The Winston Marshall Show Batya Ungar-Sargon - “Everything they predicted was 100% wrong!” The Tariff Revolution
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Sep 20, 2025 
Batya Ungar-Sargon, opinion editor and journalist, dives into Trump’s economic policies and their impacts on the American working class. She argues that tariffs are reshaping the balance of power by benefiting workers, despite elite predictions of doom. The conversation touches on the fentanyl crisis, reindustrialization, and how immigration affects wages. Ungar-Sargon also critiques the role of corporate media in framing these discussions, making a compelling case for how tariffs could redefine U.S. economic sovereignty.
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Tariffs Shifted Costs Onto Corporations
- Batya Ungar-Sargon argues tariffs forced big corporations to absorb price increases instead of passing them to consumers.
- She claims elites' predictions of inflation and market collapse were completely wrong and unacknowledged.
Tariffs As A Tool Beyond Trade
- Tariffs served multiple goals like stopping fentanyl flows and pressuring foreign partners to negotiate.
- Batya says tariffs produced measurable reductions in drug crossings and justified emergency measures.
Hybrid Pro-Worker And Pro-Business Strategy
- Trump pairs pro-worker measures (tariffs, immigration limits) with pro-business policies (cheap energy, deregulation).
- Batya calls this hybrid industrial policy privately funded by corporations' reduced profits.
