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EXPOSED: Wall Street Journal Pushes FAKE Tariff Numbers to Attack Trump's America First Trade Policy

Gary FranchiFebruary 18, 2026159 views
EXPOSED: Wall Street Journal Pushes FAKE Tariff Numbers to Attack Trump's America First Trade Policy
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The fake news industrial complex is at it again, Patriots. This time, the Wall Street Journal's editorial board is peddling bogus numbers from a deeply flawed New York Federal Reserve study to attack President Trump's America First trade policies.

"You're Paying 90% of Trump's Tariffs," the WSJ editorial board declared last week in yet another desperate attempt to undermine the Trump administration's successful strategy of putting American workers first. But here's what they don't want you to know: the study they're citing has methodology so broken it wouldn't pass a high school economics class.

The New York Fed's analysis conveniently ignores basic economic principles that any honest researcher would include. They fail to account for supply chain adjustments, domestic production increases, and the negotiating leverage that tariffs provide in securing better trade deals for America.

"This is exactly the kind of Deep State propaganda we've come to expect from federal agencies that never wanted Trump to succeed," said one trade policy expert familiar with the administration's strategy.

What the establishment won't tell you is that Trump's tariff policies have already delivered massive wins for American workers. Manufacturing jobs are returning, our trade deficit with China continues shrinking, and foreign nations are finally respecting American economic strength again.

The timing of this hit piece isn't coincidental. As President Trump continues dismantling the globalist trade regime that sold out American workers for decades, the swamp creatures are getting desperate. They know tariffs work – that's exactly why they're trying so hard to convince you otherwise.

Remember, these are the same "experts" who told us NAFTA would be great for America, who claimed we needed to accept China's trade cheating as inevitable, and who insisted American manufacturing was dead forever. They were wrong then, and they're wrong now.

The American people see through these lies. We're witnessing the return of economic nationalism, the rebuilding of American industrial might, and the restoration of fair trade deals that put America First. No amount of fake Fed math can change that reality.

Will Patriots continue supporting Trump's America First trade agenda, or will we let the globalist establishment gaslight us with phony statistics?

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Gary Franchi

Award-winning journalist covering breaking news, politics & culture for Next News Network.

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AmericaStrongVerifiedFeb 18, 2026
Wall Street Journal = fake news! They're just another establishment mouthpiece trying to protect their globalist agenda.
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TradeWarriorVerifiedFeb 18, 2026
Remember when China was buying our soybeans again after Trump's negotiations? The tariffs were leverage, not permanent punishment. Media never mentions that context.
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MadeInUSAVerifiedFeb 18, 2026
My small manufacturing business actually thrived under Trump's tariffs - we finally could compete with cheap Chinese imports. WSJ conveniently ignores success stories like mine.
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MiddleClassMomVerifiedFeb 18, 2026
This is exactly why I don't trust any mainstream outlet anymore. They twist every statistic to make Trump look bad while ignoring the bigger picture of bringing jobs back home.
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WorkingDadVerifiedFeb 19, 2026
Same here! I do my own research now instead of trusting these biased reporters.
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FactChecker2020VerifiedFeb 18, 2026
Has anyone done a real analysis comparing pre-tariff vs post-tariff manufacturing numbers? Would love to see the actual data that WSJ is hiding.
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PatriotFirst2024VerifiedFeb 19, 2026
Not surprised at all! The mainstream media has been lying about Trump's trade policies from day one. They can't stand that his America First approach actually worked.
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TruthSeeker88VerifiedFeb 19, 2026
Exactly! They're terrified that people will see the real numbers and realize how much better we were doing.
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ReaganRepublicanVerifiedFeb 19, 2026
Peace through strength applies to trade too - you negotiate from a position of power, not weakness!
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ConservativeVoterVerifiedFeb 19, 2026
Can someone explain exactly what numbers WSJ got wrong? I want to share this with my liberal friends but need the specifics.
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DataDrivenVerifiedFeb 20, 2026
They inflated the cost estimates by not accounting for domestic job creation and increased wages. Classic manipulation!