American Consequences

Buck Sexton

February 2019

Roger Stone’s Arrest

The Russian Conspiracy Delusion By Buck Sexton “You absolutely must wear a belt with a suit,” Roger Stone told me recently. We were making small talk right before taping on my Hill.tv show, and Roger was cordial if a bit eccentric. The...

January 2019

America Was Built on Tariffs…

BELIEVE IT OR NOT By Buck Sexton These days, tariffs are treated like a bad word. They are to be avoided, condemned, and shunned. Tweed-clad economists get visibly agitated when discussing them on television. Think-tankers in the Acela corridor...

December 2018

Stop The Xsanity

Try Going Grinch This Xmas By Buck Sexton Stop giving gifts to your family members this holiday season. I know, it’s heresy to write this. Some of you may be wondering if I’ve turned into a Jehovah’s Witness or a Bernie Sanders supporter. But I’m...

November 2018

Political Trench Warfare

Defending the Trump presidency into 2020… By Buck Sexton Despite billions of dollars spent and over a hundred million votes cast, the midterm elections gave us little reason for optimism. The American people head into 2019 knowing that the...

October 2018

The Kavanaugh Election

Emotions are more important than evidence in 2018… By Buck Sexton Depending on your news source, the upcoming midterm election is either the quasi-socialist Sandernista Left against the pro-growth Constitutionalist GOP… or it’s the...

September 2018

Health Care Tug of War

Who Will Control Congress in 2019? By Buck Sexton Everybody cares about health care. In the U.S., it’s about one-fifth of GDP, and total spending on it goes well over $3 trillion annually. People get sick – or even if they’re young and healthy, they...

August 2018

How Iran Could Hit Back at the World

Lost amidst the cacophony of the media’s pathological anti-Trumpism, Paul Manafort tax trial updates, and Stormy Daniels deep-dives, are the legitimately important things that are happening in the world. High on this list should be the current...

July 2018

Carrots and Sticks in China Negotiations

The trade strategy with China is different than other nations By Buck Sexton President Donald Trump’s administration has been up front about its strategy on trade… Tariffs can be negative. They can cause problems between two different...