Tariffs

Universal tariff — phased out over first term. Year 1: 10%. Year 2: 7%. Year 3: 4%. Year 4: 0%. The tariff provides a baseline defense while domestic manufacturing ramps up. By year 4, zero corporate tax, free raw materials from domestic mining, free workforce training, and no business paperwork make American manufacturing competitive without artificial protection. If it can't compete on those advantages alone, a tariff wasn't going to save it.

Punitive tariff: 25% on products from fled-billionaire companies. Permanent. Any company whose controlling owner renounced citizenship to dodge the curve and manufactures using exploitative foreign labor faces a 25% tariff on all goods sold into the US market. This isn't economics — it's punishment. The message: leaving has consequences.