United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick appeared at Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) alongside President Trump, and when he spoke at the event, he sounded off on the globalists in the room with a passion, hammering them to their faces for their ridiculously hypocritical politics and policies.
Beginning his fury-filled and brutally honest speech, the Secretary of Commerce openly explained that it is the opinion of the Trump Administration that globalism has failed and the world must move on, saying, “We are in Davos at the World Economic Forum, and the Trump administration and myself, we are here to make a very clear point, globalization has failed the West and the United States of America.”
Continuing, he identified what he sees as the main globalist mindset and ideology as being, articulating how it forces companies to move production abroad rather than employing people at home. He said, “It’s a failed policy. It is what the WEF has stood for, which is export offshore, find the cheapest labor in the world, and the world is a better place for it.”
Noting that such has been very harmful to the average American and will no longer be tolerated as a result, Lutnick then explained that America would be putting Americans first, and thus globalism is being replaced by nationalist economic policies. He said, “The fact is, it has left America behind. It has left the American workers behind and what we are here to say is that America First is a different model, one that we encourage other countries to consider, which is that our workers come first.”
Demanding that the Europeans and American allies present do the same thing, and start putting their national sovereignty first, he said, “We can have policies that impact our workers. Sovereignty is your borders. You’re entitled to have borders. You shouldn’t offshore your medicine. You shouldn’t offshore your semiconductors. You shouldn’t offshore your entire industrial base and have it be hollowed out beneath you. You should not be dependent for that which is fundamental to your sovereignty on any other nation, and if you’re going to be dependent on someone, it darn well better be your best allies. Okay?”
Still not done, he hammered the WEF for being directly involved in pushing hugely deleterious and problematic ESG politics, saying, “And so that is a different way of thinking. It is completely different than the WEF. I viewed the WEF as not a flagpole in the middle, but in fact, they are the flag whichever way the wind blew. So it blew: ‘you should have solar. You should have wind.'”
Concluding, he noted that Europe’s energy policies are absolutely absurd given its very limited capacity to even make the things on which “green” energy relies, saying, “Why are you going to do solar and wind? Why would Europe agree to be net zero in 2030 when they don’t make a battery? So if they go 2030 they are deciding to be subservient to China, who makes the batteries.”
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