MMA - Merriman Market Analysis Podcast
Jun 20, 2026 · 18 min · 6 segments
This chapter begins with a quote from Britannica.com under American exceptionalism.
Quote, American exceptionalism is an idea that the United States of America is a unique and even morally superior country for historical, ideological, or religious reasons.
Proponents of American exceptionalism generally pair the belief with the claim that the United States is obligated to play a special role in global politics, end quote.
Next, from the online Wall Street Journal, dated October 24, 2025, an article by columnist Peggy Noonan, A Republic, But Can We Keep It?, quoting...
The past week I've talked to two historians, one rightish, one leftish, and both conversations turned toward Thomas Jefferson's signing of the Bill of Particulars against King George III in the Declaration of Independence.
He has kept amongst us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.
He has erected a multitude of new offices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people.
obstructing laws for naturalization of foreigners, refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither.
Noonan says the founders didn't want any of that, and that's why they created a republic.
This is a quote from President Ronald Reagan as quoted from a radio address given April 25th, 1987, written by Paul Wiseman and published on APnews.com October 24th, 2025.
The article entitled, Trump says a Canadian ad misstated Ronald Reagan's views on tariffs.
High tariffs inevitably lead to a retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars.
The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition.
So soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying.
Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries shut down, and millions of people lose their jobs." As noted in the annual forecast book over the past several years, I used July 2, 1776.
This chapter begins with a quote from Britannica.com under American exceptionalism.
Quote, American exceptionalism is an idea that the United States of America is a unique and even morally superior country for historical, ideological, or religious reasons.
Proponents of American exceptionalism generally pair the belief with the claim that the United States is obligated to play a special role in global politics, end quote.
Next, from the online Wall Street Journal, dated October 24, 2025, an article by columnist Peggy Noonan, A Republic, But Can We Keep It?, quoting...
The past week I've talked to two historians, one rightish, one leftish, and both conversations turned toward Thomas Jefferson's signing of the Bill of Particulars against King George III in the Declaration of Independence.
He has kept amongst us in times of peace standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.
He has erected a multitude of new offices and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people.
obstructing laws for naturalization of foreigners, refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither.
Noonan says the founders didn't want any of that, and that's why they created a republic.
This is a quote from President Ronald Reagan as quoted from a radio address given April 25th, 1987, written by Paul Wiseman and published on APnews.com October 24th, 2025.
The article entitled, Trump says a Canadian ad misstated Ronald Reagan's views on tariffs.
High tariffs inevitably lead to a retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars.
The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition.
So soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying.
Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industries shut down, and millions of people lose their jobs." As noted in the annual forecast book over the past several years, I used July 2, 1776.
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