American Family Businesses Back Trump Tariffs’ Boost to Domestic Manufacturing.

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PULSE POINTS:

❓What Happened: American manufacturing is experiencing a resurgence, driven by President Donald J. Trump’s trade policies, which include tariffs.

👥 Who’s Involved: Family-owned businesses across the U.S., including Walker Forge, Franchino Mold & Engineering, ELLWOOD, and others, are voicing their support.

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📍 Where & When: The impact is noted across various states such as Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and more, as the tariffs continue to be implemented.

💬 Key Quote: Will Walker of Walker Forge stated, “The tariffs send a clear message that companies cannot undercut our U.S. industrial base anymore.”

⚠️ Impact: Tariffs are leveling the playing field for American manufacturers, encouraging the reshoring of production, and protecting U.S. jobs.

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President Donald J. Trump’s trade measures are garnering strong backing from numerous American family-owned manufacturing firms. The businesses, reflecting on years of unfair trade practices, are expressing approval of the administration’s tariffs intended to revive American industry.

Walker Forge, a third-generation business based in Wisconsin, manufactures steel forgings and is one of the companies vocal in its tariff support. President Will Walker emphasized that these trade policies underscore a paramount message: “The tariffs send a clear message that companies cannot undercut our U.S. industrial base anymore.”

In Michigan, Franchino Mold & Engineering’s Mike Hetherington highlighted the challenge U.S. companies face when competing with products subsidized abroad. The impact of artificially low-priced imports, particularly from China, strains domestic manufacturers abiding by stricter safety and labor norms. Hetherington supports tariffs that compel companies to reconsider their sourcing strategies in favor of domestic manufacturers.

ELLWOOD, operating out of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, has been actively involved in sectors ranging from defense to aerospace. CEO Ben Huffman stated that current tariffs are needed to counterbalance the disadvantages U.S. manufacturers face due to subsidized foreign competition.

Additional support comes from businesses such as Industrial Molds in Illinois. The company states it is witnessing an increase in orders and interest under the prevailing tariffs.

Under President Trump’s tariff policy, many big corporations have announced significant investments in the United States. Tech giant NVIDIA, for instance, stated it wants to invest as much as $500 billion in American infrastructure to manufacture AI supercomputers.

PULSE POINTS:

❓ What Happened: Attorney General Pam Bondi has described the circumstances that led to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents arresting Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on April 25, 2025, for allegedly obstructing U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) by helping a previously deported illegal alien, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, escape arrest at her courthouse.

👥 Who’s Involved: Judge Hannah Dugan, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, ICE agents, and Eduardo Flores Ruiz, a Mexican illegal with a domestic abuse charge.

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📍 Where & When: Milwaukee County Courthouse, Wisconsin, with the incident occurring on April 18, 2025, and the arrest on April 25, 2025.

💬 Key Quote: Attorney General Pam Bondi stated, “The Judge learns that ICE was outside to get the guy… She comes back into the courtroom… Takes the defendant and the defense attorney back in her chambers… and tells them to leave.”

⚠️ Impact: Dugan’s arrest underscores the Trump administration’s strong stance on immigration enforcement, potentially deterring judicial interference while intensifying federal-local tensions over sanctuary policies.

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The FBI arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on April 25, 2025, charging her with obstructing an ICE operation after she allegedly helped an illegal alien evade arrest. The incident, which unfolded on April 18 at the Milwaukee County Courthouse, has intensified the debate over the role of judges in hindering immigration enforcement, with the Trump administration signaling a no-tolerance approach.

Speaking on Fox News, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Judge Dugan intervened when ICE agents arrived to detain Eduardo Flores Ruiz, a Mexican migrant previously deported in 2013 and facing misdemeanor battery charges related to domestic abuse. Bondi detailed the events: “The Judge learns that ICE was outside to get the guy, because he had been deported in 2013, came back into our country, charged with committing these crimes, victim is in court. Judge finds out. She goes out into the hallway. Screams at the immigration officer. She’s furious. Visibly shaken. Upset. Sends them off to talk to the chief judge. She comes back into the courtroom. You’re not going to believe this. Takes the defendant and the defense attorney back in her chambers. Takes them out a private exit and tells them to leave. While the state prosecutor and victims of domestic violence are sitting in the courtroom.”

FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the arrest, stating that Dugan “intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse,” allowing Flores Ruiz to initially evade capture. ICE agents later apprehended him after a foot chase, but Patel noted the judge’s actions “created increased danger to the public.” Dugan now faces felony charges of obstruction and concealing a person from arrest, which could lead to up to six years in prison if convicted.

Dugan, elected as a judge in 2016 and endorsed by Milwaukee’s Democratic mayor, previously served as head of Catholic Charities, where she supported refugee resettlement—a background some argue may have influenced her decision to shield Flores Ruiz. The case echoes a 2018 incident in Massachusetts, where a judge faced charges for helping an illegal immigrant escape ICE, though those charges were later dropped.

Democrats have suggested the arrest of a judge by federal authorities signals an authoritarian turn by the Trump administration, but administration officials, including Vice President J.D. Vance, have turned a line previously used against President Trump back against them, stating that “No one is above the law.”