By Ben Meiselas
Donald Trump just handed British luxury carmakers a sweetheart deal and left Michigan autoworkers in the dust. I sat down with Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist on the MeidasTouch Podcast to unpack the utter disaster of Trump’s so-called UK trade agreement. Spoiler alert: it’s not even a real trade deal. It’s a concept of a concept of a deal. It’s a vanity project dressed up as policy, and it's blowing up in Trump's face. Yes, already.
Let’s break this down. Trump personally intervened to lower tariffs on Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Jaguar, and Land Rover from 25% to 10%. Meanwhile, American automakers, especially those with factories in Mexico and Canada, are still getting slammed with 25% tariffs under the USMCA. That means it’s now cheaper to import a UK-made luxury vehicle than a car built with American parts by American workers. General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis are furious. And they should be.
As Gilchrist put it, “Trump is a rich guy doing rich guy stuff.” And it's working against the people of Michigan. The very workers Trump pretends to champion are losing their jobs—hundreds already laid off at Chrysler's Stellantis plant because of his trade war. And that pain is spreading.
Gilchrist didn’t mince words: “Even if Trump had goals that helped the people of Michigan, I don’t trust his team to get it done.” He’s right. Trump isn’t just incompetent He’s malicious. His policies are designed to reward billionaires and punish working people. And now, even rural voters—once part of Trump’s base—are waking up. A new NPR/PBS/Marist poll shows his approval among rural voters has dropped a staggering 19 points since February.
But Gilchrist isn't just here to call out the chaos—he's offering solutions. As a trained engineer and former Microsoft software developer, he’s spent his time in office solving real problems, including building 60,000 new housing units across Michigan, expanding Medicaid, and increasing mental health care access. This isn’t theory. It’s results. And now he’s running for governor to take that progress further.
Gilchrist’s message was clear: Trump and his Michigan imitators are “like an SNL skit”—cruel, incompetent, and totally disconnected from the needs of everyday people. Michigan deserves better. America deserves better.
We need to call out Trump’s grift and hold him accountable. Because at the end of the day, this isn’t about tariffs or trade jargon. It’s about people. People like the laid-off autoworker trying to keep up with her mortgage. People trying to afford health care. People watching their jobs disappear so Trump can cruise around in a discounted Bentley.
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At this point I hold Congress responsible. They have the power to prohibit him from playing with our money, they have the power to halt him but they’re not. And they’re Article 1 , co-equal but greatest responsibility/accountability.
CONGRESS, WAKE UP!
I don't expect them to wake up. I suspect that they are in tRump's pocket. He has promised them riches and all they see are $ signs and power. They don't care at all about the Constitution, about our Democracy, Our Country. They are self-centered creeps that are traitors.
Trump fired any republicans who dared to challenge him or disagree with him and replaced them with MAGA sycophants so there would be no checks and balances. This includes the corrupt Supreme Court.
It’s all Project 2025 to destroy America and democracy and replace it with a white supremacist Christian national autocracy. The billionaires also behind it like Peter Thiel and Curtis Yarvin plan to run the country like a business and get more wealth and power. Look it up. They’re hiding in plain sight.
Republicans could impeach every incompetent and dangerous sycophant in his cabinet if they had the guts. They hold all the cards. I'm sure the Dems would go along with any attempt to impeach these dangerous fascist, wanna-be dictators. Since they're doing nothing it appears they're quite on board and content with this destruction of our economy, our standing and reputation on the world stage and, most, our democracy. But hey, they got to own the libs, so at least there's that.
Absolutely right. I read that many Republicans in Congress have bought into the ideology of Curtis Yarvin who is one creepy weird guy. I’ve seen pictures of them at events together. He has said democracy is dead. Peter Thiel said freedom and democracy can’t co-exist. These are two of the most influential Silicon Valley actors behind Project 2025.
You have to wonder...what created morally bankrupt guys like this. I take it they see the rest of us as serfs??
Greed and power I think causes this. Serfdom seems to be the end goal after we’ve lost everything and are pretty much impoverished. That’s why we need to fight as hard as we can.
CAPITALISM created this. Rampant greed derived from Capitalism. Only rich people love it. It has never helped the middle, lower, or poor classes.
“It takes money to make money”
Just like the only people who benefit every time Trump pump and dumps the stock market are rich people with high amounts of liquid assets to invest with. Lower class couldn’t benefit even if they knew about it.
Exactly, Thiel said that his plans are so crazy that no one would believe them until it's too late.
34% project 25 is already implemented in only 100 days.
There’s actually a timeline of what they’ve accomplished and what’s left to do. I can’t look at it regularly. It’s too upsetting.
Please post where you see this “timeline”. I think it needs to be front and center in the faces of those who support the Orange Blob and his handlers. They are a cult and it needs to hit them hard that they are being hurt by his policies.
Republicans in congress are now his brown shirt Nazis. It’s important we vote each one out as they come up for re-election. 💙💙💙
Perhaps, but Trump does not use carrots nearly as much as he uses sticks. I think much more likely is that Trump has threatened them with primaries, with exposing indiscretions, or they have received personal threats from Trump’s nuttier maggots. Either way, I agree the Republican Congress is not asleep, they are afraid to rock their prized boat. But what the heck is wrong with so very many of the Dems? Tight races for their seats, enjoying the money, power and perks (legal and less, like insider trading, etc?), fear of reprisals? IDK. To them, WAKE UP indeed.
Why slag the Democrats? They are not responsible for this mess, far from it, and do not have the power to impeach and convict....which ummmm Republicans in Congress do have, in spades.
The solution here is to impeach, convict and repeat as necessary to defend and uphold a) the Constitution, and b) to protect the economy, c) to protect American workers, d) to maintain the reputation of America as a powerhouse both financially and morally, c) to declare categorically that lying, suppressing the vote, silencing the media, silencing any critics, silencing the judiciary....are not only wrong, they weaken the country.
How China must be chortling....
and Putin can't wipe the smirk off his face .....
EXACTLY- stop blaming the Dems for Trump’s successes. They are filing lawsuits as fast as his illegal acts are announced. Trump holds the office of president and both houses of Congress, plus a majority of the Supreme Court.
Dems are speaking out. The big chance will be the mid-term elections in November 2026.
VOTE ALL DEMOCRAT IN YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE AND CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.
Hate to say it, as I used to be an R, but they have all been neutered by this criminal’s threats.
Congressional Democrats (both House and Senate). with the exception of a few like Bernie, AOC, Booker, Crockett, and maybe a few others are completely feckless and not worth the powder to blow them to hell.
Are they? Or is it just that Republicans hold the power in Congress?
I only see a handful standing up to this nonsense. MAGAts holding the power does not exuse timidity and inaction.
Musk promised them all he'd pay for their elections going forward. Meaning make sure the machines go there way.
This is precisely why we need to get rid of Citizens United. These PACs allow the ultra-wealthy to buy elections.
It is also imperative that we stop Congressional positions for life. These war chests built up over years, like Senator Lindsay Graham’s $50 million in SC, essentially buys his certain win. He bends over ( literally and figuratively) for his donors who keep him in office to do their bidding.
Congress is getting richer than their oldest dreams while the rest of us keep asking why they aren't doing their swim duty as our representatives.
I think you meant "sworn" but I agree with you.
Lol, yes I did. I'm in Mexico right now and my phone died it's own autocorrect
MY autocorrect drives me up the wall sometimes. lol
This is ALL of the republicans who were voted in. They control everything related to trump. Democrats would have impeached trump for all of his illegal acts.
Republicans need to grown a spine. That party is no longer accountable to the country except to trump and his mega cult.
There’s no coming out once you’re in the fascist closet, and boy are they, as authoritarian and as fascist as it gets. Went to a great Indivisible meeting today and guest speaker was Dr Mark Davies, who is a professor at Oklahoma City University. He is very proud of the fact that OKCU is, so far, the only university in our state who has signed on with the other 623 or so higher ed institutions who have vowed to stand against trump and his vicious attacks on higher education. Hopefully a few more will follow, though I’m not holding my breath in OK. Anyway, he gave a great talk covering many things, but his section on the 14 traits of fascism, and specifically American fascism, showed we are solidly in 13 of these like nationalism, militarism, disdain for human rights, scapegoats, controlled mass media, religion and govt intermingling, obsession with national security, protection of corporate power, suppression of labor, cronyism and corruption. The only one we don’t really have in the sense of say, Russia, is fraudulent elections. Anyway, I’d say we are definitely neck deep in the MAGA AMERICAN FASCIST PARTY. Fucked unless we get busy and take back our freedom, and truth and happiness.
Fraudulent elections like Russia, we don't really have??
See Election Truth Alliance for proof that musk rigged the election for trump to steal.
Also Vigilante Inc doco details how over 4 million votes were lost due to suppression and other interference - ballot boxes burned, 200 bomb threats called in etc
They cheated from every angle to ensure the steal. They're both criminals headed to prison of course they cheated. Musk then destroyed all the consumer protection agencies investigating him.
Andrea: according to election watch, we have #14 as well. Lots of good evidence that the swing states votes were not honestly tabulated.
They were not, but the Dems didn't demand recounts and forensic audits because optics. SMH.
No one knows what to do or how to do it, I'm guessing. More Republicans in Congress becoming MAGA. Democrats, Independents will be gone. 36% voters are MAGA, as of March!
Republicans also need a sense of what is right and what is wrong. That seems glaringly lacking right now...
You forgot that they voted in MAGA reps to Congress too. They're in the majority in both houses. There's no checks and balances without the votes.
Maga isn't majority but gop is
You know, people who join the military vow to uphold the Constitution. They go to fight and sometimes die for this nation. Why isn't that also true of those who go to Congress? Why aren't they willing to do the same?
Well said.
Trump = Moron
Trump = Vandal
Trump = Child
Moron Child damaging America
Congress = Adult Parent
Congress afraid of Moron Child
Only takes a few members to do Parent job to remove Moron Child
What is their breaking point?
If Parent does not remove Moron Vandal Child, Parent is responsible for damage.
I totally agree and I tend to say this is just about every comment I make everywhere. I hope both MTN and the mainstream media will start NOW to hold the GOP congress accountable. MTN does some but I feel it needs to be said every time there is an interview or show. I have not been to any of Bernie's rallies but I hope he and the other Dems speak very clearly about this, that it the Republican Congress, who those voters in the red states voted for, often who Bernie et al are speaking to, who are responsible.
MTN might consider devoting entire vlogs to each Republican member of Congress. It would be most interesting to dissect their individual complicities and put that out for all to see.
I would love to see each one of them interviewed with relatively easy questions....like what is the poverty rate in your district and exactly how are the tariffs going to help that and when (or when will be all be rich). Or since you feel FEMA should be done away with does your state/district have a strong enough tax base to develop their own emergency management system comparable to what the Feds have done for years. Here's a great one....is your state a donor state or a taker state (do you get more in federal funding than you pay in). If you are a taker state, what is your plan for your constituents when the federal funding for the well being of all (schools, roads, hospitals, disaster relief) is cut out of the budget you support?
Oh the Republican Congress knows what it's doing. It's in on it! We need to wake up, all of us, we're being scammed right this moment, and they are laughing, making deals with the mideast and Trump just got a new golf course there. Meanwhile, our jobs diminish, our businesses die, people get sick and there's no healthcare.
they are the ones that we will be coming for... like chess
They’re not asleep. They don’t care.
You mean EVERY REPUBLICAN
Trump only cares about himself. If you just figuring that out maga dummies and the pathetic cowards of the ex Republican Party. Then you just as stupid and dumb as he is.
I just don’t understand. How are they still shocked when he does this? Guess they never heard fool me once……
Cult leader.
Trump does hate America. The only one he loves is himself, and the richer he gets on government time, the happier he is with himself. He truly does not give a shit about any of us!!!!
He doesn't hate America. While he does only love himself and gets richer on government time etc., he does not hate America nor does he love/like America. He does NOT UNDERSTAND BUSINESS and he DOES NOT UNDERSTAND JOBS. He hasn't a clue. He has never had a clue. There is a very low level of intelligence under that well sprayed dome.
I'm sorry, but that's too simplistic a perspective. Trump has a narcissistic personality and a malevolent spirit. He's not ignorant about either.
Do you think he is intelligent then? Well, LOL, I take the word 'intelligent' loosely here. I have always thought him to be as thick as a brick and I have had people tell me this just isn't so. His speaking nowadays is pretty thick and people claim dementia but I have always found his speech thick. Your thoughts? Like, I 'might' put him at a 9th grade level but it stops there for me. What do you think?
He's cunning, not intelligent. Because you have to admit he does have a certain amount of genius when it comes to fleecing people and enriching himself. But that's as far as it goes.
I wouldn't even place him that high. He has a very short attention span and limited vocabulary. I have a hard time listening to him speak. Many times it just sounds like word salad and I can barely understand what he's saying or trying to say. He definitely has some sort of dementia.
I did not say he is intelligent; but it is dangerous to think he is stupid. What he is, is easily manipulated because of his narcissistic, malevolent spirit.
Exactly. He just doesn’t care about anything but vengeance, his families wealth, and his pride and power. He is a sick, shallow man.
Yes, he absolutely is.
Just try to find his grads from school. He’s blocked anyone getting them but he is not on any deans list and has a former professor that said he was the DUMBEST student he’s EVER had.
Dumb thoughts, you must be a secret MAGA to defend tRump.
Sorry if my words led you to believe that I have any care for the creature nor am I secretly involved or interested in maga. I refuse to even upper case the ridiculous movement. I do not defend tRump and believe it truly is the dumbest thing EVER and do not believe it has dementia but has always been as dumb as a rock and only thinks of itself. Anything it might say that may seem even somewhat intelligent is something someone else has said that it thought to be intelligent so it has stolen it as his own.
Michael Cohen just said that trump has made $7 BILLION since stealing the presidency.
The rapist and convicted felon has certainly made the fool of the country. I still don't think it is intelligent. It just knows it can get away with anything and everything it does and will do anything and everything to make money. Such a very sad situation as maga believes that it has their best interests at heart when nothing could be farther from the truth.
Trump’s sold out Michigan? Boom, Ben’s got the lieutenant governor of Michigan here, and…
How I love the MeidasTouch Network!
Trump hates America…he’s going to sell us off to his wealthy friends! He wants us to die and his few wealthy friends want all the wealth!
Vladimir Putin will buy America within 3 years. D still has an allegiance to him
It sickens my soul to what he is doing to our country.
Many believe that he is tanking the economy on purpose; part of a much larger plan to knock the United States to its knees, a major step in taking over the country.
I believe that is exactly what he is trying to do. I don't think he will win because we will fight with everything we have to stop him. Congress will never do it.
Oh yes they will. They already have. Again and again!
Keep the people hungry, poor, sick and divided and you can control them. We must rise up together and stand up and root all these corrupt people out… and SOON!
The only supporters he'll have left will be the idiots and racists. They only like him cuz they are now allowed to be hateful out loud and they are stupid enough to think it's ok.
The idiots and racists have no shame. I hope they loose everything they have and then wake up and see what is really happening. I, suppose, it would take a miracle.
If only the pastors of this country would call out the “Christians” for the duplicity of their souls and call them out for their abandonment of Jesus and the Bible.
Why is anyone surprised?
Duhhhh! you asked for it,Fools
77,284,118 voted for the convicted felon and 89,278,948 stayed home and let them,a part of America are failures!
I wish there were a way to subtract the voters from states with oppressive laws and no mail-in ballots who could not get to polls in their areas from that "stayed home" column.
Perhaps Michigan would like to become a Canadian Province. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💫
Yes, please!!
I'd move home for that!
OMG yes please!
He sold out the whole fucking country
I'm from Michigan and I sure as hell did not vote for him. Any one with their eyes opened could see the handwriting on the wall if he was voted in.
I was born in Michigan but didn't vote for the Evil Orange. One term of him was MORE that enough.
At least some of us had some smart s
AMEN!! and I didn’t vote for him the first time!!!
I never have and never will.
👍
But ofcourse he did . Sigh ..
Not a closer just a big fucking hoser...
tRump is a lousy businessman (6+ Bankruptcies)and a village idiot when it comes to economics!!! He sells trinkets made in China to his base, and that's the best business he's ever had!!! Worst POTUS ever!!!
He made a killing on his meme coin, and has soaked our government and anyone hoping to buy influence by running his presidency from his own properties here and abroad.
Trump’s sold out Michigan? Boom, Ben’s got the lieutenant governor of Michigan here, and…
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Thanks to our 47-like GOP in Michigan prices have skyrocketed and that includes insurance, drivers licenses and tabs, groceries etc. but we still have areas who would vote Republican no matter what.
I don't get it.
They vote their hatred and stupidity. There;s a reason IT said, "I love the poorly educated".
Brain dead. There was so much info about him in advance but his base happily listens to FOX and OAN who told them they lie to them for money and knew the base was too stupid to do any fact checking.
I wish Gretchen weren’t term limited, but I’m guardedly optimistic Lt. Gov. Gilchrist will adequately replace her. A Michigander from Grand Rapids.
OMG,could they pile on the BS bromance any thicker! How nauseating.
We DID NOT PICK HIM!!!
Yep Michigan voted for him too. It's their own fault .
Not all of Michigan, including this automotive engineering family
Enough to get him elected
Not all of us. I for one didn't. Saw what he was doing the first time around and that was more than enough to see. Changed parties and said to hell with him.
Yes I agree. I too saw how he was the first time around.
He told everybody in America every day through the gullible legacy media. I haven’t listened to him very much at all for many years. We absolutely have to derail his administration, roughly 62% of the population don’t believe one thing he says. ✌️👍🇺🇸🤞
I wonder what UAW president Shawn Fain has to say about this
My guess is he's probably as pissed off as those auto workers who aren't hopelessly MAGA.
I think Fane has an Eric Adams type of situation when it comes to the imposter in the WH - he is/was being investigated by the Fed's for some type of of UAW corruption involving him and benefits to his family members so if he is upset, he going to keep his mouth shut and do as he's told
As a Michigander, I didn’t vote for the Mango Menace either. Nor did any of my family and friends. We volunteered, talked to others, donated, did all the things.
MI is a very tricky & sorta complicated state - one of the ‘swingiest’ of the swing states as they say. Pockets of heavily blue, heavily red and everything in between. For example: Detroit/Ann Arbor = heavily blue, Hillsdale College = extremely red and they’re about a 1 - 1 1/2 drive apart.
Additionally, I believe there was a fairly large protest vote re: Palestine/Israel (strategically the absolute worst timing). I was filled with dread and absolutely sick that MI went to Trump. We’re usually pretty close to 50-50 so it’s a crap shoot in many election cycles. I saw it clearly and thought others did, too but obviously I was wrong. Now we all get to FO and it’s looking like it’s going to get pretty ugly. I just hope those who voted for this finally see that hate never wins, it just creates chaos and destruction.
You describe this Michigan well, it's a really strange mix of GOP & Maga along with a lot of clear thinking people as well. It was the Palestine/Isreal protest that delivered the win for Felon47. VERY regrettable, but not the mandate he claimed. Even with the strong Right influence here, we did our part getting Obama in & we can do it again. I don't know how many people will see their mistake, but it's been it's been devastating to me to see his supporters come out of the woodwork. I hope they can be stopped & that we never let them get so far again.
Carney was just at the White House. What is he going to think now? It is beginning to look like we are going out of the auto business in Canada and will leave these stupid people around Trump to go to our allies in Europe. I am not sure why I am not happy with the UK, but I am not. King Charles will be here in two weeks to open our Parliament. The idea that the King invited Trump to Windsor makes me sick. Please, can this pain end?
Howard Lutnick is an ass kissing idiot! It's really hard for me to believe he learned anything in his college econ classes.
People who voted him or didn't vote at all are getting what they deserve. He is an incompetent person in a position of power. Wake up America.
And Michigan voters voted for him and he stabbed them in the back. Typical Trump!
Will they have learned do you suspect? WHEN (not 'if') it runs again, will they continue with it. I was on a news item today and realized it was right wing bent article by the horrible maga comments. OH MY!!! The conspiracy stories and foul mouths carrying on as only maga can. Honestly, these people are truly crazy. You can not convince me otherwise.
From the UK. I wouldn't worry, I can't remember any of these cars being seen in the USA, unless your a millionaire you wouldn't want one. They are iconic in the UK and basically it's only the Royal family who buy them.
I see Land Rovers (and a few Minis) everyday. I’m certainly not a millionaire. These belong to families with two working professionals or one senior corporate executive. Absolutely well to do, but not so unusual in my midwestern ‘burbs (and even less uncommon in the wealthier states. These status drivers are far, far from the wealthy creeps Trumpy likes to hang with. Trump’s type might consider a Rolls, or more likely an Italian m or German sport car. But I will bet more than a few of his rich players own private jets with Rolls Royce engines.
Ok so landrovers maybe. It's footballers and footballers wives and those who want a status symbol that buy landrovers here. The roads are too thin and fuel is too expensive. As for minis, they are not part of the 10%as far as I know.
He is such an INCOMPETENT BABY BOY! All he knows how to do is throwing baby tantrums!
hi Ben
Sorry but this is a little hyperbolic. The deal at 10% is for at most, 3% of the US new car market. We sold 101k cars to the USA last year out of the 3 million new cars bought by US consumers. Any sales over 100k attracts the 25% tariff.
As many commentators have said, the U.K. is ranked 11th in trading partners and you have a surplus with us here in the U.K.
unlike the USA, our roads are generally narrower- here in Scotland some are barely wide enough for two cars to pass, and many are single track with passing places. Hence wide cars are not suited to us. Part of the reason why we tend to go for European and Japanese brands.
I’m a great fan of your content, so please take this with the sincerity in which is written.
Not just the cars, tariffs are on parts as well. Land Rover is one brand I can think of that would be heavily affected.
Lol, are you saying American cars are to far for UK roads!?😂
Wide maybe…
Also we pay 8.40 usd per gallon for fuel - it’s relatively cheap atm as well! Last year it went up to over 12 dollars per gallon.
Hence fuel efficiency is a big decider
Drop the tariffs on the fancy-arsed high-end imported cars....the types that mulimillionaires and billionaires prefer. Rolls Royce, Bentley, etc. Meanwhile the masses get higher tarriffs....therefore higher prices.
See my shocked face -> 😲
Elbow Zupp! 🇨🇦
You're the first person here to make that observation but this is exactly what's happening.
Am I the only person wondering where the sudo Labor Secretary is with all of this? Oh that’s right, just sitting back like the others collecting a paycheck 😡
Nutlik is such a pathetic ass kisser. How embarrassing
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Just got our first tariff bill. We imported $167k of flood lights and paid $255k in tariffs.
2. They're not the only ones. Another small business owner went viral on X for sharing the $2885 "import duty," aka tariff charge, on a shipment of less than $2000 worth of equipment.
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3. And this business owner showed the jaw-dropping price difference between shipping her supplies to Canada vs. the US.
My business is a Japanese Craft Store. Almost all my supplies are coming from China. Total purchase $1,220.68. Tariff $1,806.14
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6. And higher-priced goods, like suits manufactured in China for this Canadian company, are also starting to show tariff charges:
Spier & MacKay
HI friends, I am trying to buy two suits from my favorite Canadian retailer (Spier & MacKay which I recommend) The product cost is $524 and the tariff charge is $890. What the F?
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8. Brian Krassentstein
Paying $540 in ‘shipping’ (aka tariffs) for a $260 dress. I thought tariffs were a tax on foreign countries.
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9. Even used items that are imported can incur tariff fees. This Reddit user wrote, "A couple of weeks ago, I bought a pre-owned Louis Vuitton wallet from a Japanese seller. The item shipped from Japan. I paid $80 for the wallet, plus US sales tax ($116.91 in total). I just got a notice from DHL that my tariff fees are $83.10!!!"
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10. This person noticed a tariff charge on flowers, just in time for Mother's Day.
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11. Tariffs are also impacting healthcare, like this person's dentist, because many essential supplies and equipment are made overseas.
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And after I shared some of the first tariff receipts going around the internet a couple of weeks ago, members of the BuzzFeed Community also shared how they're starting to see the tariffs show up in their daily lives:
12. "I got engaged a couple of months ago and have been going through the wedding planning process. A bunch of bridal retailers (signs, bridesmaid dresses, wedding dresses, etc.) are announcing price increases on items, taking an already extremely expensive process even more out of reach."
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—Anonymous, 27 in the Midwest of the USA
13. "My daughter's job here in Sweden laid off 25 people, stating that due to tariffs from the US and the war in Ukraine, their orders had been drastically reduced and they couldn't afford to keep those workers on in such an uncertain future."
—missy90_
14. "Small business owner here. I have stopped carrying pagan items, tarot cards, and accessories, because the cost, not even retail markup, has gone from $3.49 per item to $10.49 per item. As a small seller, I just can't compete. I lost money last month because of it. Having to change my business plan, I'm just gobsmacked. I've had local MAGA explain that if I can't handle it, close. I donate profits to the food bank and a couple of local LGBTQIA+ nonprofits. I'm at a loss."
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—glitteryangel852
15. "I have an Etsy shop I rely on for my income. I’m disabled and need to work from home. The items I made my products out of are just not made in the US, and need to be imported. They are now 3 to 5 times more expensive than they were. My profits were already razor thin. Sales have slowed since the economy may be bad. I worked so hard to make this a success. I don’t know what I’m going to do."
—Anonymous, 43, Denver
16. "The IT guy at my school just brought in a huge shipment of Chromebooks and said that's it for getting them. After June 1, they either won't be imported or will triple in price. Any schools that didn't get them now are shit out of luck."
—bravelegend578
17. "I have a small business and I was already terrified of the tariffs stuff before it started. I kept telling people, 'They seriously want to kill small businesses. Plain and simple.' I buy packaging and other materials wholesale, making my prices more competitive. Recently, I went to purchase more bubble wrap & it's literally 200% higher in cost. I mean, if you're involved in e-commerce, you are either paying a monthly fee for a website, OR you're getting anywhere between 10-30% of your earnings skimmed off before you even add all the other expenses. This means that a few dollars here, a few dollars there ADDS UP FAST."
"They want it to be the '50s so badly, and part of that mentality is 'BUY AMERICAN!' but we are SOOOOO far beyond that. It's nearly impossible to only buy American these days. Plus, we're all in such an economic shit-hole, we can't AFFORD to only 'buy American.' This is what we get for putting a nepo baby 'billionaire' in office, and him adding more billionaires to his cabinet. They have no idea how much things cost because they are so far removed from the American people.
I'm afraid of having to raise my prices. It's either alienate buyers and increase costs, or take a major hit. This is all, pardon me, BULLSHIT."
—maskedghost60
18. "I work at Ace Hardware, and we received notice that tariffs on grills are 5-15% and tools and power 12-14%, depending on the brand. Customers already complain about higher prices, just wait until the prices are updated!"
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—Anonymous, 35, Iowa
19. "I can tell you right now that my work is experiencing supply chain issues. The only source of green tea extract in the bulk quantities we use is China. We lost two days of production last week because it was on back order. It's happening, and it will be hitting your store shelves in two weeks."
—gothikcowboy
20. "A home repair quote I had last year has increased by 20% due to tariffs."
—Anonymous, 66, CT
21. And finally, "I handle ships coming and going from the port. I went from seven ships a week in February to seven ships a month now at the end of April. I had one on Saturday, and hopefully the one tonight isn't canceled. I worked for a foreign company during the first Trump term. It was rough. This is ugly. Nobody knows what is going on."
He's such a clown, I knew this fake deal was nonsense! 🙄
That first guy is a Yes Man To Trump! Probably wipes his ass too
Watch: "Trump gets RUDE AWAKENING,. as Pritzker Family Feud BOILS OVER!", on YouTube.
(Mary Trump)
https://youtu.be/IVpPv7B_YNI?si=XlasiQPRE_U_Emtk
I watched on YouTube films Eisenhower commissioned as project 186 to document in color film the end of the Nazi regime. One thing stood out. The excuse of I WAS JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS did not save the architects of that horror. Yes, we the USA did recruit some vile scientists under operation paperclip to work on our CIA labs. But in the end, those responsible were executed, died or went to prison. We need to make it clear to ALL DOGE workers that when justice is finally meted out for the pain and suffering and possible deaths and suicides they caused that saying I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS will not hold. Dear MIDAS TOUCH- This is more than just about tariffs. Trump will hopefully at some point be arrested and found guilty for all his violations of law. And Elon will probably I hope not be used by our gov't to build more sophisticated weapons OR he will be hunted but escape to South Africa. So Please continue exposing the insanities of trumelonisms BUT it is time to see them for what they are. As cruel and sadistic and corrupt as the Third Reich.
Trump sure messed up Gretchen. Never trust a rapist and misogynist. Sorry, Governor
The MAGA Republicans in the Senate and the House, could fix this! That's their job! Instead, they continue to bow the knee and keep us under this malicious Trump administration! They need to stand up, show they have a spine, and pull Trump back into his lane! The Executive branch isn't where the laws are made. It's in the House and in the Senate. Why are the Republicans so cowardly? Stand with the Democrats and Independents and get the country back on track. The Legislative Branch makes the laws. Start working together in a bipartisan manner, hold to the Oath of Office you all took, and stop Trump's tariffs! YOU'RE the ones supposed to be in charge, not Trump! Do your job!
So why are the auto workers union still supporting this guy?
I'm a Michigander and I didn't vote for him. I'm at every protest and rally that I can reach. This incompetent pos has to go
I personally would have like to see a longer interview that touched more on Lt. Gov Gilchrists town hall, and the other ways people in Michigan are fighting back. I live in the district he held the Town Hall in but I couldn't make it. We've had at least two town halls I know of where the coward John James doesn't show up.
I love you guys and informative messages. Keep going. I am in WV and we are fighting tooth and nail against everything he is doing. THANK YOU
Shame on MI. FAFO now.
Gretchen Whitmer burned her political career to the ground for this shit and Newsom is doing the same.
Gretchen Whitmer did what she had to do for the people of Michigan. The north got hit with massive ice storms, he's denying everyone help. She's been fighting for years to keep Selfridge Air National Guard Base open. The contract she managed to get saved the base and the 30k jobs on it. You and many others may feel the same but understand why she did what she did
Genny, did you get the self-congratulatory email from MI Senator Gary Peters the other day that went on and on about what a champion he’s been for Selfridge, etc.
So where was he when tRump came to Michigan since he’s taking so much responsibility for everything that’s gone on to keep Selfridge open? He was MIA then and he’s been MIA since January.
I did. I asked the same thing. He's retiring so he doesn't give a shit anymore
Our take is that he hasn’t given a shit for a long time.
The emails we get are just… nuts - calling them tone-deaf would be a compliment. Family members are convinced that his staffers are writing the emails - you know, giving the illusion of working? That said, he seems to have fans here, for reasons that I do NOT understand.
'The Art of the Heel'
What can we do !
"No Chinese Ships Are Coming to the West Coast, as Supply Chain Crisis Fears Rise."
(Aaron Parnas,
May 10, 2025)
In a development not seen since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Coast port officials reported Friday that no cargo vessels had departed from China bound for the two major ports in Southern California—Los Angeles and Long Beach—over the previous 12 hours, according to CNN. Based on port authorities, this sudden drop to zero shipments marks a jarring disruption in U.S.-China trade that could have lasting economic consequences. (Continued)
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/no-chinese-ships-are-coming-to-the?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1810164&post_id=163297503&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "Trump Judge SHUTS DOWN Scheme to STEAL Supreme Court Seat", on YouTube.
(AF Legal/Meidas+)
https://youtube.com/shorts/oQOg05QpEQQ?si=tHf1qzwM7cQiRit8
Closer my butt. How’d he bankrupt so many businesses if he’s the best closer?
Well, he’ll wave a fake magic wand near mid-terms and lie about something, and the pissed off voters will be thrown a hollow bone and bite and …there’s no pretense to care, it’s a joke on us as Stephen Miller does the real bad stuff.
He is such an INCOMPETENT FOOL that acts like a juvenile throwing tantrums when somebody says something bad about him! If he wants the American people to be anything but disgusted with him he needs to step down(which he will NEVER do)or just f---ing die, please!
The Rolls Royce break is a bigger deal for private jet owners. Trumps 757 has Rolls Royce. Elon’s G650 has Rolls Royce. Can buy a few nice cars for one of those engines. This is just more self dealing BS.
Rolls Royce aero engines is a completely different company from Rolls Royce cars. Rolls Royce cars are owned by BMW. Rolls Royce Aero is a British defence and aerospace company.
Understood. I have not been able to find any written breakdown that I think is a good source, but a couple have mentioned aircraft engines also. Not sure there is an actual written summary?
How can he talk with trumps dick in his mouth?
Holy fuck
He definitely has to have dossiers on all
Of them. They’re probably in the epstein file as well. Why would they allow this shitshow otherwise ??!!!
I think because many of them revel in cruelty just as much as he does. And many are just so incredibly spineless (think Susan Collins of Maine...contrast her wringing of hands and then doing trump's bidding wit the awesome Governor of Maine). At least some of them don't have the gall to look their constituents in the eye and say this is all good...we will all be so rich so soon we can all afford a Rolls Royce. Except of course the laid off auto workers. And dock workers. And folks in the tourist industry. And toy companies. And farmers who may not get bailed out.
Gilchrest looks like the kind of guy you’d be buddies with. I trust his face! Hee
Those are cars that most Americans cannot afford.
I haven’t looked into the details but there is also Rolls-Royce headquartered in Indianapolis. This division covers aircraft, marine, and land defense.
I’m a rural Michigander and I hope my neighbors are waking up to the realization that Trump is not helping them.
I think it needs to be more than waking up and they need to be told gently but with conviction and facts of the reality their votes have caused. We don't get anywhere with the "Well what did you expect and quit your whining" approach although I do say that a lot in comments I make, because after all, what did they expect?????
Fuck Trump
Amen
Orange Moron Strikes Again
They don't want to fix things, they want to destroy them. This administration is heartless and unconcern about everybody, even the ones that put him there.
I don't know if by administration you mean the entire GOP Congress, but if not, you need to include them. They revel in their cruelty and all go to church to listen to the word of trump I guess because they sure can't listen to the words of Jesus and keep a serious face like the care about any of the "least of these" he refers to.
"BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security Considers Arresting Members of Congress."
(Aaron Parnas
May 10, 2025)
Just a day after the shocking arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility, the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed it may arrest Democratic members of Congress involved in a confrontation with law enforcement at another New Jersey ICE site. This is no longer business as usual.
We are now seeing elected officials—mayors, and potentially members of Congress—being targeted and cuffed. If this continues, how long before journalists like me are next? They are already calling for my arrest, but like the members of Congress who stood at the ICE facility, I am not backing down, and am not going anywhere. (Continued)
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breaking-department-of-homeland-security?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=1810164&post_id=163284292&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_gif&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "Trump in CHAOS, as His Own Advisors HURT HIM", on YouTube.
(AF Legal/Meidas+)
https://youtube.com/shorts/CqT9hmQdPHw?si=paXAXWPcNvcV0kwD
"Gov. Newsom Takes the Fight to Trump...On His OWN Turf."
In my latest interview with Governor Gavin Newsom, he calls out Trump’s economic sabotage and warns of a looming supply chain disaster. (Continued)
(MeidasTouch Network and Ben Meiselas,
May 10, 2025)
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/gov-newsom-takes-the-fight-to-trumpon?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=163245771&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Email your thoughts to SCOTUS at: pio@supremecourt.gov
(Thanks Barb Orze)
"Aide reveals Trump considering scrapping cornerstone of US Constitution: ‘It’s an option’."
Donald Trump's 7senior advisor Stephen Miller said Friday that the White House is “actively looking at” suspending the ability of migrants to challenge their detention in court, according to Bloomberg.
“The Constitution is clear,” Miller said, citing the clause allowing for suspension of habeas corpus during times of invasion. “So it’s an option we’re actually looking at, but a lot of it depends on whether the court will do the right thing or not.” (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-immigration/
'"Why are we not talking about his mental acuity?'
MSNBC host nails growing Trump problem."
During an MSNBC panel on recent proclamations from Donald Trump that have left observers baffled, "The Weekend" co-host Jonathan Capehart expressed dismay that there is not more attention being paid to the president's state of mind. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mental-acuity-2671928467/
'"Civil war is coming to the Trump movement': Expert says MAGA could soon tear itself apart."
Donald Trump's base of support may soon fracture into two competing far-right factions, according to one expert.
The Wall Street Journal's Joshua Chaffin and Zusha Elinson reported Friday that two camps within the MAGA world are emerging and will likely battle for supremacy during Trump's second term. They wrote that on one side are "tech bros racing to create a new future," with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as the quintessential example. On the other side are "conservative Catholics who yearn for an imagined past," like Vice President JD Vance, who seek to upend the liberal establishment and return America to a "bygone era." (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/maga-civil-war-2671925908/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
'"Bad news for JD Vance’: New pope could spell trouble for US politicians."
A new op-ed published Friday suggested that the election of Pope Leo XIV – the first American pope – could pose challenges for U.S. politicians like Vice President JD Vance, who have aligned themselves with Catholic ideology.
That’s according to Commonweal editor-at-large Mollie Wilson O’Reilly, who argued Friday that Pope Leo’s American roots and fluency in English remove longtime language barriers between the Vatican and American elected officials. Unlike his predecessors, she told readers, the new pope is expected to speak directly to American Catholics. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/pope-leo-vance/
'"Increasingly vulnerable to threats': Trump slammed for skipping critical intel briefings."
Since his inauguration in January, Donald Trump has attended just 12 briefings from intelligence officials of the President’s Daily Brief, Politico reported Friday.
During his first term, Trump attended these briefings with intel officials twice a week. The daily brief presidents receive give an overview from the intelligence community’s summary of the key national security challenges. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-intel-2671928473/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1
"Trump's treason has just one thing blocking its path — and it's taking a battering."
On Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts, in a not-so-veiled swipe at Donald Trump, stressed that the U.S. Constitution’s “main innovation” was the creation of an independent judiciary. Our constitutional system of government only works, he emphasized, if power shared between the three branches of federal government remains equal and balanced, and it is up to the courts, not Trump, to decide what makes it so.
Roberts’ remarks followed the Trump regime’s astonishing flurry of attacks against the judiciary. On April 25, Attorney General Pam Bondi called judges who refused to legitimize Trump’s power grabs “deranged,” then, with characteristic bombast, warned the judiciary, “we will come after you and we will prosecute you.”
That same day, Kash Patel had a Wisconsin judge perp-walked out of the courthouse in handcuffs, because she allowed a defendant to exit from a side door to the main hall where everyone else, including the FBI, was waiting. Three days later, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt intimated that Trump could have Supreme Court justices arrested. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-treason/
"These are dangerous days."
(Steve Schmidt
May 10, 2025)
The 119th Congress of the United States stands as singular in its disgrace and repugnancy.
It is comprised of the lowest of the low.
The very worst have surrounded the few good men and women who are trying to hold the line and stand up for America.
The Congress is an asylum of perfidy. It is an ignoble gathering of seditionists, appeasers, garden variety nut jobs, careerists, weaklings, weapons-grade imbeciles, conspiracy theorists, untreated psychiatric patients, quislings, lemmings, crooks, predators and fabulists, who worship Trump at your expense.
History, alongside the American people, will hold the 119th Congress in contempt. (Continued)
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/these-are-dangerous-days?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=836444&post_id=163268038&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
No Deal. Corrupt and self-serving. 100% adolfdrmpf BS.
Trump sux; what else need be said?
Is it just me, or is Trump morphing into Sterling Holloway?
45/47 does Not remember what he does nor what he says. He is incompetent and it is showing daily.
Ludicrous situation. How much power have the individual states to set their own deals?
What is Whitmer feeling rn….
I've done more for Michigan and Detroit more than any president. And during the union strikes he had a none union meeting saying they were union . And President Biden was on the union lines,, and STILL blaming President Biden. Un fk real . But tomorrow will be worse than today,, Any bets .Have a nice night. Thanks Ben ❤️.
Harold Licknut
Why wasn't the Impeachment Resolution presented by the immigrant naturalized citizen from India, then won election to the House, paid more attention? No DEMOCRATS stood with him! I'm afraid that the MAGA ICE militia will "disappear" him! He must be protected, and Democrats should be working with him on IMPEACHMENT!
I believe Trump narcissistic personality didn’t like Al Pacino that day, looked him up on Netflix, then after a mob movie fix, then saw Alcatraz above that and said hey hey it’s a bigly beautiful banana, I think we should buy that for our homegrown since Congress is saying no to their illegal deportations.
This piece of journalism in the Observer really lays it out with the multimillion dollar grift…
https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/trump-inc-family-corruption
Michigan is a great state with a great democratic candidate for its next government
Hey Ben, let’s count the Rolls Royce’s in Hoboken. Love from Scotland. Edward 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙💙❤️
More like Sucklick! He's an embarrassment!
You mean Gerald Licknut.
🤣👍🏼
Yes
Trump is trying to undercut American auto companies for Elon.
Asinine policy by an ASININE IDIOT!
Rolls Royce is owned by BMW. WTF?
💙💙💙
He must be incompetent because all of our (UK) trade deals since Brexit have been terrible
World chaos
Excellent conversation, Ben and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist! This is what I love about Substack - the opportunity to meet up-and-coming young Democratic leaders and lawmakers from around the country. Best of luck with your campaign, Garlin. You will make an amazing governor of Michigan! I look forward to donating to you soon.
Animal Cruelty Inhumane Treatment and Cruelty.
Victims Rebecca Booth 73 years old and Vicki Witte 62 years old and 2 cats are being severely abused by our Landlords in Seattle, Washington. 73 Days Without Safe Water in our home. We buy bottled water, however have run out of money. We are being held HOSTAGE in the GARAGE at: 10559b Evanston Ave N, Seattle, Washington 98133 U.S.A. WE NEED HELP TO RELOCATE.
73 Days Without Safe Water from our faucets! We are in Danger! We are FLEEING Landlord abuse!
We are VICTIMS. We are women. Rebecca Booth 73 year old senior citizen and Vicki Witte 62 year old senior citizen are being abused by our Landlords. We are 2 women with 2 cats. Voyeurism, Assault, Attempted Murder, Elder Abuse by Landlords, Owners, Christopher Todd Koball male 65 and Craig Koball male 63 (Walter Berhalter). No safe water from our faucets or safe drinking water for 73 DAYS now. We need showers. We live on Social Security Retirement money. The Washington State Landlord Tenant Law Requires the Landlord to provide clean safe water for their Tenants. The Landlords are violating all Landlord Tenant Laws. Ant infestation since move in 10/01/2024. Refrigerator is going out, 45 degrees at coldest level.
Day 73 Without Water. This is VERY SERIOUS. We are in DANGER!
Landlords, Owners Craig Koball male and Christopher Todd Koball male ABUSE Elder senior female tenants in their rental home next door to these men. These men have pounded on our doors and windows, 3/16/2025 10:30 AM, 4/7/2025 12:20 AM, and 5/9/2025 2:20 PM and again 3:25 PM. Christopher Todd Koball Punched Vicki Witte in the right side jaw 10:29 AM 2/16/2025. A Protection Order was completed by VICTIM VICKI WITTE and electronically signed 2/20/2025 by Vicki Witte 62 years old. This detailed document took a full 8 hours to complete without a break in writing of the Attempted Murder. This assault happened inside our rental property. Live video taken shows full view of Christopher Todd Koball and briefly Rebecca Booth on video. Vicki is not seen in video, as she video taped this from Rebecca’s Apple IOS I-Phone Series II. We are Rebecca Booth and Vicki Witte senior women married 31 years.
🆘 Day 73 Without Safe Drinking Water. Held HOSTAGE by the Landlords Craig Koball male and Christopher Todd Koball male and the Seattle Police Department in Seattle, Washington. The Seattle Police Department will do nothing to help us. The Seattle Police Department endangers Elder Senior Citizen Women.
We are in the GARAGE at: 10559b Evanston Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133 U.S.A. We have not been able to take showers since December 15, 2024 due to Landlord abuse, neglect, assault to Vicki Witte, etc. One year lease began 10/01/2024 to expire 9/30/2025.
We did not have a working toilet until 2/16/2025, day of ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON to Vicki Witte.
We are ELDER Senior Citizens, Women married 31 years to each other and we are HELD HOSTAGE IN AMERICA, circumstances created by landlords, Craig Koball male and Christopher Todd Koball male, Seattle Police Department and Seattle 911 Operators and/or all other law enforcement endanger Rebecca Booth and Vicki Witte. We DO NOT DO DRUGS. We are not DRUG ADDICTS. THERE IS NO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR HOUSEHOLD AND THERE HAS NEVER BEEN. There is absolutely no Prostitution! There is NO DEMENTIA NOR SCHIZOPHRENIA OR BIPOLAR. We are not ALCOHOLIC. No Prescription medications for Vicki Witte. Rebecca takes a couple legally prescribed medications that she can drive a car, a boat on. We are two ELDER women in serious PERIL (imminent danger).
The Seattle Police Department endangers us women. Seattle Police ATTACK, ASSAULT and HARASS VICTIMS Elder Senior Citizens Vicki Witte and Rebecca Booth. The Seattle Police Department must arrest and charge CRIMINALS Christopher Todd Koball male and Craig Koball male. The Seattle Police Department ENDANGERS two ELDER senior women legally married in America. This is the Seattle Police Department’s criminal activity. Police Departments, Law Enforcement are responsible for ADHERING to the law. They are not the law.
At first meeting, Craig Koball 63 told us he was a Hospice Nurse, RN. I believe Craig Koball is a danger to his patients. Christopher Todd Koball is not disabled. At first meeting Christopher stated he was on SSI Disability.
Landlord charges: ATTEMPTED MURDER, ELDER ABUSE, ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, TRESPASSING, BREAKING ENTRY, DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER, HARASSMENT, BULLYING, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, VOYEURISM, STALKING, INTIMIDATION, FALSE REPORTING, Landlords have Possible Drug and Alcohol Problem, Animal Cruelty, Inhumane Treatment and Cruelty.
Profile of Vicki Witte:
Writer; Author; Independent Journalist; Washington State Private Investigator; Women's Running Coach, PADI Trained Scuba Diver, San Diego, CA 1986; Distance Swimmer; Clinical Research Professional; Humanitarian; Pro Freedom; Pro Civil Rights; Pro U.S. Constitution (Freedom of Speech);
Female
Profile of Rebecca Booth:
Crime Scene Technician; Certified Paralegal; Washington State Private Investigator; Washington State Realtor; Computer Engineer with Trans World Airlines; Humanitarian; Pro Civil Rights; Pro U.S. Constitution (Freedom of Speech);
Female
We have 2 Emotional Support Animals Cats (gentle felines). This is animal cruelty and inhumane treatment by the landlords and the Seattle Police Department.
CHEMICAL POISONING IN OUR TAP WATER Discovered 11:35 AM Friday 2/28/2025. Reported to Landlords, Poison Control, Seattle Water Department, King County Public Health, Laboratories for testing. Evidence collected missing from our rental property. Spoke with former Fort Collins, Colorado Police Officer of 27 years about EVIDENCE on phone call made to her 7:42 PM 3/7/2025 a 7 minute phone call regarding evidence of poisoning of water.
We pay $2,200 per month for plus sewage replacement upon move in, pet deposit $300 and $1,500 move in deposit for 500 square foot garage converted into an apartment. Our automobile is parked in front of our rental property, 2014 Chevy Cruze Maroon license plate CCV3207.
Owners, Landlords have a locked mailbox. Our mailbox is to the right of Craig Koball and Christopher Todd Koball’s mailbox, ours without address or lock which is required by law in the State of Washington.
We live in Abhorrent conditions created by this man Christopher Todd Koball owner of our rental property and his husband Craig Koball, ABUSERS, CRIMINALS at large.
We believe Christopher Todd Koball and Craig Koball are extremely sexually obsessed with Rebecca Booth and Vicki Witte. There is voyeurism going on. We are sickened by this behavior.
3rd Assailant, Video Voyeurism, Black curly hair, Black rim glasses, mid 30’s, under the influence, harassment, bullying, video voyeurism, threatening Vicki Witte on my private property. Man lives across the street. My Lease agreement 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025.
My voice is very sore from begging the Landlords Craig Koball male and Christopher Todd Koball male for water. They have cut us off from water and the world. My voice will soften in time, when we are rescued. 🆘
Our names are:
Rebecca Booth and Vicki Witte
10559b Evanston Ave N
Seattle, WA 98133
c: 316.803.2171
c: 316.803.2297
e: vwittebooth@gmail.com
e: vickiwitte@icloud.co
Let’s just face it guys trump is punishing or let’s say paying us all back for the jokes and giggles when he lost to Biden. Trump will never be nice to 🇺🇸 American again.
weren these union auto workers basically voted to this fuck face and now they whine with what this shister is doing against your own frikin Businesses. This, let's face it, the teamsters leader was a traitor to all teamsters by not supporting Harris in the past election, where he actually spoke at the RNC'S convention. HE'S JUST A LITTLE "Retard" and pathetically most in that union also voted "retards". I truly believe that you're going to live the karma for you idiocy.
This UK "deal" is purely another tax break for the oligarchs!!!
Why would anyone be surprised that Trump is trying to destroy anything American while his idiot supporters actually believe he is helping them.
Howard buttlick
The failed orange businessman never cared about U.S. automakers (or any other workers). Recall he wanted to let the auto industry implode during the Greet Recession. Obama/Biden rescued them.
Until our government gets a realistic approach to crypto, it's a no go for me.
Yeah, and we all drive Rollers in the UK :).
It also is terrible for US aerospace manufacturing - Rolls Royce makes airplane engines that will have the lower rate - like US car manufacturing, UK engines will have a significant advantage.
Governor Whitmer has done a great job for MI. Gilchrist would be a great replacment. Not sure who's running in her place, but any Democrat would be better than a republican. Snyder showed us what he is made of, he's a page out of the republican playbook and was shot down. Democrats care about the working class.
Trump could care less what happens to the working class with his tariffs. It's all about lining the pockets of big business. Maga needs to actually look at the facts and stop listening to the lies coming out of Trump and his administration. Farmers are getting screwed, manufacturers are getting screwed, the blue states are sick of subsidizing the red states. He's getting rich, don't you all get it!!!!!!!!!
Not sure I would use the word “enjoy” as a lead in to the interview. There is nothing enjoyable about any of this war on our Country and the People’s Republic. But informative and reinforcing our need to stand up to the despicable humans in the junior high boys locker room (former known as the Oval Office) is more to the point. And it did that.
Those turds!! Rich against poor. They're evil and selfish!! We must fight!!
Good Chris Murphy video about immigration deportations and Dept of Homeland Security
https://youtu.be/EwZWCk1ytPU?si=axjKLeVGYpc2DdOV
Enough with the over-sensationalized email and Youtube headers. When you say somebody just "shredded Trump" or "Takes the fight to Trump" or "Doxxed Meidas"... and then there's no meat on that bone in your message, you lose credibility. We expect that from Fox News and even MSM, but not from you. And, enough with the incessant solicitations for more money. It has become a nuisance.
Don't downgrade SNL they would do a more competent job. ☺️
Lutnick's bootlicking is cringeworthy af.
The treasonous criminal espionage criminal traitor DJT only wants to in rich his self so I’m asking everyone to vote every single do nothing republicans and any democrat that is not working for the American people we just have only one chance to slow this corrupt Administration down and that’s by Voting Against every Coward republicans and democrats Come Midterms vote to save our Democracy Country let’s show them that We The People have the Power we aren’t rewarding them for doing nothing to stop this uneducated criminal traitor treasonous corrupt espionage Russia Asset one chance that’s all we have let’s get to work and for all those who said they regret their vote for DJT we all can stop this by coming together and voting all the do nothing republicans and democrats that’s doing anything to stop this corruption
I’m all for running Governor Newsom for President in 2028. I think he would be an excellent candidate.
MTN, it is time to do a vlog entry on each and every one of the malleable Republican members of Congress. What makes them silent and complicit, and how they could rise to the aid of the Nation. They each need to be called out and be asked why they are sitting silent in the face of horrific and illegal, not to mention shockingly amoral, actions on the part of the administration.
At this point in time...Minimal voters will be voting for him and be AWARE HE'S ON TO THIS he's planning to STEAL HIS 3RD TERM BY HOOK AND CROOK...he's trying to PERSONALLY OWN or pay off Lajoy the Mail official to control Mail in Voting..next Gerrymandering 💯 %Cheating moving all Home stratification of rural voters...lie...baby lie....NO OVER CHECKS AND BALANCES....then RUSSIA WILL BOT AND HELP....HE'S LINNING 🆙 A CANT LOSE CAMPAIGN AS FOR BILLIONAIRES THEY WILL BACK HIM ALL THE WAY 🤑🤑🤑🤑
They would most likely the brand of cars you could expect to see in the Mar-a-Lago car park
So, are you saying UAW is having buyer's remorse?
I really appreciate this information. I haven't learned about it elsewhere. As a Michigoose many decades ago, I still hold that state deep in my heart.
Also take note that Rolls-Royce is owned by BMW.
BMW is a GERMAN COMPANY…
THANK YOU 47!!!
People are fools, not one of these maga republicans should have ever been elected. Everyone was warned but failed to believe. This is on every person that voted for these people, especially the rural voters.
These people are not republicans, they are maga and feed off the hate that they spew.
Why didn't the Dump's supporters wake up six/seven moths ago? Can't believe how stupid they were not to see this coming. Hope it hurst them the most.
Michigan is lucky to have you . We need more people like you .
There is so much despair in our country . Prayers for you and your family .
Who made trump the “Tariff Sheriff”? Bigly mistake!
The biggest c..k sucker I’ve ever seen.
"EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump Targets Democratic Fundraising Apparatus."
(Aaron Parnas,
May 10, 2025)
This weekend, I sat down with Regina Wallace-Jones, CEO of ActBlue—the powerhouse fundraising platform behind the Democratic Party’s electoral engine. The timing couldn't be more critical. Just days ago, Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting ActBlue, alleging it has accepted illegal foreign donations and hinting at potential federal action to shut it down. (Continued)
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/exclusive-donald-trump-targets-democratic?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1810164&post_id=163303099&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "Trump ARRESTED a MAYOR For Standing Up To ICE", on YouTube.
(Tennessee Brando)
https://youtu.be/gwqUvcnhWu4?si=CQgb4yu6btnoRoc2
Trump is brilliant. What a deal maker NOT!
They deserve it
“Trump is a rich guy doing rich guy stuff.” Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
Check it out. All it is is an agreement to meet eventually , but it is not binding for either country 6o actually meet. The tarrifs remain the same against Britain, except for the cutout for the expensive cars that
Trump and his buddies drive.
I cannot believe people put this despot in power smdh
will you substackers please:
change your use of ‘tariffs’ to
‘’tatiffs/taxes’ and spell out that tariffs ARE taxes
and that no sane person would ‘happily settle’ for paying a 10% TAC where one wasn’t present just weeks ago?
pls
spell it out
WOW!!!!!!
I'm going to vote for Garlin Gilchrist and I don't even live in Michigan......................................
God Howard Lutnick is just absolutely reprehensible. A Wall Street billionaire who is laughing at the little people while he enriches himself.
Is it really blowing up in his face? He seems unfazed by any of it.
The Project 2025 Anti-American Republicans in Congress and the rest of the Republicans in America are just fine with Dictator Donnie crashing the American economy......they are so afraid of him and in on the con with him that they have lost any ability to care about anyone but themselves - JUST LIKE HIM!!! They have spent so much time in his pocket that he has now infected them thoroughly. They couldn't do the right thing if it was right in front of them.......
Don't be a Trump. Be kind!
It makes me ill to see and hear people suck up to his sorry ass. He obviously has no idea how tariffs work and should in no way be able to try to negotiate trade deals, especially in his demented state.
Lt. Gilchrist is a man oñ a mission,good luck to him. Great interview Ben.
"We need to call out Trump’s grift and hold him accountable." Sounds great, but just how to you plan to hold him accountable? His base loves him no matter what he does to them. Biden screwed America over, and we may have lost the only chance democracy had. Dems, share the blame, for instead of worrying about ALL Americans, you pandered to the fringe groups. Auto workers -- did you vote for Trump? If so, does the phrase "you reap what you sow" strike a chord? Same for anyone else who voted for Trump and is now feeling remorse. Trump made it very plain who he is -- you ignored it to your own detriment and that of everyone else who isn't a billionaire or sycophant already in Trump's pocket.
Ben, it's the English the Traitor's trying to do a trade, they have been dealing for hundreds of years. Ergo the "non - deal" and tariffs all suit the English . I am a not a Tory or Labour voter, suffice it to say we got "pummeled" at the election but all the best for K. Starmer
Has anyone done a list/analysis of all of Trump's Executive Orders? It would be great if you or one of your colleagues would create this. What I envision is the text of the EO and then an analysis/description of how it is illegitimate.
Trump didn’t mind that his ideas about COVID killed more Trump voters than anyone group.
If this "deal" is anything like a lot of other "deals" in Trump 2.0 I'd guess a whole lot of money changed hands from the British car makers to Trump's greedy, greasy paws!
Trump didn’t mind that his COVID recommendations
I love it when a plan comes together.
Go UK!
Hey Free Gaza, you happy now?
Can’t believe anything Trump says.
Great business person...😡🤬, 6Xs bankruptcy and seeing Ameruca go into default, and fail what the Constitution guarantees, wouldn't trust him with my septic rank..
Wouldn't it be wonderful if he know what the hell he was doing?
Not much ROI on their $1million investment or more. They got played by trump, just like the poor suckers who voted for him. I guess they're all finding out elections have consequences. Maybe they'll smarten up for the 2026 elections, if we have any!
Howard Nutlick… best laugh in a week.
"Habeas Corpus Is on Death Row."
Stephen Miller plans to kill habeas corpus; giving Trump the power to jail critics, to jail anyone, indefinitely. They did it to me; you’re next.."
(Michael Cohen and MeidasTouch Network,
May 10, 2025)
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/habeas-corpus-is-on-death-row?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=163294725&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
The close captioning misspelled GARLIN. It might be helpful for his campaign to fix that!🙏❤️💐🌈
Adding to my previous comment, thisLt Gov. hears his state's needs!!!!!!!!
Sigh.. the rethuglicans et al are really hurting Americans! The current administration is totally inept! There is NOT even one that has the mental capacity or the common sense to govern effectively! 🤬
Do we have the money to buy a Rolls or a Mercedes? Nope, we are looking at 5+ year old used cars to replace our 20 year old car.
Thx Ben, Jordy & MTN! Stay safe, stay strong, organize, resist & fight back… we are the Meidas Mighty
Thank you, Lt. Gov. Gilchrist!
Never heard of him. But this guy shows you that there is great people ofcan age to change our government. If I was from Michigan he'd have my vote
Azzhat Ford CEO said a couple days ago that he supported trump tariff policies. Big business is kissing trump's butt and harming their own companies and American businesses. The fat cat CEOs still get the big tax free bonuses while the workers get the bone... Between big business bowing to trump and maga morons voting against their own best interests, it hard to tell which is worse for America at large.
I hope, but don't know that many maga folks are getting totally disgusted with trump AND with the Congressmen/women, Senators they elected who are doing nothing at all to help them. We need to support the Dem govs and those Dems who are going into red districts and telling the voters that their vote matters, and that trump is just the tip of the iceberg and he would have no power with out the GOP Congress.
The analogy to the high school president having promised ice cream every day and pizza on Fridays is brilliant.
They voted for the orange menace so I live in MI and don’t feel bad FAFO
Could he be any more of a butt kisser, it makes me sick.
"Supreme Court is days from hearing what could be most important Trump case this year."
The Supreme Court is on the brink of hearing a case with huge ramifications for the legal battles going on at all levels against Donald Trump's administration and beyond, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The case in question is Trump v. CASA, which involves the dispute over Trump's executive order summarily reinterpreting the Fourteenth Amendment to eliminate birthright citizenship in the United States. Lower courts have already ripped Trump's order to shreds, but he wants the Supreme Court to do more than just let him go ahead with the order — he also wants them to limit courts' ability to even issue nationwide injunctions against his orders going forward. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-2671925770/
"Trump is wallowing in 'growing frustration', that his job is harder this time."
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump has recently taken to complaining to dinner companions at his Mar-a-Lago resort that things are not going as well as he thought they would in his return to the presidency.
Now that he is over 100 days into his second term, the president in recent weeks has expressed growing dissatisfaction that he hasn't been able to deliver on his promise to end the war in Ukraine and has even taken to wondering if Russian President Vladimir Putin has been stringing him along. (Continued)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-job-harder/
"Fox Just Doxxed Meidas… We Need Your Help!!"
(Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network,
May 10, 2025)
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/fox-just-doxxed-meidas-we-need-your?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=163253677&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Watch: "Republicans Caught ALTERING EVIDENCE at MAJOR HEARING", on YouTube.
(Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/WnEv1nrdkLk?si=2CEaqVjnOGpypS0I
Watch: "Trump Tries TO BAN MSNBC, After Getting BRUTALLY EXPOSED", on YouTube.
(Tennessee Brando)
https://youtu.be/3vLUjRR3jY0?si=mExMlbBvWEZH8z1s
Watch: "Trump DESTROYS Himself, As EVERYTHING IMPLODES", on YouTube.
(AF Legal/Meidas+)
https://youtube.com/shorts/PhPwGVOdgSw?si=KAsmjmSWk17DT0i_
Watch: "Trump FALLS ASLEEP, as WAR ESCALATES and HE FAILS", on YouTube.
(Meidas Touch)
https://youtu.be/xNRV3TyY5GU?si=bxpY1tKepMRk8sc7
"The Biggest Presidential Con in History."
Today Heather and I take a deep dive into the most corrupt presidential administration in history. We look in detail at Trump’s crypto deals designed to enrich him and his family and milk the presidency, and Musk’s deals to enrich himself by, for example, having the State Department push other nations to use his Starlink satellites. The stench from these and other examples of self-dealing is worse by the day — even as the regime cuts programs most Americans depend on in order to make room in the federal budget for another giant tax cut disproportionately benefiting big corporations and the super-rich. (Continued)
Please pull up a chair, grab a cuppa, take our poll, and join in the discussion.
(The Coffee Klatch for May 10, 2025, With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich,
May 10, 2025)
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-biggest-presidential-con-in-history?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=163243226&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
TO SCOTUS: Please stop the insanity....rescind Trump's immunity, and follow the Constitution and rule of law. DO YOUR JOB!
UK is a better negotiator for sure. Trump thinks he won, but UK did.
I have only ever seen 1 MAGAt in a Rover 🥴 the others are Ford Tough, Chevy, and GM
Lutnik’s praise almost feels like he’s setting trump up for a fall…
My understanding is that the "deal" is for airplane engines, not automobiles. At least that is what I heard.
I feel so bad for Michigan auto workers. A serial liar did not come through for them. I’ll bet you they will vote republican again the next time there’s a presidential election.
Sorry but I didn’t except anything less coming from the Fanta Fruher
I'm sold on the fact that he knows his deals. This stupidity just keep giving!!
Trump is destroying the world economy totally based on his personal obsession with tariffs, along with co-conspirator Peter Navarro. Everyone warned Trump against them including world renowned economic experts. He just doesn’t care.
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner saw Navarro’s book “Death by China” on Amazon. Just the title alone motivated him to put Navarro and Trump in touch.
As one example of Navarro’s deceptions, he refers to an “expert” source in his books who actually turns out to be fictitious.
Watch Rachel Maddow’s segment about it below (fast forward to the middle for this story).
https://youtu.be/MJbZCbBLqkk?si=V2HzrtjYO8EdFyDI
Trumps tariff plan is to enrich himself. Buy some $Trump then get a discount on your tariff. Or kiss his ass in some other way for a favor.
No Voter Is Safe From Disenfranchisement
Now that DOGE has access to information about all citizens and is currently using the database to seek out immigrants for deportation, the next step for the Nazis is to use the once secure government database to seek out citizens that they can disenfranchise at the voting booth This is why Der Fuhrer in 2024 said “if you vote for me this one time my beautiful Christians, you won’t have to vote again” Peter Thiel, JD Vance’s sugardaddy, created the Palantir software that is used for Investigative Case Management(ICM) and now being used against American citizen electorate So the Nazis now have an inside track as to how to use the government’s database for nefarious purposes such as voter disenfranchisement
The “rigged election” that the Orange Cheeto has been claiming for 4y is now coming to fruition but it’s not the Democrats rigging the election It’s the Nazi regime now in power and the Congressional Nazis who are rigging the elections for real and are okay with that because it solidifies their positions in Congress and the Executive branches
Wake Up America Talk to your friends relatives neighbors and let them know what’s going on and then Protest Donate Protest because the Nazi government takeover is almost complete
Looks like I can trade in a Mexican made Equinox and get a Land Rover for near the same price. My Michigan MAGA rep must be pleased, I'm sure GM car dealers in his district are probably congratulating him.
Sick of his attempt to direct libraries, museums, movies, renaming places, wanting to take over Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal, control or tkae away FCC licenses of media for daring to report what he id doing, along with why is he chairman of the Kenedy Center!
Meanwhile...
During his 2024 presidential campaign, tRump emphasized mass deportation of undocumented immigrants as a strategy to protect U.S. jobs, particularly for Black, Hispanic, and union workers. He claimed that immigrants were "attacking" these job sectors, suggesting that deportations would free up employment opportunities for native-born Americans.
In February 2025, the tRump administration initiated a special refugee program that grants refugee status to WHITE South Africans —particularly Afrikaners. The first group of 54 individuals is expected to arrive in the U.S. next week.
🤔Afrikaners
Afrikaners predominantly lean to the political right, both historically and in the present day.
Most prominent Afrikaner organizations and parties hold right-wing to far-right views, including:
Freedom Front Plus (FF+): Conservative, nationalist, supports minority rights, property rights, and traditional values.
AfriForum: Right-leaning civil rights group focused on Afrikaner cultural preservation and private security.
Solidarity Movement: Conservative, promotes self-reliance and parallel institutions rather than state integration.
Key Ideological Themes:
Cultural conservatism (traditional family roles, religious values)
Opposition to affirmative action and race-based policy
Support for private education and property rights
Skepticism or opposition to immigration and multiculturalism
Exceptions:
A small minority of Afrikaners lean centrist or left, typically younger, urban, or more integrated individuals. These are usually not represented by major Afrikaner organizations.
🤔How is this protecting US jobs, as promised by tRump? Is this a political move that injects more right-wing WHITE individuals into the US?
I'm in Michigan and my neighbor thinks this is just the greatest thing ever and can't believe anyone would have an issue with it. Him and his buddies are all over it because it's "what this country has been needing". I avoid my neighbor if at all possible at this point
Trump doesn't care, who drives thise cars oh yes rich folks
Yeah, great deal-maker. Cause an economic crisis with ridiculous tariffs, and then touts his great deals by removing or lowering them back to where they were.
Just disgusting. I'm from Michigan originally and I'm livid as well. And you're right, Trump is malicious and hates the American working class. I'll bet a lot of MAGAts are starting to see what a mistake voting for him has been--at least I hope they are.
Perhaps, we should be more concerned with miller saying, trump has the power to suspend the constitution and the right to due process If you don't think that isn't coming you would be sorely mistaken. ICE just arrested the Mayor of New Jersey and manhandled a congress woman. They are both people of color. Michigan voted for this especially the union workers. Now the car companies are pissed ? Come on. Do we see ANY CEO's from any companies coming out and blasting this ? NO WE DO NOT..
Most of your posts are 75% self-promotion and 25% useful content, most of which I can find elsewhere. Please do better. I wish I hadn't paid $100 to subscribe.
Not just trump! EVERY Republican who supports him is responsible! They keep ignoring the fact that he lies. He steals. And he is a felon.
Thanks to the small businesses about tariff increases
We need to get these small businesses tariff stories amplified as main stream media won’t cover it. How about having these small business owners who have been affected interviewed on MTN to raise awareness and alarm?
Is this lovely man, that literally has Christ in his name😏, gearing up to be our next smart, young, impassioned, Upper Midwesterner, and sure, yeah ok, he also happens to be black😉, democratic candidate for U.S.PRESIDENT? If so, I’m all in! I finally hear hope in someone’s voice that actually has the credentials to be president. I can’t be the only one to have felt HOPE like we had in the mid2000’s, for just a sec? Smart articulate candidates are scarce these days, I’m putting @garlingilchrist on my list to follow. 🙌🙌🙌
Hundred bucks says the 🟧💩💨 😡accuses Garlin of making up his last name, wishing he had thought of it first. We all remember what Trump means in Scottish, aye?
Congress. Congress. Congress.
Gretchen Whitmer made a fool of herself when she gushed all over him like a schoolgirl. She should have known better.
NUTLICK🤣 that fucking guy