Rense.com was where many of us first learned about frangible bullets. These are bullets designed for lethality, but which disintegrate upon entering their target, preventing ricochet (and injuries, or death, to those near the target) and, of course, destroying the ability to match them to any particular weapon. Their attribution is nearly as untraceable as a directed-energy weapon would be.
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The NRA states: Frangible bullets penetrate less than non-frangible bullets because after the bullet comes apart, the resulting individual fragments have less weight and therefore less momentum (energy) to drive them through a medium. For example, a frangible bullet may have the initial energy (while whole) to enter a target, but not enough energy to exit it and/or then penetrate a wall nearby. As such, frangible ammo may be preferred for specialized scenarios such as aboard aircraft where a breach in the craft’s walls by a bullet could be catastrophic to everyone. Other tactical uses could be in crowded areas or apartment complexes where bullet passthroughs could be potentially deadly to innocent people in the next room.
Additionally, AI overview says: Frangible ammunition is ideal for tactical training because it is designed to disintegrate upon impact, making it safer for close-quarters drills and indoor ranges by significantly reducing ricochet and over-penetration risk
. This allows for more realistic, dynamic scenarios without the danger of bullets passing through walls or hitting unintended targets
Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.
“Dick Cheney and torture are synonymous to me and to many others acquainted with his penchant for brutality.”
“Whether Cheney was acting in the capacity of my MK Ultra mind control “commander”, perpetuating war as Secretary of Defense, dominating politics as White House Chief of Staff and House Minority Whip, running drug and human trafficking black ops from his Pentagon Office, selling our country out under guise of Vice President while pulling Bush, Jr’s strings for Poppy Bush’s ‘New World Order’, promoting ‘justifications’ for waterboarding and torture, or shooting his friend in the face, Dick Cheney’s history is filled with brutality to say the least.”
“My introduction to Cheney was in the summer of 1975 at his Greybull, Wyoming hunting lodge where he was indulging in his favorite sport of human hunting.”
“This military training exercise, referred to as A Most Dangerous Game, was Cheney’s sport of choice along with his hunting buddies George Bush, Sr. and Bill Clinton as detailed in my testimony for Congress in TRANCE Formation of America. Torture is Insertion, Not Extraction.”
“Cheney is acutely aware that our brains autogenically respond to torture by compartmentalizing memory of an event while leaving the subconscious wide open to being easily led. This automatic brain response is a basis for MK Ultra mind control, rather than being conducive to “extracting information” as Cheney purports.”
“When a person is tortured to “extract information”, they will say anything to stop the trauma, including confessing to crimes they did not commit. Information extracted through torture is not credible.”
“Instead, torture/trauma is a component of mind control programming. I was systematically tortured throughout my MK Ultra mind control victimization as a means of scientifically programming information in.”
“Suggestibility heightens with the occurrence of trauma that is literally too horrible to consciously comprehend, whether it be of an individual, a nation, or the world. It creates unthinking compliance with strategic ensuing programming.”
“Cheney knows this, as do his cohorts who expertly utilize trauma for implementing what George Bush and Adolph Hitler termed New World Order.”
Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.
I first learned of award-winning journalist David Sirota’s new book, Master Plan: The Hidden Plot to Legalize Corruption in America, from Democracy Now! (democracynow.org) and I encourage readers to share this information wherever you can, as the walls continue to close in on innocent Americans who have trusted a system that was never meant to work for them.
You can get Sirota’s book here, and he also has a three-part podcast on his website which I highly recommend, links of which are below:
Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.
Multiple articles here at NoFakeNews have revealed the fact that US law enforcement, in their quest to further militarize law enforcement (among other reasons), regularly travels to Israel to train with the IDF. However, it is now being reported that sheriffs throughout America, via the National Sheriffs’ Association, are also flying to Israel to be trained by ZAKA, an organization made up primarily of volunteers but who are directly responsible for the mass disinformation coming out of Israel, and who work directly with Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel’s ZAKA provides training to US National Sheriff’s Association: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR_MrtZ9bJQ, (The interview from March 2025 features Moshe Roznberg, Executive Director, ZAKA U.S. Office, and Jonathan Thompson, Executive Director and CEO of National Sheriffs’ Association, who will be retiring at the end of 2025)
Court Hearing October 27, 2025, of Tyler Robinson wherein the sheriff’s motion to deny Robinson the ability to wear his own clothes into court was struck down by the judge as the sheriff has nothing to do with this case (other than, perhaps, contribute to the false narrative): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uptx5SfcwfY
Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.
While I realize we have shared many articles and videos on the cold-blooded murder of Charlie Kirk, it’s important not to grow weary, but to grow angry! And to stay that way until the truth is known to Americans, to the world, and to the family of Tyler Robinson.
World Wrestling’s Val Venus has tweeted multiple videos, some of which NoFakeNews readers have seen. But it’s important to watch them again, including his excellent slow-motion versions, and then imagine how you would feel if your child were being framed, maliciously slandered, terrorized and more for something he could not possibly have done. And the fact that that “something” is the murder of one of the top conservative voices in America whose death could literally mean the end of America as we know it (because he was pulling the wool off of the eyes of those blinded by Zionism and helping people wake up to the fact that, oh yeah, we live in America. It should be America First not some other country!)
(Something not mentioned is the reaction of the young girl in the red hat, to our left of the apparent shooter. Though she was looking down at her phone at the moment of impact, she was the FIRST ONE to react to the sound of a shot, as she was standing just a couple of feet from where what appears to be the weapon went off. Slow the video down, watch her reaction. The videos are excellent and the commentary is, as well.)
Notably, Val Venus sent this to Erika Kirk’s account, as well as TPUSA’s and others.
The efforts by law enforcement to silence thousands of people about this planned, well-choreographed assassination are monumental.
Please do not be silent. And please do not let an innocent young man pay for the actions of a hired freemason Zionist assassin.
Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.
All Masons of and above the Royal Arch degree swear an oath to keep all the secrets of their companions of this degree or higher, including murder and treason. – Chapter VII, The Character, Claims and Practical Workings of Freemasonry (1869) by Rev. C.G. Finney
Most people understand (or anyone who has ever watched a police/crime drama knows) that disturbing the scene of a crime is a against the law. It’s tampering with evidence, it’s obstruction of justice. And in the case of murder, it’s a felony.
Charlie Kirk was murdered. And, after viewing the video of his assassination over a hundred times, via multiple videos, including an audience member’s hi-res camera (by happenstance or Divine Providence) aimed squarely at retired Irving, Texas police officer Rick Cutler, it’s difficult, for anyone with eyes to see, to come to any conclusion other than Cutler shot and killed Kirk. Boldly. Brazenly. Emotionlessly. This is my opinion and that of many thousands of others who follow NoFakeNews,net, Rense.com, VTforeignpolicy.com, etc.
It’s also difficult to come to any conclusion other than it was conspired/arranged well (most likely, years) in advance, choreographed, and scheduled, with multiple elements of criminality supporting the actual murder of Kirk, as well as its orchestrated cover-up.
Kirk was murdered because he had a very powerful voice, with millions of followers, and had recently begun using that voice and his enormous platform to question the “Israel First” narrative which is being pounded and pounded into the minds of every living American, with more and more ferocity as the Zionists continue to destroy anyone and anything that stands in their way of their land grab, and anyone who questions their false teachings.
Consider the following:
– Zionist freemasons control our government, the Israeli government, and law enforcement in both countries;
– As the quote above says, freemasons (whether they are cops, judges, lawyers, soldiers, firefighters, heads-of-state, members of congress, corporate big-wigs, or construction workers) swear an oath to ONE ANOTHER — above all other oaths. They are required to do as they are told by a freemason above them, including committing treason and murder;
– Many recent videos exist showing Charlie Kirk espousing Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of God, who died and was resurrected. (Needless to say, his Zionist funders were not happy about that.)
– The Mishneh Torah whose teachings (along with the Talmud) are followed by Kirk’s funders, including, of course, Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for death to idolators (those who believe Jesus is the Messiah). Avodat Kochavim – Chapter Ten states “they must renounce their idol worship or be slain.” (https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/912369/jewish/Avodat-Kochavim-Chapter-Ten.htm)
– The members of Charlie Kirk’s security team ALL worked with [Zionist Greg] Shaffer Security Group — for many years and he (and those who support him and who have made him somewhat famous as host of TV’s Body Cam: Behind the Badge) has used Kirk’s death as an opportunity to self-promote and to also, in my opinion, spread the absolutely ridiculous story that he was “stabbed in the back” by his own security team (Brian Harpole, Dan Flood, Rick Cutler, etc.) who left him and took over security for Turning Point USA;
– Brian Harpole (in the dark blue shirt, to Charlie’s right at his final event), who had long been a partner at Shaffer Security Group, started Integrity Security Solutions in 2023, at which point his new team became the security team for Charlie Kirk;
– Greg Shaffer has reported that Kirk’s carotid artery was hit and busted open.
– The members of Kirk’s security team were trained in — and even taught, in the case of Brian Harpole — “Stop the Bleed,” yet we see the entire team carrying Kirk to an SUV with no one stopping the bleed. (Equally bizarrely, in all the close-ups seen of his team “working on him,” we never see any blood on their hands. That’s part of the story for another time, but one which is utterly confounding.)
– Medics were on-site (and just behind the tent) yet no medic came to Charlie’s aid;
– Shaffer and Harpole worked together (and were partners) for many years and their work frequently highlights the importance of situational awareness, which they define as “being aware of your surroundings to identify potential threats” yet Rick Cutler, part of Harpole’s security group hired by TPUSA, positioned mere feet from Kirk (whom he was hired to protect, and whose life had been threatened repeatedly), and to his left, solely, exclusively faced THE FRONT, unconcerned with his surroundings.
– Whereas every other member of the security team FACED the crowd, Retired Police Officer and Tactical Sargeant Rick Cutler had his back to the crowd. The only situational awareness he appeared to be practicing was that of trying to blend into the scenery and not be noticed.
– Kash Patel, current head of the FBI fired the highly-respected (female) Special-Agent-in-Charge of Salt Lake City’s FBI just one month prior to Kirk’s assassination, for no legitimate reason, and with no warning. In her place, he put a D.C. insider, Robert Bohls, who had overseen 200 SWAT operations and supervised all Washington Field Office surveillance and special teams. (With this kind of experience, Bohls would have immediately zeroed in on Cutler and arrested him, were he allowed to do so.)
– The mayor of Salt Lake City suddenly forced the police chief to resign in February 2025, for no good cause, and then appointed his replacement, Brian Redd, the former director of the Utah Department of Corrections;
– In June, new SLC police chief, Brian Redd, requested an increase in the law enforcement budget of $15 million, to increase it to $135 million, “part of which will help fund their Real-Time Crime Center envisioned to be a centralized intelligence hub that leverages real-time data to enhance proactive policing, threat detection, and emergency response.” Where was this in action on 9/10/25?;
– SLC law enforcement (along with law enforcement throughout America) utilizes drones, CCTV, AI, nanotechnology, facial recognition, thermal cameras, and more, yet they agreed to NOT participate in a long-scheduled event, where over 3000 students would be present, in which an advisor to the President of the United States, whose life had been repeatedly threatened, would be speaking;
– Despite scanners and bag-checkers having been present at previous Turning Point USA/Charlie Kirk events, there were none at the September 10, 2025 event at Utah Valley University. Students reported that their tickets were not checked, their bags were not checked, and that they were allowed to freely enter the arena;
– No bullet was ever found, and no bullet exited Charlie Kirk’s neck, leading to the plausible conclusion reached by Rense.com investigators that a frangible (disintegrating) bullet was used;
– This is 2025 and technology exists — and is used by law enforcement, the CIA, etc. — that can easily fool the most astute observers. That being said, whatever ammunition was in the tiny gun that appears to have been used by Retired Police Officer Rick Cutler, as seen millions of times, in multiple videos, was something that was able to instantly kill Charlie, cause his neck to bleed, but which those nearby said sounded like an air gun. Given that information, it’s entirely possible/plausible the SOUND EFFECT of a rifle was blasted at the same time the trigger was pulled. This sound would have caused the [necessary] chaos that ensued, whereas an air gun (or something similar) would not have.
– The State of Utah is contracted with the AI company Banjo, which combines state-owned data with social media and satellite information for real-time crime detection, yet they appear to not have reported anything related to the front row at the TPUSA 9/10/25 event;
– It has widely been reported that one hour after Kirk’s assassination, a private plane owned by a contributor to the local Chabad Lubavitch organization, Derek Maxwell, took off and illegally turned off its radar for a solid hour. (This is backed by flightradar.com who tracks air traffic.) Bizarrely, the plane later re-appeared on radar, and returned to SLC. (Maxwell, an alumnus of UVU, is a former associate of Morgan Stanley, started a Multi-Level Marketing Company selling cosmetics and fake lashes via social media, which he then sold to Coty, who then sold it back to him two years later. A multi-millionaire, he has been sued for fraud and false advertising, and claims he didn’t start his company to make money but to help fund “awareness” for women who were sexually abused as children. He, of course, also states that his “faith” is central to the workings of his business ventures.
– Maxwell’s connection to Chabad Lubavich is notable. Longtime NoFakeNews readers are aware of this Zionist organization who follows the Noahide laws that say Christians — those who believe Jesus is the son of God, and the Messiah — are committing blasphemy by stating as much and, as such, should be killed. (See more here: https://nofakenews.net/?s=chabad)
– Many recent videos exist showing Charlie Kirk calling the murder of innocent women and children in Palestine exactly what is was/is: a genocide. (Needless to say, his Zionist funders striving for their land-grab were not happy about that. Comments like that have gotten professors fired and students kicked out of school);
– Erika Kirk was the winner of a pageant owned by Donald Trump. This put her squarely in his orbit and in contact with his [Zionist/Freemason] inner circle. This may also explain how she got a job as a real estate agent with Barbara Corcoran of Shark Tank, as Shark Tank is executive-produced by Mark Burnett, who also produced The Apprentice (which was crucial to the image Trump’s handlers wanted to build of him).
– Erika’s LinkedIn shows/showed her as having started working with Corcoran in 2018, and continuing to do so in 2025. Therefore the meet-cute story shared about Erika meeting Charlie at a job interview is questionable.
– Where was the police tape around the tent where Charlie Kirk died?
– Why was a young man allowed to enter the tent where Charlie Kirk had just been killed and LESS THAN TEN MINUTES after his death REMOVE THE CAMERAS facing the audience — while brazenly standing on the very chair on which Charlie had been sitting? Police were walking around yet no one said anything to that man, much less stopped him;
– Where is the footage from those cameras?
– Salt Lake City police and sheriff’s departments, as reported by criminallegalnews.org, have been operating a covert surveillance system, and stealing power from the power company, by disguising themselves as construction workers to install cameras. They also operate a drone and if ever there were a time it should have been operational, it would have been this event;
– Why would the FBI ask Ryne Simmons to delete his [aimed directly at Charlie Kirk and Retired Police Officer Rick Cutler] iphone video, and tell him that keeping it on his phone would be bad for his mental health?
– Where are the lawsuits against the judge who is undoubtedly breaking numerous laws by ACTIVELY BEING INVOLVED IN THE SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE IN A MURDER, clearly abusing his power and enacting a gag order on everyone present at the 9/10/25 event?
– It is common knowledge that all social media is, and has long been, monitored by the FBI, NSA, CIA, DHA, fusion centers, real-time crime centers, and more. As such, they have seen everything that has been written about the Kirk murder, all the video, all the posts. And with reams of evidence that clearly appear to point to an inside job by one of their own, they continue to pretend a young man who may, or may not, have been present at the UVU campus 9/10/25 was responsible for the death of Charlie Kirk;
– Finally, FOUR DAYS after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a construction crew was directed (and allowed by UVU, Orem police, Utah FBI, etc.) to report to the UVU campus and install concrete pavers over the exact spot where Kirk was murdered! In addition, they painted over the ceiling of the breezeway through which Kirk’s body was carried on the way to the SUV;
– Pouring concrete over a crime scene to quickly hide evidence appears to be part of a protocol of sorts when it comes to those involved with Chabad Lubavitch, as that is precisely what happened when the secret underground tunnels were discovered under the Chabad Lubavitch headquarters in New York City, former home of the late Rabbi Menachem Mandel Schneerson. Soiled mattresses, a toddler’s highchair, children’s toys, and more were found there. No investigation was done. No collection of evidence. Instead, the FBI, the City of New York, law enforcement, etc. allowed trucks to come in — within 24 hours! — to literally fill in the tunnels with concrete. (Schneerson is the one US presidents from GHW Bush to Trump have dutifully honored, year after year, citing his birthday — or a date close to it — as “Education Day,” part of H.J. Res 104, signing off on Noahide Laws that condemn Christians to death for stating their belief that Jesus is the Son of God, and the Messiah. I could be wrong, but one has to wonder if Kirk would have reconsidered his support of Trump had he realized this.)
Charlie Kirk’s assassination is truly a turning point (with no pun intended) for the trajectory of America. With all that has transpired, it appears he was used, for years, to help get Trump elected (and re-elected), but, more importantly to broadcast the Israel-First narrative so vital (bizarrely) to the US Government and to the Zionists who control it.
Kirk’s wife has now inherited the massive company, and following, he built. Whether her late husband’s realizations about Israel were passed onto her, and whether she was developing that same sense of “something is wrong with this whole narrative” remains to be seen. Will she betray America (and her late husband’s recently-formed plans) or will she be dazzled by the celebrity of it all and allow herself to be owned (and controlled) by those who not only do NOT put America first but who are using (and fooling) gullible Christians to attain their own goals?
Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.
See Rense’s latest, most high-resolution video yet, showing the assassination of Charlie Kirk: https://rense.com/
I urge every citizen to take this frame-by-frame. In so doing, I contend it will be nearly impossible to deny what appears to have actually happened here: Charlie Kirk was murdered by a member of his own security team, in a well-choreographed takedown.
As mentioned in previous articles here, watch former Irving, TX police officer, Rick Cutler, on the front row (whom Rense is calling the “Brown Shirt Man”). Watch his every move see what appears to be a palm-pistol (or something similar) between his fingers appear at the very moment Charlie is shot. Also consider the bizarre fact that Cutler was facing FORWARD. He wasn’t even looking at Charlie, much less the crowd — and he was supposed to be protecting this very high-profile individual who had repeatedly had his life threatened.
Also watch the security guy in the blue & white plaid shirt who went from just in front of Charlie, and to his right, to leaping over the table, over Charlie. It appears Rick Cutler delayed his jumping over the barrier (for a solid five seconds!) in order to time it so that he would reach the tent when the blue & white plaid-shirt guy was exiting it. Watch closely (pause the video) and you will see the blue & white plaid-shirt guy (who had no legitimate reason to even be inside the tent at that point) reaching into his left, back pocket to hand something to Rick Cutler. When Cutler meets up with him, he appears to either take something from that guy, or give him something. That guy then runs to the back, toward where the SUV was, and Cutler squats down next to other security team members.
Finally, for those not yet aware: the judge in this case, wherein a young man who appears to be wholly innocent and is being used as a patsy, Tyler Robinson, is being charged with murder — despite there being virtually no actual evidence connecting him to this crime — has instituted a gag order on EVERYONE who was in the audience when Kirk was killed, as well as all TPUSA members, security, etc.
This was easily the most well-documented assassination of someone in history, yet the judge wants to suppress all that evidence.
If that doesn’t scream “TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE!,” I don’t know what does.
Please share this wherever you can. This cover-up cannot be allowed to happen.
UPDATE:
Ryne Simmons, Eyewitness to Charlie Kirk Murder Asked by FBI To Delete His Evidence
There is a MAJOR cover-up underway. Its success will affect us all.
Please share everywhere you can.
Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.
Today it was announced that President Trump canceled all trade negotiations with Canada due to his anger at their airing a TV ad featuring Ronald Reagan’s actual, verbatim, words from a 1987 address to the nation regarding tariffs and how severely detrimental they can be to the citizenry.
Below is Reagan’s actual address. Below that is Canada’s ad.
Trump called their ad “fake” and “egregious.”
You decide:
Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade
April 25, 1987
My fellow Americans:
Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan will be visiting me here at the White House next week. It’s an important visit, because while I expect to take up our relations with our good friend Japan, which overall remain excellent, recent disagreements between our two countries on the issue of trade will also be high on our agenda.
As perhaps you’ve heard, last week I placed new duties on some Japanese products in response to Japan’s inability to enforce their trade agreement with us on electronic devices called semiconductors. Now, imposing such tariffs or trade barriers and restrictions of any kind are steps that I am loath to take. And in a moment I’ll mention the sound economic reasons for this: that over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer. But the Japanese semiconductors were a special case. We had clear evidence that Japanese companies were engaging in unfair trade practices that violated an agreement between Japan and the United States. We expect our trading partners to live up to their agreements. As I’ve often said: Our commitment to free trade is also a commitment to fair trade.
But you know, in imposing these tariffs we were just trying to deal with a particular problem, not begin a trade war. So, next week I’ll be giving Prime Minister Nakasone this same message: We want to continue to work cooperatively on trade problems and want very much to lift these trade restrictions as soon as evidence permits. We want to do this, because we feel both Japan and the United States have an obligation to promote the prosperity and economic development that only free trade can bring.
Now, that message of free trade is one I conveyed to Canada’s leaders a few weeks ago, and it was warmly received there. Indeed, throughout the world there’s a growing realization that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition. Now, there are sound historical reasons for this. For those of us who lived through the Great Depression, the memory of the suffering it caused is deep and searing. And today many economic analysts and historians argue that high tariff legislation passed back in that period called the Smoot-Hawley tariff greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery.
You see, at first, when someone says, “Let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports,” it looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while it works — but only for a short time. What eventually occurs is: First, homegrown industries start relying on government protection in the form of high tariffs. They stop competing and stop making the innovative management and technological changes they need to succeed in world markets. And then, while all this is going on, something even worse occurs. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition. So, soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying. Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse; businesses and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their jobs.
The memory of all this occurring back in the thirties made me determined when I came to Washington to spare the American people the protectionist legislation that destroys prosperity. Now, it hasn’t always been easy. There are those in this Congress, just as there were back in the thirties, who want to go for the quick political advantage, who will risk America’s prosperity for the sake of a short-term appeal to some special interest group, who forget that more than 5 million American jobs are directly tied to the foreign export business and additional millions are tied to imports. Well, I’ve never forgotten those jobs. And on trade issues, by and large, we’ve done well. In certain select cases, like the Japanese semiconductors, we’ve taken steps to stop unfair practices against American products, but we’ve still maintained our basic, long-term commitment to free trade and economic growth.
So, with my meeting with Prime Minister Nakasone and the Venice economic summit coming up, it’s terribly important not to restrict a President’s options in such trade dealings with foreign governments. Unfortunately, some in the Congress are trying to do exactly that. I’ll keep you informed on this dangerous legislation, because it’s just another form of protectionism and I may need your help to stop it. Remember, America’s jobs and growth are at stake.
Until next week, thanks for listening, and God bless you.
Canada’s recent ad (with the paragraphs from the actual transcript of Reagan’s speech in parentheses) is here:
When someone says, “Let’s impose tariffs on foreign imports,” it looks like they’re doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while it works — but only for a short time. (fifth paragraph)
But over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer. (Second paragraph)
High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars (fifth paragraph)
Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse; businesses and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their jobs. (end of fifth paragraph)
Throughout the world there’s a growing realization that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition. (fourth paragraph)
America’s jobs and growth are at stake. (last paragraph)
Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.
As I was recalling an executive order Donald Trump had signed during his first term as president to further gut federal oversight for genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), I ventured to a website I have recommended here before, FoodBabe.com, to research founder Vani Hari’s excellent reporting on the subject. Here’s what I found:
Ashley Hayes is a former business entrepreneur, patented inventor, researcher, and writer seeking to bring attention to the clearly-organized crimes of unlawful and corrupt law enforcement and fusion center personnel against innocent Americans and citizens worldwide, as well as crimes committed by military contractors via 21st-century technology, and to the pandemic of child trafficking by those in power.