I. The War America Is Already In

America stands at the edge of internal collapse, fighting an all‑encompassing unrestricted war—a war without declarations or front lines. It is waged through supply chains, finance, medicine, law, education, environment, and information—all the visible weapons of modern control. The enemy’s goal is not merely conquest through armies but through economic and territorial infiltration—buying land, ports, and influence to erode sovereignty from within, to replace liberty with domination.

Externally, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leads this war, directing and financing radical Islamist movements, manipulating global media narratives, and binding collaborators through economic and technological control. Internally, captured institutions—Congress members, prosecutors, lawyers, bureaucrats, and major media outlets bought or coerced by these same interests—serve as the domestic arm of the network. Elections have been distorted and infiltrated through manipulated voting systems, open borders, and foreign funding. The medical system has been weaponized; biological threats, fear, and false vaccines have become instruments of coercion. Even environmental and public‑health policies have been twisted to restrict freedom while enriching the same forces that seek America’s fall.

America’s industrial arteries are strangled by dependency. Nearly every critical sector—manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, technology, and agriculture—depends on CCP‑controlled supply chains. At the center of this stranglehold are rare earth elements (REEs), the very minerals required for advanced weapons, semiconductors, batteries, and precision instruments. By monopolizing REE mining and refining, the CCP can choke America’s ability to produce modern weapons. If war turned kinetic tomorrow, America’s arsenal would falter not for lack of courage, but for lack of material.

Thus, tariffs are not theater. They are lawful instruments of national self‑defense—the only peaceful means available to counter economic warfare, halt one‑sided enrichment of the enemy, and buy time to rebuild domestic capacity. The goal is not to stoke fear—of oppressive regimes, not the peoples who suffer under them, but faithful stewardship of liberty. Tariffs cut off the blood flow that sustains tyranny while giving America breathing space to restore supply chains, rebuild resilience, and recover sovereignty.

As a Treasury Secretary once noted with a metaphor: “Disney can sell magic, but it cannot sell the water that fills its castles.” America must reclaim the water of its own production. Creativity is ours, but the lifeblood of manufacturing—the “water” of the economy—must flow from American wells.

II. Constitutional Grounding — The Lawful Mandate in Wartime

This is not merely an economic dispute. It is a state of war, fought with visible weapons—cargo, code, currency, and contagion. The Constitution empowers a free nation to survive such assaults without discarding liberty.

• Article II charges the President to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution,” and to act as Commander in Chief. That duty extends to unconventional warfare, where invasion occurs through manipulation rather than marching armies.
• Article IV, Section 4 (Guarantee Clause) obliges the United States to protect each state against invasion and ensure a republican form of government. When foreign and domestic conspirators subvert elections and laws, this clause demands action.
• Article I, Section 8 gives Congress power to regulate commerce and lay duties; by statute, it has delegated to the Executive authority to impose tariffs and sanctions for national‑security contingencies.

The President therefore acts not beyond the Constitution but within it, exercising powers entrusted for moments when the Republic itself is endangered. The same Constitution that forbids tyranny also forbids surrender. In such a crisis, Congress, the courts, and the states have a duty not to hinder but to support lawful defense measures undertaken to preserve the nation’s existence.

III. The Tariff Strategy — A Temporary Shield to Rebuild America

Tariffs are not permanent weapons; they are a temporary shield. Their purpose is to stop the bleeding, restore balance, and win the time needed to rebuild internal strength. For decades, America tolerated a grotesque imbalance: while U.S. exports faced high tariffs and hidden barriers—especially under the CCP’s authoritarian system—imports from that same regime entered our markets almost duty‑free. Engagement became capitulation. Even after the CCP’s massacre at Tiananmen Square, Washington admitted Beijing into the global trading order—a moral and strategic error that must now be corrected.

Properly designed tariffs reverse that mistake. They disincentivize dependence, redirect capital toward domestic production, and fund the re‑industrialization of the Republic. But they are temporary by design: once America regains its capacity to manufacture, mine, refine, and innovate independently, decoupling must follow swiftly and decisively.

Tariffs thus form the first stage of national repentance—not in a spiritual sense of confession, but in a practical sense of turning back from self‑destruction. They create the pause necessary to rebuild the muscle of freedom before cutting the final cords that bind the nation to tyranny.

IV. Faith, Courage, and Renewal

The Constitution was written for this kind of hour: when danger tests the soul of the nation. Extraordinary power must not become habit, but neither must fear become policy. The American way is law with strength, faith with humility.

The President’s oath is to defend the Constitution; the people’s duty is to discern whether his actions serve the common good. If he acts in service of liberty, the nation must stand with him. If he abuses power, the people will correct him. This balance—strength under law—is the heartbeat of a republic.