In the wake of globalization, the industrial base of the country has been hollowed out. Booming towns throughout the Rust Belt began to hemorrhage residents as jobs dried up and were shipped overseas.Americans are beginning to seriously question whether the decision to send manufacturing overseas was worth it.Paige Willey, a former adviser to then-President Donald Trump and host of the “This Is Your Country” podcast, joins the show to discuss how globalism has ravaged America, and what can be done to counter it.We also cover these stories:The Labor Department reports inflation rose to a whopping annual rate of 9.1% in June, the highest rate in nearly 41 years.An Austin, Texas, newspaper releases portions of school surveillance footage showing law enforcement officers retreating from gunfire in the hallways of an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, during a May mass shooting.Louisiana state District Judge Donald Johnson temporary enjoins a state law banning most abortions in the state pending a lawsuit challenging the legislation.Citing safety concerns for staff and customers, Starbucks announces it plans to close 16 of its coffee shops across the country. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.