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Make the Whole Trump Tax Cut Retroactive - to January 1

1 week ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

Make the whole Trump tax cut retroactive — to January 1st. There are 1,000 reasons why some sort of soak-the-rich tax hike will be a terrible idea. And let me repeat my view that President Trump will not raise taxes, regardless of various rumors and half baked stories. As the former speaker, Newt Gingrich, said last night on this show, Mr. Trump is really a Reagan guy, not a George H.W. Bush guy.
I Don't Believe the Trump Tax Hike Rumors

1 week ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

Yesterday was tax day, which would’ve been a good time for the White House to put to rest all the rumors of a Republican tax hike. Instead we got a Bloomberg article entitled: “Millionaire Tax Hike Gains Steam as Trump Signals Openness.”Now openness doesn’t mean the president would sign off on it. Knowing him, he’s open to discussing a lot of things that he ultimately rejects. That’s why I believe this is something he will ultimately reject. Promises made, promises kept.
Maybe Vietnam Won't Twist the Knife, After All?

1 week ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

The hottest tariff story right now is President Xi’s charm offensive in Southeast Asia. When asked about it, President Trump said: “Xi’s tour is probably intended to screw the United States.” It’s a complicated story, though. And there is good reason to believe that Vietnam will increasingly come into our economic and political orbit.
Trump's ‘Good Heart’ and ‘Good Soul’

1 week ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

So, President Trump just had his physical and,in his own words, passed with “good shape,” “good heart,” and “good soul.”He also told us that he took the cognitive test and “got everything right.”As Mr. Trump put it, “I felt I was in very good shape, a good heart, a good soul, a very good soul. I took — I wanted to be a little different than Biden. I took a cognitive test that I don’t know what to tell you, other than I got every answer right.”I don’t doubt it.
Emperor Xi Is Ruining China

1 week ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

A radio host friend of mine recently asked: If I were somehow called in to mediate the trade dispute with Communist China and America … what would I do? I answered: Resign the position immediately, and get another job. Why am I so pessimistic? Because, for over two years, when I worked in President Trump’s first term as his National Economic Council director, I was part of the China trade team.
Why Do Economists Insist on Single-Entry Bookkeeping?

2 weeks ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

To my friends in the economics profession and business journalists: why do you keep insisting on single-entry bookkeeping? Your forecasts of bulging inflation and sinking recession are way too gloomy. As always, the Johnny One Note economists are missing President Trump’s symphony of economic policies. Consider this: Mr. Trump’s original shock therapy reciprocal tariff charges made on “Liberation Day” last week, will not come to pass.
Trump’s Art of the Trade Deal

2 weeks ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

Say what you will, and most people were screaming, but the fact is President Trump’s original “Liberation Day” announcement of punitive reciprocal tariff charges on almost everyone in the world has actually worked. Pundits told us that former friends and allies would flock to Communist China. They were dead wrong. Roughly 75 countries — and still counting — have flocked to America to make a deal with Mr. Trump. Exactly what he predicted would happen. That’s the art of the deal for you.
A New Playbook and Pecking Order

2 weeks ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

After less than a week of ‚ÄúLiberation Day,‚ÄĚ the White House seems to have changed both the playbook and the pecking order regarding its reciprocal tariff campaign. Perhaps the stock market plunge, or the phone calls from foreign leaders, or both, have contributed to a shift in President Trump‚Äôs strategy ‚ÄĒ to negotiation, from non-negotiation. Just call it: common sense. As someone who strongly supports his reciprocal trade policy, I‚Äôd say this is a very good thing.
With Trump's Tariffs, the Misbehaved Children Are Coming Home to Papa

2 weeks ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

It’s as if the misbehaved children are coming home to papa. We’re all looking for a bottom in the stock market — so we can jump in, add to our portfolios of index funds, and then passively hold them for the next 50 years.
Trump's Tariffs Could Add to Prosperity — With Even More Tax Cuts

3 weeks ago | nysun.com | Lawrence Kudlow

President Trump’s tariffs could add to prosperity — with even more tax cuts. Mr. Trump on Wednesday evening gave a vigorous defense of his reciprocal trade policy — saying America will no longer tolerate all of the tariffs and non-tariff barriers constructed by Communist China, the European Union, and many other countries that have prevented American manufacturers from exporting their goods to those countries.