Governor Josh Shapiro
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Well, I saw a meme of Xi reading The Art of the Deal laughing. I think it summed everything up. That was on my feed yesterday. I mean, here's Trump negotiating against himself. And, you know, I want to be careful here because I love my country. I love this nation.
Well, I saw a meme of Xi reading The Art of the Deal laughing. I think it summed everything up. That was on my feed yesterday. I mean, here's Trump negotiating against himself. And, you know, I want to be careful here because I love my country. I love this nation.
But it's just interesting the approach that she has taken, which seems a little bit more steady handed as it relates to his approach on retaliatory tariffs. Now, the impacts of that are outsized in my state. You know, I've got the port of Long Beach with 40 percent of goods move in this country in L.A. and Long Beach come through and they're starting to dry up. That's not a gross exaggeration.
But it's just interesting the approach that she has taken, which seems a little bit more steady handed as it relates to his approach on retaliatory tariffs. Now, the impacts of that are outsized in my state. You know, I've got the port of Long Beach with 40 percent of goods move in this country in L.A. and Long Beach come through and they're starting to dry up. That's not a gross exaggeration.
But it's just interesting the approach that she has taken, which seems a little bit more steady handed as it relates to his approach on retaliatory tariffs. Now, the impacts of that are outsized in my state. You know, I've got the port of Long Beach with 40 percent of goods move in this country in L.A. and Long Beach come through and they're starting to dry up. That's not a gross exaggeration.
It's modest one drying up. But they're starting to significantly decline in terms of amount of cargo coming in to the states. One of the principal reasons we felt we had standing in a lawsuit. This is the number one manufacturing state in America. It's the number one state in terms of direct foreign investment, two-way trade. We dominate in every category, economic category.
It's modest one drying up. But they're starting to significantly decline in terms of amount of cargo coming in to the states. One of the principal reasons we felt we had standing in a lawsuit. This is the number one manufacturing state in America. It's the number one state in terms of direct foreign investment, two-way trade. We dominate in every category, economic category.
It's modest one drying up. But they're starting to significantly decline in terms of amount of cargo coming in to the states. One of the principal reasons we felt we had standing in a lawsuit. This is the number one manufacturing state in America. It's the number one state in terms of direct foreign investment, two-way trade. We dominate in every category, economic category.
There are no peers in ag and forestry jobs. Across the spectrum, this state is disproportionately impacted. And so I just, I pray. that we can get a deal with China because of its outsized influence. And I'll just argue one simple point as a guy with four young kids, 80% of those toys that are supposed to be coming in the ports right now for the holidays, they come from China.
There are no peers in ag and forestry jobs. Across the spectrum, this state is disproportionately impacted. And so I just, I pray. that we can get a deal with China because of its outsized influence. And I'll just argue one simple point as a guy with four young kids, 80% of those toys that are supposed to be coming in the ports right now for the holidays, they come from China.
There are no peers in ag and forestry jobs. Across the spectrum, this state is disproportionately impacted. And so I just, I pray. that we can get a deal with China because of its outsized influence. And I'll just argue one simple point as a guy with four young kids, 80% of those toys that are supposed to be coming in the ports right now for the holidays, they come from China.
And so this impact is to me, it's personal,
And so this impact is to me, it's personal,
And so this impact is to me, it's personal,
uh yeah it's a professional responsibility as a fiduciary for the state uh i'm a small business person myself and business is directly impacted so it's it's not an intellectual exercise uh this one is absorbed in every corner of our society democrat republican rural urban these impacts are extraordinary and what he's done is extraordinary and we have to be extraordinarily vigilant and forceful in our response
uh yeah it's a professional responsibility as a fiduciary for the state uh i'm a small business person myself and business is directly impacted so it's it's not an intellectual exercise uh this one is absorbed in every corner of our society democrat republican rural urban these impacts are extraordinary and what he's done is extraordinary and we have to be extraordinarily vigilant and forceful in our response
uh yeah it's a professional responsibility as a fiduciary for the state uh i'm a small business person myself and business is directly impacted so it's it's not an intellectual exercise uh this one is absorbed in every corner of our society democrat republican rural urban these impacts are extraordinary and what he's done is extraordinary and we have to be extraordinarily vigilant and forceful in our response
Well, it's a point of pride. I mean, it's a big blue state with $4.1 trillion a year economic output. We're 14% of the GDP in the United States of America, 50% more than the next big state. But I also want people to understand that this is a donor state. In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more than we received from the federal government.
Well, it's a point of pride. I mean, it's a big blue state with $4.1 trillion a year economic output. We're 14% of the GDP in the United States of America, 50% more than the next big state. But I also want people to understand that this is a donor state. In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more than we received from the federal government.
Well, it's a point of pride. I mean, it's a big blue state with $4.1 trillion a year economic output. We're 14% of the GDP in the United States of America, 50% more than the next big state. But I also want people to understand that this is a donor state. In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more than we received from the federal government.