Billionaire Mark Cuban, Vice President Kamala Harris' top economic surrogate, said he felt triggered after Breitbart News pressed him on tariffs and an America First economic policy. I realized that I had pulled it.
An X user asked Cuban for the “single biggest reason” for supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and the biggest reason not to support former President Donald Trump.
Curiously, Cuban pointed to Harris' economic policies, claiming she has “great policies for small businesses and entrepreneurs, which are the biggest drivers of jobs and growth.”
As for President Trump, Cuban accused him of trying to overturn the last election. This prompted another X user to push back, and Cuban responded by calling for President Trump's policies for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Breitbart News' Chuck Flint responded by pointing to President Trump's tax cuts and deregulation.
“Kamala just wants to hand out money. Traditionally, governments are bad at determining future success. This makes it less likely that you’ll get an ROI (but it’s a measured one. )” Mr. Flint replied:
Cuban gave a lengthy response.
“Will the tariffs be deregulation and tax cuts across the board? His 200 percent tax cuts for companies that comply with USMCA?”
“When you say a company imports something and you deregulate it and the tax rate changes, isn’t that picking winners and losers?” “Efficiency programs are planned, including the use of new technologies to stay ahead globally and militarily.”
“Donald says he wants to use someone who has billions of dollars in tax benefits, has billions of dollars in government contracts, and is building billions of dollars worth of cars in China. Could there be any conflict?'' Cuban continued.
“I'm not referring to President Trump's tariff deregulation, but I'm glad he recognizes the success of the tariffs,” Flynt said, referring to “regulations imposed by federal agencies.” He pointed out that there was.
“The current U.S. regulated economy is probably the ninth largest in the world after Canada. It is currently estimated at $1.94 trillion annually by the Institute for Competitive Enterprise,” he explained to Cuban. “Nothing destroys small and medium-sized businesses like bureaucratic red tape, as a businessman like you must be aware of.''
Flint also pointed out that the market soared after Trump's victory in 2016 because everyone knew deregulation was coming.
Mr. Trump also fulfilled his promise. He used the Congressional Review Act to repeal 16 Obama-era regulations. The CRA was successfully used only once before President Trump took office.
Kamala will continue to suffocate Americans with regulatory red – but we are all relieved to hear that the federal government will vet first-time homebuyers before handing out $25,000. …They have an excellent track record of waste, fraud, and abuse.
As for tax cuts, most of them expire at the end of 2025, so the Trump tax cuts need to be extended. Companies will need to continue with their spending and research and development regulations.
Matthew Boyle, Breitbart News' Washington bureau chief, noted that Cuba is clearly having a hard time adhering to “camaranomics.”
“Many people believe that Kamala's campaign is collapsing because of this lackadaisical behavior. In recent days, the betting market has swung back heavily towards Trump, with him once again the favorite. “It's happening,” he said.
At that point, Cuba tried to rebut it, but failed to make any real points regarding deregulation.
What about now? Is his tariff 10, 20, 60 percent? Will companies that comply with USMCA receive a 200 percent tariff? He even knows that 75 percent of manufacturers have less than 20 employees Does he understand the impact tariffs will have on them?
Does he understand that 200 percent tariffs on American companies will make Chinese competitors even cheaper?
What's even more ridiculous about his gibberish about getting American and foreign companies to bring manufacturing here is that he knows nothing about robotics.
Mr. Kamara spoke about incentives for new technology. By doing so, we can revive and increase manufacturing in the United States. So TMSC is already adding more features.
Boyle said Cuba is “obsessed with suspending tariffs, arguing that they are ineffective in protecting U.S. industry…The problem is that major companies (such as EV manufacturers) are now selling their products (such as EV manufacturers) in China. (or most of them).” Please contact us as they will ship them and sell them cheaply. ”
“If you want to know the effect of tariffs, the ultimate irony here is just look at how big an impact the Longshoremen's union's long strike has been. “We're going to shut down the country,” Boyle added. “He wasn't wrong, because there are a lot of things that are made overseas.”
The Cuban government responded by claiming it supports “strategic” tariffs.
“Tariffs in general are inflationary taxes proposed by people who don't understand how tariffs work. Let me explain to you why a flat tariff doesn't work,” Cuban said, essentially adding that the U.S. He explained why he does not support the unilateralist policy.
“The first fact is that the vast majority of American consumers won't pay for American-made products. If they did, all of this would be meaningless. Companies need to build here. There will be incentives, even if it costs more,” he argued, insisting that companies would build here if they could.
“You can impose any amount of tariffs across the board, but it doesn't change the cost of manufacturing here or the cost that consumers have to pay,'' he said, arguing that manufacturing costs need to be lowered. Payments need to go up. ”
“Robotics will reduce manufacturing costs, which will result in lower prices for buyers. That's what Harris understands, but Trump doesn't,” he argued. did.
“So if you want ‘strategic tariffs,’ you support Trump because Kamala is completely opposed to tariffs,” Kamala said in a recent interview when asked about the Trump tariffs that Biden maintained. She made that very clear,” Boyle said. “You’re literally defending Trump”:
“Thank you for your attention, Mark, but let me ask you a question, especially post-COVID-19: China now accounts for close to the majority (perhaps actually more now) of the nitrile gloves imported into the United States. Do you think it's acceptable that we're producing? That's according to the USITC data, and that's what I've said on this issue,” Boyle continued, speaking to the Cubans.
“Next time a doctor or nurse touches you with gloves that are probably made in China, you can thank Kamala Harris (and Joe Biden) because, according to WaPo and other news outlets, the Biden administration “Because it ruined a plan funded by President Trump to build a factory to make this in the U.S.,” he continued, citing an example.
“So when the next pandemic comes, is it in the U.S. strategic interest to rely heavily on China for something as critical as gloves? (It exists in almost every product and industry FWIW, but this is a good example of a broader problem),” he asked, continuing:
The CHIPS Act you cited was passed two years ago. Has it had any meaningful impact on this trend? Obviously not. China is still rapidly gaining market share in key industries and slowly but surely bleeding the United States. But Kamala is on the podcast Call Her Daddy, so she's cool. But if we want to actually stop this slow death of American industry, we must do more than just pay lip service and pass controversial bills while encouraging the very same practices that caused the decline of American industry. We need to elect someone else who will actually do something about it. Industry in the first place.
“For the record, President Trump actually wants to address this issue and is talking about it. So does his running mate. I don't know if Kamala even knows what nitrile gloves are. But hey, next time you meet Kamala, tell her I'd like to spend an hour interviewing her about trade and economic policy,'' Boyle challenged him.
“She'll never answer because we know she's not capable of answering questions (that's why she's doing an unserious show all week), but it's worth a try.” I think there is,” he added.
At that point, Cuban gave a short response, arguing that “nitrile gloves are a perfect example of a product that should be subject to strategic tariffs for the reasons you mentioned,” and providing a link about the CHIPS Act.
“Yes, after months of relentlessly criticizing the current administration on this issue, the USTR finally did this two months before the election. “She later attacked this very policy as a 'sales tax' in a debate before Katherine Tai (USTR) introduced it,” Boyle responded, asking whether Harris would maintain that exact tariff. asked.
Will she keep Mr. Tai and FTC's Lina Khan employed, or will she succumb to pressure from the business community to fire them? Why can't the White House clarify the sitting vice president's policy position on this front? (KJP was asked about Kamala's debate comments at the WH press conference, but does a terrible job of explaining it all. That's why Kamala should give an interview about this herself) Why did Kamala Harris call Biden and Trump's tariff position a “sales tax”?
Kamala's running mate went on to falsely claim on Fox News Sunday this weekend that he falsely referred to the Trump-Biden tariffs as a “sales tax” and his name will appear on this year's ballot. Real people (Mr. Kamala and Mr. Waltz) have proven that one or the other chooses to lie. Or they're just too stupid to understand it. At this stage, without further information, we cannot be certain between these two outcomes.
Mr. Boyle concluded that the Cubans are “essentially Kamala Harris's sole economic agent.”
“These questions can be answered very easily if you do a serious and thorough economic policy interview. You should tell Kamala to agree with me and others on this. If she “If you want to be president, you should be able to articulate your economic vision and answer questions about it,” he challenged. “She hasn't done that yet”:
Mr. Boyle pointed out to Mr. Cuban that Ms. Harris had not yet made her position clear on this point.
“Absolutely. Don't you think the candidate should be able to explain himself? President Trump can answer questions about specific tariffs. I talked to him about it and published a lot of interviews. Others “Some people do that as well. As far as everyone knows, Kamala can't do that,” he said.
“The only comment she made was calling the tariff a 'sales tax,' in an argument repeated by her running mate on FNS this weekend. (Apparently, as explained here, So… why can't she just sit there and say, “This is what I'm going to do, and this is what I'm not going to do.'' I guess I can't say it. There is no customs duty on this, no customs duty on that. And so on,” he asked.
