June 19, 2025 • 6 mins
President Trump’s impact in under six months has been nothing short of transformational—zero illegal releases at the border in May, billions returning to Michigan manufacturing, and blue-collar wages rising fast. James Dixon joined us to unpack how enforcing existing laws, applying pressure through smart tariffs, and rejecting globalist trade deals have all reignited American industry. Meanwhile, Michigan risks missing out on future prosperity due to Democrat policies that drive businesses away. With 2026 and 2027 shaping up to be critical years, the path forward is clear: leadership, not more laws, is what makes the difference.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
A good friend.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
James Dixon joining us now with the latest big news
in fact that it's titled the Show Today. We were
talking about this and noticed the other day illegals zero.
Let's do the count. Zero illegals released into the US
in May. That's a big story. Lots of big Trump
news coming out. In fact, Uh, you know your thought
on this, I thought was even more interesting James's. You
(00:23):
know the fact that Trump has really made an impact
in a splash in just a little less than six
months here. We've seen it with GM, We've seen it
with other manufacturers as well. We saw the blue collar jobs,
the wage growth report come in yesterday.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
That was big one.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Lots of things happening here America right now morning.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Justin so good to hear your voice. But yeah, I mean,
it's just it's incredible. The man has not even been
in office six months and in that short time America
has become a favored nation again.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Isn't that something? I mean, it's so quick too. The turnaround.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
People say, oh, we need all these different law No,
we just needed a different president. The border situation Trump,
there's no law that's been passed that fixed the border.
The big beautiful bill isn't even the law yet. They
literally just enforced the existing laws on the land. You
can't have a country with ten thousand laws on the
books and argue with the straight face that you need
(01:23):
another one. That's typically not the problem in America. And
Trump just showed a lot of this stuff just comes
down to choice and leadership and character and willingness to
make a little bit of a sacrifice. But you look
at these Trump tariffs that GM facility. You know that
they're bringing four billion dollars back from Mexico to America.
(01:46):
That did not happen because GM loves America. That happened
because Trump raised the cost of doing business in Mexico
and made it cheaper. He made it make sense to
do business in Michigan. It turns out there pretty good
at mass over at GM.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So let's let's talk about that, because you know, particularly, yeah,
this really does align with this this story today that
we've got that apparently there's this there's this group in
Kentwood here that wants to build a seventy million dollar plant,
but they don't want to do it here now, and
(02:24):
that's partially the problem because Governor Whitmer and the rest
of the Democrats here have really made things so insufferable
in Michigan. In fact, the Wolverine Queen has gone down Unders.
She's more concerned now what's happening down putting a shrimp
on a barbie or two down there in Australia than
she is in the state of Michigan.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
And I think I can't help but think.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
About all the manufacturing, all the.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
The things that we're gonna miss out on here.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
The prosperity in the state of michigan's because we don't
have our ducks in a row.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And by the way, that's that's what makes twenty twenty six.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
So yeah, I'm glad you said that, because what I
need people to understand is that, yes, this GM news
is good news. Orient Assembly, Oakland County. They're going to
get more jobs Backtory zero and ham Trammick. They're gonna
get more jobs. I'm just making Detroit build again. The
bad news is that these jobs are being created despite
(03:24):
the policy landscape in Michigan where we are not a
right to work state any longer. So the reason it's
an existing company like GM growing in Michigan and not
a new one to Michigan like a Honda something like that.
Where they're making a big build down in Indiana is
because we're not a right to work state, so our
(03:45):
workers are tied at the hip with a UAW boss
Sean Fain. This guy wants to do a global general
strike in twenty twenty eight, but the rest of us
are just trying to put food on the table today.
This guy's trying to picture himself as a global labor leader.
It's not remotely serious. And yet that's who we're in
bed with. And so just know that as good as
(04:08):
the news is, it could have been better with different leadership,
which is to say it could be better in twenty
twenty seven. Imagine if Washington and Lansings ever on the
same page for once.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Imagine if they just got the heck out of the
way and let folks.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
And even the thing. So it's not just that the
government created those jobs, it's that government actions NAFTA thirty
years ago, Bill Clinton thing, we're going to de industrialize
America and send jobs down to Mexico. George W. Bush
admitting China into the World Trade Organization. We're going to
send our manufacturing to China. These things were public policy choices.
(04:54):
They were government actions, and they were a government created
incentives to the industrialized. The bottom line is the government
made it cheaper to do business elsewhere. Think about how
cheap something has to be to handle a tariffs. You
have to still pay the workers in these other places,
and see you have to ship the product from there
(05:16):
to here. If someone's doing business in China, it's because
it's artificially cheap to do so, not because it makes
real sense.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
We're going to talk more about that here in Michigan
and what can be done. Obviously, that getting out of
the way part is the biggest piece. Speaker Matt Hall
will be joining us a little bit later on in
the program about nine thirty five.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
At the meantime, The.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Enjoyer Podcast one of my favorite places to following down
I seventy five over on X James, what are you
working on?
Speaker 1 (05:45):
People can keep in touch with you and look forward.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
To for absolutely just had a great podcast the other
day with this guy, Jason Sularry. He's an outdoorsman. He's
one of these you know, you think about Michigan and
you picture hunting, almost picture Theodore Roosevelt type guy, right,
and he's that guy. He's that guy who loves the
great outdoors of Michigan. And you know, last year I
(06:10):
shot a gun for the first time. Good chance, if
I go hunting, it'll it'll be for the first time
with Jason. So I'm blessed. Enjoy your podcast. It's it
connects me to people I never would have met otherwise.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
I love to hear it. James Dixon, always a pleasure,
my friend. Keep up the good work.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Thank you, Justin you got it.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
God lest
A good friend.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
James Dixon joining us now with the latest big news
in fact that it's titled the Show Today. We were
talking about this and noticed the other day illegals zero.
Let's do the count. Zero illegals released into the US
in May. That's a big story. Lots of big Trump
news coming out. In fact, Uh, you know your thought
on this, I thought was even more interesting James's. You
(00:23):
know the fact that Trump has really made an impact
in a splash in just a little less than six
months here. We've seen it with GM, We've seen it
with other manufacturers as well. We saw the blue collar jobs,
the wage growth report come in yesterday.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
That was big one.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
Lots of things happening here America right now morning.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Justin so good to hear your voice. But yeah, I mean,
it's just it's incredible. The man has not even been
in office six months and in that short time America
has become a favored nation again.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Isn't that something? I mean, it's so quick too. The turnaround.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
People say, oh, we need all these different law No,
we just needed a different president. The border situation Trump,
there's no law that's been passed that fixed the border.
The big beautiful bill isn't even the law yet. They
literally just enforced the existing laws on the land. You
can't have a country with ten thousand laws on the
books and argue with the straight face that you need
(01:23):
another one. That's typically not the problem in America. And
Trump just showed a lot of this stuff just comes
down to choice and leadership and character and willingness to
make a little bit of a sacrifice. But you look
at these Trump tariffs that GM facility. You know that
they're bringing four billion dollars back from Mexico to America.
(01:46):
That did not happen because GM loves America. That happened
because Trump raised the cost of doing business in Mexico
and made it cheaper. He made it make sense to
do business in Michigan. It turns out there pretty good
at mass over at GM.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So let's let's talk about that, because you know, particularly, yeah,
this really does align with this this story today that
we've got that apparently there's this there's this group in
Kentwood here that wants to build a seventy million dollar plant,
but they don't want to do it here now, and
(02:24):
that's partially the problem because Governor Whitmer and the rest
of the Democrats here have really made things so insufferable
in Michigan. In fact, the Wolverine Queen has gone down Unders.
She's more concerned now what's happening down putting a shrimp
on a barbie or two down there in Australia than
she is in the state of Michigan.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
And I think I can't help but think.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
About all the manufacturing, all the.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
The things that we're gonna miss out on here.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
The prosperity in the state of michigan's because we don't
have our ducks in a row.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
And by the way, that's that's what makes twenty twenty six.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
So yeah, I'm glad you said that, because what I
need people to understand is that, yes, this GM news
is good news. Orient Assembly, Oakland County. They're going to
get more jobs Backtory zero and ham Trammick. They're gonna
get more jobs. I'm just making Detroit build again. The
bad news is that these jobs are being created despite
(03:24):
the policy landscape in Michigan where we are not a
right to work state any longer. So the reason it's
an existing company like GM growing in Michigan and not
a new one to Michigan like a Honda something like that.
Where they're making a big build down in Indiana is
because we're not a right to work state, so our
(03:45):
workers are tied at the hip with a UAW boss
Sean Fain. This guy wants to do a global general
strike in twenty twenty eight, but the rest of us
are just trying to put food on the table today.
This guy's trying to picture himself as a global labor leader.
It's not remotely serious. And yet that's who we're in
bed with. And so just know that as good as
(04:08):
the news is, it could have been better with different leadership,
which is to say it could be better in twenty
twenty seven. Imagine if Washington and Lansings ever on the
same page for once.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Imagine if they just got the heck out of the
way and let folks.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
And even the thing. So it's not just that the
government created those jobs, it's that government actions NAFTA thirty
years ago, Bill Clinton thing, we're going to de industrialize
America and send jobs down to Mexico. George W. Bush
admitting China into the World Trade Organization. We're going to
send our manufacturing to China. These things were public policy choices.
(04:54):
They were government actions, and they were a government created
incentives to the industrialized. The bottom line is the government
made it cheaper to do business elsewhere. Think about how
cheap something has to be to handle a tariffs. You
have to still pay the workers in these other places,
and see you have to ship the product from there
(05:16):
to here. If someone's doing business in China, it's because
it's artificially cheap to do so, not because it makes
real sense.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
We're going to talk more about that here in Michigan
and what can be done. Obviously, that getting out of
the way part is the biggest piece. Speaker Matt Hall
will be joining us a little bit later on in
the program about nine thirty five.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
At the meantime, The.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Enjoyer Podcast one of my favorite places to following down
I seventy five over on X James, what are you
working on?
Speaker 1 (05:45):
People can keep in touch with you and look forward.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
To for absolutely just had a great podcast the other
day with this guy, Jason Sularry. He's an outdoorsman. He's
one of these you know, you think about Michigan and
you picture hunting, almost picture Theodore Roosevelt type guy, right,
and he's that guy. He's that guy who loves the
great outdoors of Michigan. And you know, last year I
(06:10):
shot a gun for the first time. Good chance, if
I go hunting, it'll it'll be for the first time
with Jason. So I'm blessed. Enjoy your podcast. It's it
connects me to people I never would have met otherwise.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
I love to hear it. James Dixon, always a pleasure,
my friend. Keep up the good work.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Thank you, Justin you got it.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
God lest
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