The United States representative for Georgia’s 14th congressional district, Marjorie Taylor Green,e has maintained that the U.S. should not invest in foreign countries.
In a statement on May 1, 2025, Greene− one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress −said that her country should focus on investments within its borders and utilise its resources.
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At the same time, the Republican congresswoman, while speaking on the tariff wars between President Trump’s administration and other countries, said that the country should be “ending them”.
“I don’t think we should be starting new wars, I think we should be ending them. I don’t think we should be investing in foreign countries, I think we should be investing in America and utilising our own great resources,” Marjorie Greene said.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stock before the market jumped on Trump tariff pause
Her statement comes weeks after she bought between $21,000 and $315,000 worth of stock right before Trump announced he would temporarily pause sweeping tariffs targeting dozens of specific countries, which led to the stock market jumping in value.
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The purchases, made public in a federal disclosure on April 11, came as Democrats called for an investigation into whether the Head of State participated in insider trading.
Less than four hours before pausing for 90 days, the individual nation tariffs on April 9, President Trump in a post on Truth Social told his followers, “This is a great time to buy!”
The White House said the post reflected Trump’s responsibility “to reassure the markets and Americans about their economic security.”
That same day, Congresswoman Greene bought between $10,000 and $150,000 worth of stock in companies such as Adobe, Apple, NVIDIA, Palantir and Cummins, according to USA Today.
On April 8, she had purchased another $11,000 to $165,000 of stock in Amazon, FedEx, JP Morgan Chase, Lululemon, Nike, Qualcomm, Tesla and other companies.
The congresswoman also sold between $50,000 and $100,000 worth of U.S. Treasury bills.
Markets had been in freefall since April when President Trump announced a 10% tariff on all imports and additional “reciprocal” tariffs against dozens of other countries.
This came after he threatened to impose “retaliatory tariffs” on nearly all trading partners across the globe.
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Trump kept the highest at 125 per cent for China in addition to an earlier 20 percent rate because of the country’s role in the fentanyl trade.
He also kept in place tariffs he had announced in March on imports of cars, steel, aluminium and potash, all of which are now feeding into U.S. revenue.
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In turn, Beijing slapped the U.S. with 125 per cent tariffs. Since then, both sides have taken tiny steps back.
According to media reports, the U.S. exempted some electronic imports from China from its tariffs, and the latter was considering exemptions for certain imports.
Trump, while celebrating the first 100 days of his second term during a rally in Warren, Michigan, on April 29, stated that his decision to impose tariffs on US trading partners could spark a revival in domestic manufacturing, although he would be open to further diplomatic discussions.
“We’ll make deals, but we don’t have to. We are the ones who have the product. I want to be respectful, and I want to be nice, but if it takes too long, I’ll just set a price,” Trump said during his address at a rally in Michigan.
Further, he emphasised his firm positions on trade and immigration while promising significant tax cuts.
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