“It will be interesting to see if he (Bongino) does the same—though not as interesting as what Mark Levin may or may not say.”
Rush’s awakening could signal a sea change in the Conservative movement on trade issues. Levin has been really harsh on tariffs, but he did come around recently on the case of China (for National Security reasons).
Not only has Rush been a mentor to Mark Levin, helping to make him very wealthy, but Rush explicitly addressed the ideas on trade of finance and economics journalist Henry Hazlitt, from whom Levin frequently quotes (Economics in One Lesson). It may have been a discussion partially intended for Levin himself.
Hazlitt was a huge figure in promoting free markets in theory. In practice though, it must be reciprocal to work as theorized, and it must be policed and enforced to address the inevitable cheating from self interest and political corruption - even deliberate sabotage by competitors like China.
Unilateral dropping of tariffs and other trade barriers is as foolish as unilateral disarmament is in military affairs.
I heard a little of Levin yesterday. He isn’t as sold as yet, but I think he gave some ground.
Sounds like Levin is holding on to his anti-tariff position tonight.
I listen to Bongino and he is basically with Levin.
With the exception that he is not so obnoxious in his disagreement. He recognizes Trump’s ability to use that to win in negotiations.