The 125-Year-Old Case for Trump Tariffs — Daily Persuasion with Joshua Lisec Ep. 201

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What if the key to America’s future prosperity was hidden in a 125-year-old speech—and Donald Trump found it? In Episode 201 of Daily Persuasion, Joshua Lisec, New York Times bestselling ghostwriter and certified hypnotist, makes the compelling case that Trump tariffs are not a radical idea—they’re a return to what actually worked. This isn’t economics for Wall Street. It’s policy for Main Street.

In “The 125-Year-Old Case for Trump Tariffs,” Lisec revisits powerful arguments from President Theodore Roosevelt and others who believed tariffs were the backbone of the external revenue service—a system that supported American wages, protected jobs, and ensured greater productivity without taxing the people directly. Instead of sending your paycheck to D.C., tariffs were the price of admission foreign businesses had to pay to access the American market.

This is external revenue service explained like never before. Not as an abstraction, but as a tool of populist economic policy. Lisec shows how, historically, tariffs functioned to protect the standard of living vs quality of life divide—and how dismantling them led to hollowed-out industries, stagnant wages, and jobs shipped to China.

Using persuasion psychology and real persuasion techniques, Lisec walks you through why this message resonates so powerfully in places like Youngstown, Wheeling, and Springfield. His trademark Daily Persuasion style weaves together historical facts, rhetorical mastery, and techniques of persuasion in writing to create a narrative that not only informs but moves people to action.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
• What tariff policy really means—and how it’s more “America First” than any tweet.
• Why standard of living vs quality of life isn’t just a debate for economists—but a gut-level issue for every American worker.
• The persuasive genius of Roosevelt’s speeches on tariffs—and how Trump taps into the same legacy with his economic nationalism.
• How persuasive techniques can reframe “tariffs” from a dirty word into a patriotic responsibility.
• Persuasion examples from real history that prove protecting American industry isn’t xenophobia—it’s survival.

Lisec also explains how Trump tariffs are part of a broader moral and economic framework. If you believe American wages matter more than stock market numbers… if you believe in American jobs over globalist profits… and if you believe in how to persuade someone to do something that goes against the mainstream narrative—this episode is for you.

Using vivid storytelling, Lisec gives you a crash course in external revenue service explained, the price of admission model of global trade, and why returning to a tariff policy may be the only way to restore greater productivity and self-reliance in the United States.

Whether you’re looking to win debates, write persuasive op-eds, or just understand what “economic populism” actually means, this is an essential episode. It’s also a masterclass in how to use examples of persuasion in advertising and persuasion psychology to change minds in 2025.

So the next time someone scoffs at Trump tariffs, point them to Episode 201: The 125-Year-Old Case for Trump Tariffs. Let Lisec do what he does best—teach you how to persuade someone to do something smarter, stronger, and in America’s best interest.

Because making tariffs great again… might just make America great again, too.