NAFTA was an economic nuclear bomb.
But decades before NAFTA, central bankers and global financial interests were already laying the groundwork for the dismantling of America’s industrial economy.
In this episode, Mike traces the origins of globalization from Paul Volcker’s 1978 call for the “controlled disintegration” of the world economy through the passage of NAFTA and into President Trump’s effort to rebuild American manufacturing, secure critical supply chains, and reshape the Western Hemisphere around national sovereignty.
From rare earth minerals and industrial policy to trade wars, labor coalitions, and the future of North American economic integration, this episode examines the growing conflict between globalism and what Mike calls Fortress America.
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00:00 Intro
01:10 Volcker and the Origins of Globalization
02:30 NAFTA and the Collapse of Industrial America
04:05 Liberation Day and the Tariff Battle
05:30 China’s Rare Earth Weapon
06:45 Rebuilding American Industry
08:20 The End of Free Trade Orthodoxy
09:30 Jamieson Greer vs. USMCA
10:40 Why Manufacturing Ecosystems Matter
12:20 Industry, Science, and Technological Progress
13:45 The Republican-Labor Coalition
14:45 Mexico, Cartels, and Economic Sovereignty
15:35 Canada and the Globalist Response
16:10 Fortress America
16:40 Final Thoughts
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