to the Mexican president. So let me give you some numbers here. January 23rd through February 1st, there have been 7,260 arrests. There have been 5,700 or so detainers requested. So that's an average of, let's call it about 1450 per day. That would be somewhere around 520, 530,000. Those numbers will probably go up. Think about this. It's $88 billion a year. To do that's significantly cheaper than the minimum 150 billion to potentially most likely $450 billion. Illegal aliens cost taxpayers every year.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah.

[Gerald Morgan]

Assuming his argument is true, and it's not, it's feasible. We see it now. It's cost effective. That's not true.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah. By the way, it's also short term job creation. You're telling me it's going to. We need 300,000. Okay. First off, let's get rid of the 80,000 IRS agents, sorry, sor. Administrative people that are working in the offices. Not going around hunting down conservatives under the last administration. Just put those people into that work and you know what, it's a temporary gig. You'll be here for a year or two. You get all the people out. Fantastic. I bet we save money in the process.

[Gerald Morgan]

Absolutely. Well, here you're about to go to John Oliver where he makes the case for something, something jobs Americans don't want to do. Sorry. Just as he says this, just picture him advocating for modernized slave labor.

[Unknown Protester]

Let's say mass deportation were realistic policy. It still wouldn't solve the problems the Trump campaign's claiming it would. In fact, it would make them worse because they're constantly claiming deportations are the solution to unemployment, housing prices and crime. So let's take each of those in turn, starting with jobs. Historically, deportation has actually increased unemployment in this country. A study of the Obama years found that when 500,000 undocumented immigrant workers were forced out of the country Immigration Council, fewer jobs were held by US born workers. Which may seem counterintuitive, but what's often happened is companies that rely on immigrants for their customer base or their workforce end up shutting down. And as immigrants themselves will tell you, they might be the only ones willing to do certain work.

[Steven Crowder]

The thing is, he kicks out all the immigrants, those who work here in construction and everything. They're immigrants. You're not going to see a gringo filling his feet with cement or carrying.

[Josh Firestein]

Bricks or carrying this or cleaning.

[Steven Crowder]

You're not going to see it.

[Gerald Morgan]

Okay, first off, I disagree with the premise. Second, if you are of any stripe or color wearing cement bricks for shoes, that means that you are a narc for the mob.

[Steven Crowder]

You are swimming with the fishes.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah. And they sound you.

[Gerald Morgan]

That is not a job. I have to tell you, sounds like your employer might be abusing you. Which, by the way, John Oliver advocates for which some companies. What he means to say is giant corporations who of course won cheap modernized slave labor. All of a sudden, all of a sudden, John Oliver loves suckling the corporate Bose.

[Steven Crowder]

And you will see gringos laying concrete. By the way. Yes, I did it.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes, absolutely, I worked. Me and Johnny boy worked in construction. We were terrible at it. You ever work in Auger on the Canadian Shield? You almost lose your arm about every five minutes.

[Josh Firestein]

That's true.

[Gerald Morgan]

And just to be clear, what he'll do is he'll list one reference like an article in the New York Times. Right there, the American. I believe it's the Immigration Council. What was the name of the reference? Again, a very biased source. There are other sources that exist that show that illegal immigrants reduce wages for low skilled Americans, specifically by up to Seven and a half percent. They take jobs from Americans in sectors like food processing, manufacturing. And here's the really important fact to remember. If your government was looking out for you, right, they'll say ah, you're talking about the great replacement theory and try and label you racist. No know, could you have a more crystal clear example than since COVID there has been zero. I know what you're thinking. Some oh, zero job growth for native born Americans since COVID Foreign born. 4 million. 4 million new jobs for foreign born workers here. Zero for native born workers. Hey, at what point does the government say, well we should actually probably represent the people who are already here paying taxes into the system.

[Josh Firestein]

Some would say that that's their first.

[Gerald Morgan]

Goal, it's their first job, it's their primary goal. This is advocating for modern slave labor on behalf at the same time that that happened. The greatest wealth transfer in history, right? The top 10 wealthiest people in the world, what do they see their net worth grow by many trillions? Several trillion dollars.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah. Why don't you think if there's 4 million foreign born workers coming in doing apparently exclusively agricultural jobs that our groceries would be cheaper?

[Gerald Morgan]

You would think so for the last four years, wouldn't you? But hey, and I don't know if you're saying hey, they deserve good paying jobs, in which case Americans would do them, or you're saying they should be paid under the table, pennies on the dollar, in which case you're advocating for indentured servitude. You do have to pick a lane. Let's go on now to the stupidest argument that I hear made from the left. And we're obviously seeing that this is not true. It's only going to be more clear in the coming months and years that actually this is very important for housing. More illegal aliens are actually key to solving the housing crisis.

[Unknown Protester]

What about housing? Because the Trump campaign is promising mass deportation will also fix our housing crisis.

[Steven Crowder]

This is simple supply and demand, my friends.

[Josh Firestein]

We gotta do two things to lower.

[Steven Crowder]

The price of housing.

[Josh Firestein]

Two things to lower the price of.

[Steven Crowder]

Housing for Nevadans is we've got to.

[Josh Firestein]

Build more houses and we've got to.

[Steven Crowder]

Deport the illegal aliens so that American homes go to American citizens.

[Unknown Protester]

Okay, even if that wasn't total bull JD Vance's very existence, this is proof that supply and demand doesn't always work. Mass deportation would remove one and a half million workers from the construction workforce, including more than one in three roofers, ceiling tilers, stucco masons, plasterers and drywall installers. In fact, one professor who studies immigration says, in the long run, immigrants are the solution to the housing crisis. Without immigrants, you can't increase the supply of housing.

[Gerald Morgan]

One professor who studies immigration says, I don't give a shit. I'm sorry, I don't care. Let me give you some numbers. Not one person who's a tenured professor who wrote an article for the New York Times. The average hourly pay for a construction worker in Texas, for example, is about $25 an hour. Okay, that's home construction. You're telling me that Americans won't do those jobs. I don't believe you. And you're saying that if we don't have illegal immigrants do those jobs, that we won't be able to build houses. Well, that's actually not the problem that we have. We do actually have. We'll go back to the supply issue here. We're short, in the United States about 4.5 million homes. So give you an idea. In 2022, 1.4 million million homes were built, but there were 1.8 million new families. And these numbers are always murky because we don't know how many of those families are here legally versus illegally. So we have a much more significant problem on a housing shortage. Total houses built right now. Before we solve the illegal immigration problem, we still don't have enough because we have too many people. So you believe that we're going to have a solution at hand by keeping the same supply that we currently. No. No. How about we try getting rid of some of the demand from people who have no business being here legally? Do you remember trying to buy a car during COVID I'm willing to bet that the demand went up because 4 million new jobs went exclusively to foreign born workers, not a one to Americans. But you, the American couldn't afford a car. For the first time in my adult life, I purchased a new car because there were no used cars. That made sense. You have a demand problem. And that demand problem is exacerbated when you have a huge number of people, at least in the millions who are here, who are paid well and don't pay taxes. More disposable income. Nothing this man says makes sense. And you have a bunch of Americans out there who are parroting the points. Well, you know, if we just can't, what do you think? Are we gonna deport people? Yes. Find people who are here illegally gone. Start with the ones who've committed crimes because they're really, really easy to find because many of them are in jail.

[Steven Crowder]

They always do this thing too, where they just say immigrant.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

When they get their status. They're trying to protect these people and they say immigrant. They don't say illegal immigrant. One in three workers on a roof and inst. Illegal or legal immigrant.

[Gerald Morgan]

Right.

[Steven Crowder]

I'm okay with a legal immigrant with a work visa building the house.

[Gerald Morgan]

Sure, yeah. Especially if they're skilled.

[Steven Crowder]

They don't clarify that.

[Gerald Morgan]

No, and they never clarify it. He does it in his very piece. We didn't address it here. Where he says, well, it's known that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes.

[Josh Firestein]

Oh, geez.

[Gerald Morgan]

You're using a number that includes legal immigrants, who, by the way. Yeah, they lose their green card or they lose their work visa if they commit a crime. So of course they're going to. They're gonna straighten up.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, they're documented. Of course they're worried about it.

[Gerald Morgan]

Of course they are.

[Steven Crowder]

When you're not documented, what do you have to worry about? No one even knows who you are.

[Gerald Morgan]

It's one of the biggest lies in this argument. They don't differentiate between legal and illegal. But hey, the good news is you now have another vector to add to it. Legal immigrants and how they voted, including Hispanic men, they vote to deport. There you go. And you know what? Maybe I'll have a little bit of grace for John Oliver here. He could just not be himself like Gerald when he doesn't have his morning coffee.

[Josh Firestein]

You don't like it? Cheese licking ass. Last time you told me to try something, I was bleeding out of my eyes and ass like I had a bow.

[Gerald Morgan]

Look, I'm the goddamn CEO.

[Josh Firestein]

You don't like it, pack your bags.

[Gerald Morgan]

And get out of here. And take your life partner with you. There.

[Unknown Protester]

The kid with the yellow shoes.

[Gerald Morgan]

What?

[Steven Crowder]

Hey, Gerald, can I talk to you for a minute? Hold on, I gotta call you back. Yeah.

[Gerald Morgan]

What are you.

[Steven Crowder]

Whatever.

[Gerald Morgan]

My day couldn't get any worse.

[Steven Crowder]

Go ahead. I just had an idea for a new show that you might like.

[Gerald Morgan]

Oh, yeah? New show, huh?

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, it's a game show. Fatter than a fifth grader.

[Gerald Morgan]

Spoiler. You win, Chubby.

[Steven Crowder]

Right, I had that coming. Now? No, it's. It's. It's a parody of the old show, Hollywood Squares. Oh, brilliant.

[Gerald Morgan]

You could be Bruce Falanche.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, that's. You know why? Because he's. He's fat, he's ugly, and he's really gay. Okay, yeah, you're not really getting it.

[Gerald Morgan]

I'm not getting what?

[Josh Firestein]

What's the first question gonna be?

[Steven Crowder]

What's that smell?

[Josh Firestein]

Oh, it's It's Whoopi's weave.

[Steven Crowder]

Okay, well, that just seemed kind of mean, to be honest with you. Try some coffee.

[Josh Firestein]

What's in it? Nothing.

[Steven Crowder]

It's just the best coffee earth can provide. That's Bolivian grown. It's good. Please. Better.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah. Really? Sorry, man. I'm. I'm not myself without my coffee in the morning. Morning. So. Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

Good, good. So you like the idea then?

[Josh Firestein]

No, it's a terrible idea, Josh. It's like one of the worst ideas you've ever had, actually. But you know what? Great coffee. So thanks. Appreciate that.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, yeah, no problem, Gerald.

[Gerald Morgan]

Well, I guess the coffee isn't all that much different. Just although you do lose that. That olive glow.

[Josh Firestein]

I do.

[Gerald Morgan]

Tone to your skin.

[Steven Crowder]

I still think it's a good idea for a show.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah? Yeah.

[Steven Crowder]

We can get Bernie Sanders, Gilbert Gottfried in there.

[Gerald Morgan]

That would be a lot of fun.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah, it'd be a fun show.

[Gerald Morgan]

Get Whoopee and predator, by the way. 1770coffee.com Crowder. It is awesome coffee. No gimmicks out there. They're not trying to part you from your money. You get a bigger bag. Fresh roasted coffee. It's all we drink here. We drink the peaberry. Use the promo code Crowder for 15% off at 1775 coffee.com Crowder. Literally and not figuratively. The best coffee that I have had, especially at this price point. And, boy, they're quick, too.

[Josh Firestein]

And you're hard to please with coffee.

[Gerald Morgan]

So I'm a little bit of a coffee snob.

[Steven Crowder]

You are. You are. I got a new espresso machine last month, and you. You sent me, like, detailed instructions. Yes, and I appreciated it.

[Gerald Morgan]

Well, it worked because I wanted you to enjoy it. And they do K cups too, in case that's what you guys use.

[Steven Crowder]

Oh, yeah, that's right.

[Gerald Morgan]

They just. I got a K cup machine to use them to try them, and I'm gonna. They're better than most K cups, so I'm gonna tell you, I can't really taste the difference. K cups, they're all pretty much the same, so if that's what you want to do, go ahead. They have those two, and they put in more. More grams per cup than most of the other bull crap out there. But I suggest get a real coffee maker. All right.

[Steven Crowder]

K cups is what I call my wife's boobs.

[Gerald Morgan]

Hey. Hey.

[Steven Crowder]

Her name's Catherine. Yeah, well, she likes it.

[Gerald Morgan]

No. Okay, well, as long as.

[Steven Crowder]

K cuper. Yeah.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah. Well, as long as you don't start referring to her as pour Over.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah.

[Gerald Morgan]

Or drip.

[Steven Crowder]

My little French press. Okay, sorry. We have a.

[Gerald Morgan]

All right, I don't know if you know this, but we're seeing some big wins here. So this weekend, Secretary of State Marco Rubio still has small hands, but he's doing some good work. He made his diplomatic visit to Panama. Okay, so the theme here. I'm going to show you a clip.

[Josh Firestein]

He actually did go.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes, he did. The theme here is the United States has been getting the short end of the stick on a lot of deals. And the only reason for that is because the world thinks, ah, they can afford it. Only now we are saying, no, we can't, or we choose not to. The United States has a lot of leverage. We have not used it. Yeah, we're gonna be accused of being this evil empire. Well, you know what? We might as well have some fair deals going on. So after meeting with Rubio, the Panamanian president, Jose Raul Molino. I hope I'm saying it right. I don't care. He said almost immediately, this country would be exiting China's Belt and Road Initiative. The Belt and Road Initiative. So fast.

[Josh Firestein]

That's pretty awesome.

[Gerald Morgan]

It's a set. You're a general. So what, you think you're going to make a threat and then they're just going to withdraw from China's Belt and Road Initiative?

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah, yeah, they kind of did. By the way, I was told by the left that China wasn't involved with the Panama Canal at all. Yeah, it wasn't even a thing.

[Gerald Morgan]

No, they didn't want you to know that. Actually, Panama was the first Latin American country to join the partnership. So that's not something they necessarily want you to know.

[Steven Crowder]

Don't look behind the curtain.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah, we have another win here, too, was in E Commerce from Donald Trump. So part of his tariffs, he removed the. Is it de mimis.

[Josh Firestein]

De minimis.

[Gerald Morgan]

De minimis. De minimis.

[Josh Firestein]

Exception Anyways.

[Gerald Morgan]

There was an exemption on shipping from China. So packages under $800 would avoid tariffs. And that means that tariff would be charged on products from companies like temu, like Shine, like Alibaba. Last year, the United States imported $48 billion under the exemption. And yeah, it seems like now what's going to happen is, hey, let's start playing ball.

[Josh Firestein]

It goes around and they don't have to pay the taxes on it. They don't have the tariffs or the duties to it. And they also said it's like, hey, we don't inspect all of those packages. So, yes, drugs and other, like, cheap knockoff goods come to The United States. So all of a sudden this company Temu especially is going to get screwed by this. And domestic people who are doing this process, there's a lot of E commerce stores out there are going to have a huge win because now they just can't do it or they're going to have to start paying their fair share to do it.

[Gerald Morgan]

Right.

[Steven Crowder]

And that sucks because now I'm going to have to buy my kids toys that work.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes. You mean steal it from the proper room.

[Josh Firestein]

Everything's 10 times smaller than advertising.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes, I know.

[Steven Crowder]

It is true.

[Gerald Morgan]

I got a whiteboard, it was like this. It's like a post it size. Yeah.

[Josh Firestein]

You got to look at the dimensions.

[Gerald Morgan]

I'm sure to them it's extra large. But we don't care. We're better. We're American, we want American. American sizes here.

[Josh Firestein]

That's a huge deal by the way.

[Gerald Morgan]

We're not malnourished, we're obese. So let's go to the trade war story. This is what everyone is talking about and it's quite funny because Canada is trying to act like they have any leverage whatsoever. And Canada shouldn't exist. They should be the 51st state. They're a country rich in natural resources. They have no defense of which to speak as it relates to their neighbor to the south, the United States. And they talk so much crap. So let me be really clear here. This is not a new tariff battle war, if you want to call it. It's been going on for a long time and we'll give you some examples of that. The United States for the first time is just starting to match fire with fire at this point. That's what we're doing and we actually have the leverage to do so. Shouldn't the United States use its power, use its negotiating clout to try and benefit Americans Instead we've been bending the knee consistently. That's how you end up up for example, with zero new native born jobs in this country since COVID and 4 million for foreign born workers. At a certain point you say that's not an accident. Also, why are we so opposed to. I remember when I was growing up, do you remember this? People were protesting the Gap. People were protesting Nike because it's slave labor. What happened to that? Now you're mad about punishing the country that has 9 year olds chained to a loom for 14 hours a day. Shouldn't there be some consequences at a point in time? Well, now you're starting to see them. So this weekend Donald Trump said that the United States, you know, this was going to hit Canada, Mexico, China. And he even mentioned potentially the UK with a series of, some would say not even necessarily equal, but for the first time, tariffs.

[Steven Crowder]

Canada's been very tough on oil, on energy. They don't allow our farm products in.

[Gerald Morgan]

Essentially, they don't allow a lot of.

[Steven Crowder]

Things in and we allow everything to come in. It's been a one way street.

[Gerald Morgan]

Something's going to happen there.

[Steven Crowder]

But if they wanted to play the game, I don't mind, we can play the game all they want.

[Gerald Morgan]

Mexico, we've had very good talks with them.

[Steven Crowder]

And this is retaliatory. This is retaliatory to a certain extent. Millions of people float into our country through Mexico and Canada and we're not going to allow.

[Gerald Morgan]

And by the way, you're experiencing this live right now on cnn. Mexico's president says Trump agrees to pause tariffs for one month. They're starting to negotiate and get, let's bring this up. It's 1043 Eastern Market and economy Breaking news related to the White House and its two biggest trading partners. Also this morning, five people remain hospitalized after Friday night's crash of a medevac jet into a Philadelphia. All right, they moved on. We can hear what, what the developments are. So this is again we've said a negotiating tool, but it doesn't work unless it has teeth binded. I remember one time they asked, they said, so is there anything that Canada can do or Mexico can do to stop these tariffs? He said no, nothing at all. Nothing. They start immediately. Nothing. You gotta start it. You gotta count to three and they gotta see the consequences. So that brings us to this first installment, likely first of many tariff time.

[Steven Crowder]

Time for some tariffs. Cause you don't want to play NASA le suck on some tariffs. Trump has got you by the testes.

[Gerald Morgan]

Now let me be really clear to set this up so you see this all in context. The asks from Donald Trump right now are not even necessarily related specifically to economic. Okay, so you think it's cruel. You think that we shouldn't do anything about the border. You think these countries should be able to take advantage of us. Okay, but before we get to any of that, the asks from the Trump White House are pretty simple, okay? Stop undoing our work. Stop illegal immigration, drug trafficking at your own border and stop for example, the outflow of fentanyl that has been killing record number of Americans. There you go.

[Josh Firestein]

Pretty simple.

[Gerald Morgan]

So these tariffs are really just based on, hey look, Canada, you have the biggest border that we have with any country, of course. And you know, Steven Crowder has crossed over to the United States and Canada accidentally and not known it. When he. When I lived there, I'd accidentally be like, what happened? Upstate New York? Where's the paintball field? Okay, let me go back to Quebec all the time. It's completely unprotected in some areas.

[Steven Crowder]

It's a town like that.

[Gerald Morgan]

There are many towns like that.

[Steven Crowder]

Borders the line on the street.

[Gerald Morgan]

And imagine this. You seal up the southern border, okay? And then illegal aliens or terrorists, by the way, many of whom have come from Canada, they know that it's easy to get to Canada and easy to cross that border because Canada won't do their own job.

[Steven Crowder]

Job.

[Gerald Morgan]

We're just hemorrhaging money. It's like you're not plugging the hole in the boat. Canada has to do its part. We get it. You brag about socialized healthcare. Canada. I know because I lived there for 16 years. The problem is you can only do that because you don't have to raise up a military to defend yourself. And because you don't enforce your own border. Things, you know, that affect countries to the south. So it's just about. Now I get that you're friendly. Gee. Gosh. Aw, gee willikers. It's time for you to be a good neighbor. These are the asks. Stop illegal immigration. Watch your own border here. Help us out. China. Cut that crack. Crack down on the fentanyl. So the tariffs are going to take place or take effect tomorrow for everybody else.

[Josh Firestein]

For everybody named Mexico who caved.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah. Did they actually cave? They're pausing. They're pausing. Which means there was, you know, he had a talk.

[Josh Firestein]

I've got a list of what they said they're gonna do.

[Gerald Morgan]

Let me see what Mexico. This is this live this morning?

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah. So number one, Mexico will immediately reinforce the northern border with 10,000 members of the National Guard to prevent any drug traffick from Mexico to the United States. Particularly fentanyl.

[Gerald Morgan]

Oh, there you go.

[Josh Firestein]

Our love language.

[Gerald Morgan]

Now wait, hold on a second. They just had 10,000 members laying around doing nothing.

[Steven Crowder]

I didn't know they had a National Guard.

[Josh Firestein]

It's called the cartel. Yeah, yeah.

[Gerald Morgan]

That means they were never asked before because they were able to mobilize 10,000 Guard members.

[Josh Firestein]

Yes, exactly. There's a couple of other things here. So the United States agrees to is committed to working to prevent the trafficking of high powered weapons to Mexico. Okay, fine. We won't send guns down to you.

[Gerald Morgan]

Got it.

[Josh Firestein]

And then our teams will begin working today on two Fronts security and trade. So they kind of keep going on, and basically they've done what we asked them to do, which was not a lot. Number one was the only thing really, that we're saying, like, hey, guys, you know, with all this drug trafficking and stuff, if you could kind of, like, secure your own border, that'd be kind of nice. Yeah, we'd appreciate some of the, you know, help from your people not getting into our place with fentanyl.

[Gerald Morgan]

You know, that call was incredibly uncomfortable because the president of Mexico had to keep. Had to keep appearances up, put on this strong feminist face, and then call and hear Donald Trump. Not one more hand on a godforsaken turtle.

[Josh Firestein]

But you know what happened? She called and said, okay, we're gonna do what you've asked us to do. Now, will you promise to lift the tariff for one month? Yeah. And then we'll see.

[Gerald Morgan]

And then we'll see. This is how a leader leads. You may not like it, but can you acknowledge this is the first time in our lifetime that someone is doing exactly what they promised? If nothing else, this is not a surprise to anybody, both his allies and his enemies. Enemies. So let's go to the reactions. First was Canada, where Trudeau, who's basically outgoing, there's no way that this works out for doing. Now, he said that Canada will levy some retaliatory tariffs and something, something, something gay. Sorry. Right clip. And we always show the shorts because he went the extra mile. Here is the other Right. Clip. Tonight, I am announcing Canada will be responding to the US trade action with.

[Steven Crowder]

25% tariffs against $155 billion worth of American goods.

[Gerald Morgan]

Our response will also be far reaching.

[Steven Crowder]

And include everyday items such as American.

[Gerald Morgan]

Beer, wine and bourbon, fruits and fruit juices, including orange juice. I also want to speak directly to Canadians in this moment. I'm sure many of you are anxious.

[Steven Crowder]

But I want you to know we are all in this together.

[Gerald Morgan]

And Tool man, can you go just to a screen grab of that, just to pause. I don't know why he has someone over his left shoulder who just exited a sauna, but this is why we can't take your world leader seriously.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, that's the number one consumer of their beer, wine, and bourbon. He looks drunk. Look at him.

[Josh Firestein]

He's sweating.

[Steven Crowder]

His head, his hair's a mess, his tie's crooked. Kid, clean yourself up. He's pissed at Trudeau. Look at him.

[Gerald Morgan]

He's also something that was kind of surprising, disappointing. The opposition leader, the conservative there, Pierre Poilier, condemned the tariffs But I understand. They have to look like they're looking out for their country and they have a leg to stand on. They don't. We must put Canada first. And that is why common sense conservatives condemn President Trump's massive, unjust and unjustified tariff tariffs which will damage both American and Canadian economy. There is no justification whatsoever, many, for these tariffs or this treatment. Yes, there is. Canada will never be the 51st state. We are an independent, proud and strong nation. You are not proud and strong. You have the queen on your money because you bent over and let the king pipe you.

[Steven Crowder]

You know what I heard?

[Gerald Morgan]

We're a big boy. Yes, exactly. Stop, Daddy. Wow. I am Canada now.

[Steven Crowder]

Pull it up. I'm a real country now.

[Gerald Morgan]

You're embarrassing yourself.

[Josh Firestein]

I can't wait to make it so.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah.

[Josh Firestein]

I can't wait till they are the 51st state and we get to put.

[Gerald Morgan]

The curb your enthusiasm music on that. Yes, exactly. You are not the 51st state by our grace. Yes, okay. You gave up. You gave up to the crown of England. Do you have any idea what the United States would do to you?

[Josh Firestein]

You should have been the 51st state for a couple of hundred years. Now, when you join with your neighbor's enemy to burn his stuff down, it's not a cool move. Okay, here, really quickly, by the way, I thought leftist argument was that when you put tariffs on, it actually penalizes your own citizens. Right. That's been their entire argument this entire time that U.S. citizens are gonna be paying these tariffs that we're putting on other countries. Right. If that's the case, why would Canada, in response to the United States trying to hurt their citizens, they say, penalize their citizens by putting tariffs on American goods coming into Canada.

[Gerald Morgan]

Right.

[Josh Firestein]

The argument doesn't hold water. Are you guys seeing through this? It's obvious that is not always the case.

[Gerald Morgan]

And it's going to hurt all of these countries a lot more than it will hurt the US Just to be clear.

[Josh Firestein]

So there's a whole lot.

[Gerald Morgan]

You might see some inflation on bananas or maple syrup or whatever. But you know what? Look, it's going to be much better in the long term, and we'll get to those numbers. The Mexican president, Claudia sheinbaum, urged the U.S. and Mexico to cooperate. I know. Now we have this response, but she said we don't need tariffs. Come on now. We're both equals in this. Except we're not. You can't fire me. I quit. That's what it is. It's like you're breaking up. You ever Break up with someone. And they're like, yeah, this isn't gonna work. I'm leaving. You're like, fine. Okay. Yep, I think I see what you're doing here. Also, by the way, she actually made sure that no Mexicans can ever claim asylum from a persecution oriented government ever again. Again. It's tough to claim asylum when your president just said she embraced you and she hugged her titties. You're not fleeing a persecution. It's not like Castro, like, we will jail them. And no Saxon phones. They are saying, hey, you're welcome. You're just leaving a country that's crappier. Okay. That is not a legitimate claim to asylum. There is now never a claim, an asylum claim from a single Mexican crossing here illegally. It's done. Thank you. If for nothing else, President Scheinbau, that's.

[Josh Firestein]

All they should do at these immigration trials is just play that clip right there. It's like, up next, person. So, by the way, before we move on, on this specific subject, Donald Trump did do A True Truth.

[Gerald Morgan]

And I thought Mexico.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah, I thought, you know, your voice is warm.

[Gerald Morgan]

Let's see, let's see. All right. I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican soldiers on the border separating Mexico and the United States.

[Josh Firestein]

What other border would it be?

[Gerald Morgan]

These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants into our country. We further agreed immediately, not latently immediately, pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State small hands Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Besant, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, a high level representative of Mexico. I look forward to participating in those negotiations with President Sheinbaum as she is on her best behavior and we attempt to achieve a quote, deal between our two countries.

[Josh Firestein]

This isn't even a deal yet, though. He's not done extracting the right behavior out of these people.

[Gerald Morgan]

Absolutely.

[Steven Crowder]

Right now in Canada, Trudeau's like, wait, wait, we can do that.

[Gerald Morgan]

We can get on the phone.

[Steven Crowder]

Hey, somebody get President on the phone. I wanna, I wanna cage.

[Josh Firestein]

It took what, one or two days? She's like, we're gonna stand with our Canadian brothers. And then like a day and a half later, yeah, yeah, we reached a deal.

[Gerald Morgan]

Like, they have no leg to stand on. And I to exactly why they know they've been doing this to you, the American consumer, for a very long time with their own tariffs. China said they're going to file a complaint with the WTO and some countermeasures. Who cares? They're tiny. Now, let me give you the clear picture. References in the description. Okay, let's tell you what the tariffs are.25%. They're going to be in Mexico and Canada. Okay? You know that Canadian energy exports would only see a 10% additional. China would see an additional 10% tariff. Right. On anything I believe that we import here. Let me give you an example. Let me give you the numbers on these countries. Let's start with the example of Canada. Okay? The United States trade deficit with Canada is $55 billion. Now, who is this going to hurt more? The exports. The United States. They make up 21% of Canada's total GDP. The United States. Our exports to Canada make up 1.1%. 20 times more on their side of the ledger. And they have been instituting tariffs on us for a very long time.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah.

[Gerald Morgan]

Let me give you an example. Dairy. There's a Canadian tariff on American dairy. It's 240 to 298%. 1. Certain quotas are reached.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah, and that's just one. There are lists. There are lists.

[Gerald Morgan]

So you're mad about a 25% tariff if they don't stop illegal immigration, for example, and fentanyl drug trafficking. They're taxing milk more than double the price of. Up to triple the price of milk. We have been getting fleeced. This could all just. You know what? We're just asking, I think quite reasonable things, saying, hey, secure your own border. Stop the drugs. But I would be fine with Donald Trump going, and no more taxing milk. Put Dairy Queen on your money. How about that?

[Steven Crowder]

Right away, instead of a loony. It's a blizzard.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes, exactly. Turn it upside down. Wow, that's good. Mexico. Our trade deficit with Mexico is $157 billion. Okay? Their exports to the United States make up 34% of their GDP. Our exports to Mexico make up about 1% of our GDP. Now, we say this is incredibly unfair. How could you ever put a 25% tariff on this? That's wrong. Do you mean exactly like the 25% tariff that Mexico puts on American beef? Jeez. Ours, 7.9%. Hey, how about none of these tariffs are lifted until they're all even equal? How about that? I understand. You're gonna say the American dollar is stronger. It doesn't matter. Up to a 300% tax on dairy from Canada, 25% on beef in Mexico. They've been doing this for a very long time. You, Many Americans have just been gleefully unaware of this. And so did I as a libertarian when I was. Was, you know, a later teenager until I grew up. China. Our trade deficit with China is $270 billion. Okay? Their GDP, 3% of their GDP is to the United States. Significantly lower than the other countries, but still significantly more than our exports. 0.45% of our GDP. Let me give you just a general example. China. Their tariffs on our goods are about 22%, 21 to 22%. Ours are about 19% less. So let's even those out and make sure that you're not using one of the most effective biochemical weapons, fentanyl, to bring this country to its knees. I would be fine with an indefinite tariff until you give us the straight story on the Wuhan virus. How about that?

[Josh Firestein]

There you go.

[Gerald Morgan]

Let's go to the EU. Our trade deficit with the EU, $213 billion. EU exports to the United States make up 3% of their total GDP. GDP. Our exports to them, 1.2%. Significantly less than half. Here's an example for you. And it's different in different countries and certainly all across Europe and Eastern Europe. The tariffs. Well, their tariff on American automobiles, 10%. Ours, 2.5%. That's a high ticket item. 10% is significant. Many people in the EU cannot get our cars. That's not even to include the additional taxes and tariffs because of international climate treaties that disproportionately harm our vehicles because no one in Europe can get one single V8. Now, maybe there is one V8, but the point remains, their cars are for pussy boys.

[Josh Firestein]

At least Jaguar said they're not going to produce cars anymore for a little while, so.

[Gerald Morgan]

Well, after that ad, that's probably a good idea. They need a rebranding campaign.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah. Look, all these countries are doing is protecting their businesses. They're protecting their citizens and their ability to have these industries. Essentially, that's what tariffs are going to do. They're going to create opportunity locally so that you can avoid the tariff and buy local, maybe pay a little bit less. There's other things that are going on too.

[Gerald Morgan]

Right.

[Josh Firestein]

But the United States is not when they do it, it's protecting when the United States does it. Oh, you're trying to punish consumers when they fund Airbus. Government subsidies fund Airbus and compete with Boeing. And Boeing says, hey, that's not fair. They're like, no, no, no, no. That's just how we do it. You guys can't put a tariff on stuff coming over here. You Guys can't do a kind of a trade war because of our funding of Airbus. And you don't fund Boeing the same way that we do. It's not fair trade. We just screwed the world over. And we've had this power for decades and we haven't used it effectively. Trump is finally going, you know what? I've got this. Let's just see what happens.

[Gerald Morgan]

Well, you know what?

[Josh Firestein]

Scrutiny worse than we are now.

[Gerald Morgan]

I would say it's even worse than that. Not only have we not done anything, we have done some things. We've increased taxes. Income taxes. Yes, honestly, we've increased corporate taxes. So we've increased taxes directly on Americans while not applying any type of tariffs, levying any type of taxes against foreign nations that want to do us harm. Let's just say it evened out if your taxes got reduced by the number that we generate in tariffs. Hey, is that a net win? This comes from two different worldviews, right? The leftist worldview that you exist. You exist to fund the government. That's why your tax dollars exist. The other worldview is that the government exists to protect, preserve the culture that has created what allows you to be the American taxpayer. Okay, do you want to tax China more? Do you want to tax Mexico more? Do you want to tax Canada more? Or do you want to tax you more in American businesses more? We've tried it one way, let's try it a different way. And the good news is we have a lot of wiggle room here because of the tariffs that have been applied to the United States. We are in the driver's seat, and we have been funding the rest of the world for a very long time. Just think about this. It's like the term predatory lending. You go, what? That doesn't even make any sense. It makes zero sense. Predatory lending. You're going to target someone who can't pay you back as a predator to lend to them. Okay, let's just call you bankrupt lender. Oh, it's the United States government forcing you to do so and guaranteeing the loan. Okay, got it. This is what we're looking at here with this country. Hey, we look at prescription drugs. Why do other. And people ask this as a slogan, why do other drugs pay less for their prescription medication than we do here in the United States? Yes, let's ask that.

[Steven Crowder]

Why?

[Gerald Morgan]

Where are the drugs developed? Where are they coming from? And then who subsidizes it to give it to their citizens? Who puts tariffs on it? Yes. It doesn't make sense for the nation that develops, creates almost all global. A significant majority of medical innovation, both with prescriptions and with medical devices. For cry out loud. When I was in Canada, they had more MRI machines in the entire state of Vermont than the entire country of Canada, which, for those who don't know, is largely than Vermont. Let's follow this to its conclusion. Why are they paying less? Because you foot the bill for the entire world. Why were other nations not paying their promised amount into the NATO agreement and the United States was paying double? And I know what you're thinking. Hold on. Are you lying to me, Mr. Crowder? Because isn't the whole purpose of a contract to keep the signer beholden to the contract? Yes. And they still weren't paying into NATO, and we don't need NATO. Let's be really clear. They don't care. They haven't. They haven't been incentivized or held accountable to simply honor their words on the contracts, on the agreements that they have signed. And then they sign new taxes, tariffs into law to try and collect. They're collecting revenue from you, the American consumer. It's time to collect revenue. Revenue from other countries, certainly other countries that will undo our work as it relates to the border. My prediction here. You see this with Mexico, I would be willing to bet that Canada falls in line by end of the week. Yeah, end of the week, they're gonna have a conversation. There might be a pause.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, the tariffs start tomorrow, correct?

[Gerald Morgan]

Yes.

[Steven Crowder]

I didn't even see that tomorrow, especially with the news of Mexico this morning, they might little tinkle in their pants.

[Josh Firestein]

Yeah, I think Mexico saw an opportunity. Like, wait, wait, wait, wait. You get all these products from Canada. Canada? Have I ever shown you Mexican lumber?

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah, like, exactly.

[Josh Firestein]

Look at this. I think they saw an opportunity, but.

[Steven Crowder]

Also, I don't know how much there is.

[Josh Firestein]

Well, I. No, I'm just using that as a cat. That is tequila in Mexico. Fine, I understand it. But the point is, I think they saw an opportunity in some other products. They're like, all right, fine, we'll be a better trading partner with you guys. I think Donald Trump is using this leverage very well with China with 10%. I think China responds. If this becomes a bigger story and it starts to become a conversation about China, because it's more of a power dynamic and losing face and things like that. And obviously, they could respond and say, hey, we're gonna raise your tariffs as well. But with Mexico and Canada, these guys are gonna fold, I think, very quickly, because they're gonna realize Trump is not Playing around. He doesn't need to get reelected. He also has a mandate and is winning at every single turn. It's not going to make him change any kind of direction to see the media come after him. He's lived that his entire political career. They've never liked him.

[Gerald Morgan]

And by the way, I wanna clarify, I misspoke earlier when I said the first time, these kinds of tariffs on China. The first time, I mean the first president, because he did. And keep in mind those tariffs, some of those sanctions brought China to its knees before a lab escaped a wet market. Some people have a theory on that. I think that it was just incompetence, but they were suffering. For the first time, they were brought to their knees. Remember, everyone said the next great superpower is China. There was one person who said no, no, and that was Donald Trump. And now we look at China very, very differently. There was a period of a couple years there with Biden where people thought maybe they're coming. No, they're not. They're not. And you can't have been a part of those campaigns protesting the Gap and Nike and talking about human rights and talking about slave labor and sweatshops and have a problem with a president asking these countries to start playing ball. Do you want to benefit from slave labor? Do you want to argue on behalf of the corporations who want to replace you with slave labor? Or do you understand that some changes need to be made? Also, let me tell you this. If people actually buy into this argument as it relates to illegal immigration, that, you know, these are people are doing jobs that Americans won't do, there's a really low level unskilled job and they're taking just paltry wages. Okay, if your choice is automation or illegal alien workers, what do you choose? Comment below. I'll tell you what, I choose automation. Because at least automation doesn't rape Chat gp, rape notwithstanding.

[Josh Firestein]

That's true.

[Steven Crowder]

Well, we'll see.

[Josh Firestein]

Got out of control.

[Gerald Morgan]

We'll see.

[Steven Crowder]

We'll see what Times tells.

[Gerald Morgan]

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Chad hpv, but so at that point, hey, we're at the point where we can automate a lot of these jobs. Do we really need. So then you solve the issue of the demand, right? 1.8 million new families, only 1.4 million new homes built. I believe in 2022, maybe it was 1.2. You guys can bring that back up. You solve that problem and you don't have to worry about the jobs that Americans don't want to do being left empty. There are easy ways to solve these problems. It's just that the left consistently solves them at your expense. And you haven't seen these expenses. So if you look at this and say, well, hold on a second. Tariffs, that could raise prices. Sure, sure. But do you realize that you've been footing the bill for a very long time because of these tariffs in other countries, whether it's pharmaceuticals, whether it's automobiles, whether it's beef, whether it's dairy. You know that, right? You just may not be used to, for the first time ever, saying, you know what? We're going to apply the same kind of trade rules. The United States is in the driver's seat. They have the leverage. And I would like to see our government continue to use it on your behalf. My prediction is that they start playing ball really quickly, they're not all gonna be Colombia within 12 hours, but 12 days, considering the decades of a piping that we have taken, I'd say is still worth the squeeze. This has been tariff time for some tariffs.

[Steven Crowder]

Cause you don't want to play nasal suck on some terrorists. Trump has got you by the chest.

[Gerald Morgan]

All right, do we have any. Was there a development there?

[Josh Firestein]

No, no, we're good.

[Gerald Morgan]

Okay. All right. And those of you who are watching, of course, we're gonna be playing bad movie lines on Rumble. You can continue watching. Click that button. Rumble Premium. Nothing happens without you. Investigative journalism, the Daily Shows, very few ad reads. You get Rumble Premium, you get everything. Ad free. Every single person there. The Friday, none of it happens without you because we're not making any revenue from YouTube, and we keep this operation.

[Steven Crowder]

Oh, speaking of Friday, this Friday and Saturday, I'm going to be in Spokane at the Spokane Comedy Club.

[Gerald Morgan]

Spokane, seventh and Eighth.

[Steven Crowder]

Yeah.

[Josh Firestein]

Boom.

[Gerald Morgan]

One of the funnest clubs in the country. They have a bathroom in the green room now. So it's perfect.

[Steven Crowder]

Nice, perfect Valentine's date, not inviting people in.

[Gerald Morgan]

You know, they're talking about orange juice in Canada, too. They're talking about, oh, I have to get orange juice. Which, I don't know if you know.

[Josh Firestein]

Screwdrivers, I guess.

[Gerald Morgan]

In Canada, my French Canadian grandfather, like, he would get an orange for Christmas. That's how removed we are from hard times.

[Josh Firestein]

It was a big deal, and it was a problem.

[Steven Crowder]

And it wasn't even colored orange.

[Gerald Morgan]

It was just an orange. I know what you're thinking. Chocolate orange. No, just an orange. And so Prime Minister Trudeau suggested giving up orange juice there, saying, you know, we're gonna have to make some sacrifices. Suggest, actually giving it up for something more homegrown. And there was a PSA for it in the Great White North. A message from the government of Canada.

[Steven Crowder]

In these trying times, some sacrifices need to be made, eh? It's time to move on.