One of the big things that President Donald Trump is doing to help American businesses is slashing regulations that have been strangling them and bringing industries back home to the U.S.
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Trump gave us a big example of that on Thursday when he signed executive orders to assist the seafood industry from unfair foreign trade and U.S. regulations. He explained how we had millions of miles of fishing grounds, yet 90 percent of our seafood was imported, which makes no sense.
Trump signed a proclamation opening the Pacific Remote Marine National Monument to commercial fishing, helping the people of American Samoa and other islands by allowing American-flagged vessels to fish commercially within 50 to 200 miles of the monument’s boundaries.
American Samoans react to @POTUS unleashing American commercial fishing in the Pacific: “Thank you so much for your awesome leadership in giving back to American Samoa what had been taken away from us without even consulting with our leaders and people at that time.” pic.twitter.com/Faqo1xgwX4
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 17, 2025
People from American Samoa who were with him celebrated the decision and returning to them/freeing up of their traditional fishing ground with a beautiful song.
.@POTUS signs a proclamation opening the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument to commercial fishing — giving a big boost to the economy of American Samoa and other Pacific islands pic.twitter.com/MZ6NfbWubP
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 17, 2025
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Trump also joked he didn’t use an autopen “like Biden.”
They presented him with something that signified “royalty in our culture.” So Trump jokingly asked if he was now royalty. You know this is going to drive the left crazy.
“Does that mean I’m royalty?”
President Trump is presented with a Garland that is given to royalty in American Samoa 🇺🇸🇦🇸 pic.twitter.com/frIMvKv56C
— Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) April 17, 2025
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said stopping all this under Biden made no sense and this was about bringing back prosperity.
Commerce Secretary @howardlutnick: “The economic zone around Hawaii and Samoa is huge and it’s exclusively ours. So why wouldn’t we have our fishermen fish there?… Every country in the world, they all fish the 200 miles off the coast, and we were stopping our own fishermen.” pic.twitter.com/fp3miDUAjN
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 17, 2025
WATCH: @POTUS is thanked for signing a proclamation to unleash American commercial fishing in the Pacific Ocean: “This is a monumental occasion for the people of American Samoa… we are a tuna dependent economy.” pic.twitter.com/HacQ5BhTEp
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 17, 2025
Trump decried how silly that was, “It’s so stupid. We’re talking about a massive ocean, and they’re forced to travel four to seven days to go and fish in an area that’s not as good, and it’s probably a little more dangerous the whole thing,” One of the American Samoa delegation said this was going to make a big difference since they are so dependent on tuna.
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Trump said he also wanted to do more to help the fishermen in Maine because Joe Biden had gone back on one of his executive orders that had been helping them. His team said they would have it for him next week.
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That’s why Trump said he had to be president for “a long time”—to rectify all the mistakes of Biden.
.@POTUS signs an executive order to restore American seafood competitiveness by reducing regulatory burdens, combating unfair trade, and enhancing production and exports. pic.twitter.com/Im0iidm29s
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 17, 2025
Bonus points? That’s already making the left nuts, claiming he intends to be a dictator. Ah, what would the left be like without their insanity?
