{"id":2421254,"date":"2025-04-08T14:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-bucks-his-own-party-comes-out-in-staunch-support-of-trumps-tariff-strategy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T14:55:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:55:24","slug":"house-democrat-bucks-his-own-party-comes-out-in-staunch-support-of-trumps-tariff-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-bucks-his-own-party-comes-out-in-staunch-support-of-trumps-tariff-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrat Bucks His Own Party, Comes Out in Staunch Support of Trump&#8217;s Tariff Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-democrat-bucks-his-own-party-comes-out-in-staunch-support-of-trumps-tariff-strategy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2421254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the relationship between President Donald Trump and Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, drawing parallels to American Founding Fathers James Madison and John Quincy Adams. Golden has notably supported Trump&#8217;s controversial tariff policies, which aim to protect the American working class from global economic exploitation. He criticizes his own party for its hypocrisy, especially in the context of past opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-outlines-bidens-foreign-strategies-says-us-will-lead-with-diplomacy\/\" title=\"Secretary of State Outlines Biden\u2019s Foreign Strategies, Says US Will \u2018Lead With Diplomacy\u2019\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under ..., Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">free trade<\/a> agreements<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Golden\u2019s position aligns with the original intent of tariffs as tools of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-mocks-and-attacks-the-united-states-on-u-s-soil-biden-admin-struggles-to-respond\/\" title=\"China Mocks And Attacks The United States On U.S. Soil; Biden Admin Struggles To Respond\">economic coercion<\/a>, reminiscent of Madison&#8217;s strategies.While he expresses hope that Trump maintains his tariff stance, Golden also recognizes the practical benefits of the tariffs, suggesting that they will effectively serve their purpose. The article frames this support as a principled stand, likening Golden&#8217;s actions to those of historical figures who prioritized the welfare of ordinary Americans over party lines.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump and one of his nominal adversaries have suddenly called to mind two of America&rsquo;s great early statesmen.<\/p>\n<p>In my imagination&nbsp; &mdash; excessively fertile, perhaps &mdash; Trump plays the role of Founding Father James Madison, while Trump&rsquo;s nominal adversary, Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, has channeled the worthy spirit of a fellow New Englander, John Quincy Adams, son of the great Founding Father John Adams.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/08\/trump-tariffs-house-democrats-jared-golden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, Golden has taken the very Quincy Adams-like approach of bucking his own party and voicing support for Trump&rsquo;s controversial-yet-brilliant tariff policy.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Trump has adopted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-monday-update-tariffs-calls-federal-reserve-take-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tariffs<\/a> in order to bring America&rsquo;s working class relief from globalist exploitation disguised as free trade.<\/p>\n<p>To his credit, Golden has recognized as much.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Moreover, as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York prepares to rally Democrats in opposition to Trump&rsquo;s tariffs, Golden has also recognized his own party&rsquo;s rank hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When they&rsquo;re searching under every couch cushion for ways to re-appeal the party to working class, coming out against this so strongly&rdquo; is a terrible strategy, Golden said in an interview with Axios.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I remember Dems being outraged by the World Trade Organization, NAFTA, all these trade deals, even as recently as TPP,&rdquo; Golden continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now all of a sudden it&rsquo;s like a complete 180 degree flip here where we&rsquo;re staunchly defending the importance and relevance of the stock market to the American economy and defending free trade deals,&rdquo; the congressman added.<\/p>\n<p>Investors, of course, love predictability, which explains why the stock market has shed much of its paper value of late.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, however, has not implemented tariffs to further enrich investors. The president has a much larger purpose in mind, including protecting Americans from deadly drugs like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-tariffs-mexico-canada-officially-go-effect-countries-failed-adequately-address-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fentanyl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On these subjects, Golden spoke like a true MAGA patriot.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The vast majority of Americans have no stocks,&rdquo; the congressman said, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">dismissing jittery investors&#038;rsquo<\/a>; concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Golden hoped that the president would stick to his guns.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My biggest worry is that they&rsquo;re going to do this and lose faith and political will and back away,&rdquo; the congressman said.<\/p>\n<p>So why did Golden&rsquo;s support for Trump&rsquo;s tariffs lead to thoughts of Madison and Quincy Adams?<\/p>\n<p>Well, for one thing, Trump has used tariffs at least in part as the Founders intended. When not implemented solely for revenue purposes, tariffs amount to instruments of economic coercion. If deployed properly, they can alter the behavior of foreign governments.<\/p>\n<p>In 20 years of research and teaching, I found nothing as central to Madison&rsquo;s statecraft as economic coercion. Along with his friend and ally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-ramaswamy-echoing-thomas-jeffersons-pro-america-anti-establishment-wisdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Jefferson<\/a>, Madison framed economic coercion as a permanent alternative to war.<\/p>\n<p>The most extreme example of this occurred during Jefferson&rsquo;s presidency, when Madison served as secretary of State. In 1807, at Madison&rsquo;s urging, the Jefferson administration adopted a full-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/pjm.as.virginia.edu\/executive-branch#:~:text=Caught%20in%20this%20intractable%20bind,of%20temporarily%20destroying%20that%20commerce.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embargo<\/a> on all international trade. They had a twofold objective: protect American sailors from British impressment and protect American ships from depredations by warring British and French forces on the high seas. They achieved their objectives at the cost of collapsing parts of the American economy.<\/p>\n<p>The British-aligned Federalists, playing the part of modern Democrats, hoped to capitalize on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-tells-americans-hang-tough-tariffs-rattle-economy-wont-easy-end-result-will-historic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">short-term economic distress<\/a> the embargo caused.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy and brilliant 1808 <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=loc.ark:\/13960\/t4th8z131&amp;seq=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to Massachusetts state Sen. Harrison Gray Otis, however, Quincy Adams excoriated his fellow Federalists for failing to support the administration&rsquo;s embargo, which, as Quincy Adams noted, protected some of the least fortunate and most vulnerable Americans from injustice while bringing mild and temporary inconvenience to the trading interests.<\/p>\n<p>Tariffs, of course, fall well short of full-scale embargo. But the principle of economic coercion remains the same.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, one must give credit where due. By supporting Trump&rsquo;s tariffs, Golden played the role of the venerable Quincy Adams to Trump&rsquo;s Madison.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Maine congressman might as likely have backed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cattle-rancher-explains-trumps-tariffs-address-major-problems-will-great-time-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tariffs<\/a> for a simpler reason. 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In my perhaps overly imaginative view, Trump embodies Founding Father James Madison, while Democratic Rep. Jared Golden from Maine reflects the honorable essence of New Englander John Quincy Adams, son of the esteemed John Adams. According to Axios, Golden has adopted a Quincy Adams-like stance by opposing his own party and supporting Trump&#8217;s controversial yet strategic tariff policy. Trump has implemented tariffs to provide relief for America&#8217;s working class from globalist exploitation masked as free trade\u2014a point that Golden acknowledges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2421255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Golden-and-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33696,53074,53073,52878,39684],"class_list":["post-2421254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-house-democrat","tag-party-loyalty","tag-political-divergence","tag-tariff-strategy","tag-trump-support"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Golden-and-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421262,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421254\/revisions\/2421262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}