Jack Posobiec

and Ukraine vis-a-vis the Ukraine-Russia war. And I had actually traveled with Secretary Besant to Ukraine to present the earliest draft of that mineral deal to President Zelensky over in Kiev in the presidential complex there. We know that's really become something of a big football between the two countries. But it was really those ideas of understanding, I think,

The briefing that he was able to give my audience, and that's Human Events Daily every day right here on X, 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern, by the way, that we were then much more informed, I think, than the mainstream media when the tariffs were rolled out a few days later because, hey, he's given us the inside track on exactly what the plan is.

The briefing that he was able to give my audience, and that's Human Events Daily every day right here on X, 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern, by the way, that we were then much more informed, I think, than the mainstream media when the tariffs were rolled out a few days later because, hey, he's given us the inside track on exactly what the plan is.

So I don't know what went on there, but you scared her off. And Bobby did the same thing to me.

So I don't know what went on there, but you scared her off. And Bobby did the same thing to me.

No, not on deregulation. We really focused on, like I said, the mineral deal, this Ukraine piece, and then on tariffs. Because for us, foreign policy is something we really cover a lot on human events. And we knew that the tariffs were going to be rolled out in a couple of days. So that was the really big focus.

No, not on deregulation. We really focused on, like I said, the mineral deal, this Ukraine piece, and then on tariffs. Because for us, foreign policy is something we really cover a lot on human events. And we knew that the tariffs were going to be rolled out in a couple of days. So that was the really big focus.

And, you know, I think when it comes down to it, though, you're right that you can't look at what we call this the great deal. And you can't take what Trump is doing on tariffs. in a vacuum.

And, you know, I think when it comes down to it, though, you're right that you can't look at what we call this the great deal. And you can't take what Trump is doing on tariffs. in a vacuum.

You can't isolate it because it is being done in conjunction with lowering taxes, with lowering regulations, with flooding American energy back onto the world market, which lowers the price of oil and the price of energy writ large. So of course, all of this is being done in conjunction. So rather than say, oh, this is only one element

You can't isolate it because it is being done in conjunction with lowering taxes, with lowering regulations, with flooding American energy back onto the world market, which lowers the price of oil and the price of energy writ large. So of course, all of this is being done in conjunction. So rather than say, oh, this is only one element

of things that are going on and tried to analyze that in a vacuum. That's not actually what the major economic program is that's being rolled out with Besson and others. And now Besson, as we see, has really taken the forefront on all of this.

of things that are going on and tried to analyze that in a vacuum. That's not actually what the major economic program is that's being rolled out with Besson and others. And now Besson, as we see, has really taken the forefront on all of this.

Well, that's exactly right. And with various countries out there, they may have things like... I've spent time at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, and I can tell you firsthand, it is very hard for any U.S. company or any Western company to break into the Chinese market.

Well, that's exactly right. And with various countries out there, they may have things like... I've spent time at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, and I can tell you firsthand, it is very hard for any U.S. company or any Western company to break into the Chinese market.

Even Hollywood, for all the Hollywood blockbusters we hear about, they say, oh, this movie's going to do well in the China market. Well, even they have a strict limit on the amount of movies that are able to go into the Chinese market, and the...

Even Hollywood, for all the Hollywood blockbusters we hear about, they say, oh, this movie's going to do well in the China market. Well, even they have a strict limit on the amount of movies that are able to go into the Chinese market, and the...

the types of movies i should say that are approved for the chinese market so even something like as as uh as that is you know faces really high barriers and so what president trump and and besant and the team are doing is to say look um you may not call it a tariff but all of these barriers to entry it's it's much more elegant and much more simple to just say

the types of movies i should say that are approved for the chinese market so even something like as as uh as that is you know faces really high barriers and so what president trump and and besant and the team are doing is to say look um you may not call it a tariff but all of these barriers to entry it's it's much more elegant and much more simple to just say

Reciprocal tariff, we're gonna put this on. And of course, we always knew that that, so we knew right off the bat on human events that this was going to be the high watermark. That's your opening bid in the negotiation.