IT'S HAPPENING.

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Why it worked

The video leverages a controversial political topic (tariffs) and frames it as a personal grievance for the viewer, using strong emotional language and relatable examples of large corporations benefiting at the expense of the average person. The creator's direct address and call to action to follow their Substack for more content on similar topics likely drove engagement.

Summary

The video explains how American consumers were double-charged due to tariffs implemented during the Trump administration. It highlights that major corporations received billions in refunds from these tariffs, while consumers bore the increased costs and workers were negatively impacted.

Structure

1Tariff refunds for corporations
2Consumers paid increased prices

Original caption

Americans Got Scammed Again: Where’s Your Check? They’ve given it to the billionaires instead and you’re paying for tariffs TWICE! #tariffs #howardlutnick #datacenter #flocksafety

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You can follow me on my Substack to keep up with my work. My name is Guy Christensen. Thank you very much.

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IT'S HAPPENING. APPLE JUST GOT A 2.2 BILLION DOLLAR TARIFF CHECK FROM THE UNITED STATES IN THE FORM OF OUR TAXES. WALMART GOT COSTCO, TARGET, AND HOME DEPOT GOT 2 BILLION DOLLARS EACH. WHERE'S YOUR CHECK? WHERE'S YOUR TARIFF REFUND? THIS IS A NIGHTMARE. BECAUSE BECAUSE THE TARIFFS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ILLEGALLY AND THEY HAD TO BE ROLLED BACK THE TRUMP REGIME CREATED $100 BILLION IN PROFIT FOR CORPORATIONS. THEY THEY PASSED DOWN ALL THEIR COSTS ONTO THE AMERICAN CONSUMERS. WE GOT FUCKED WE GOT FUCKED OVER TWICE. WHEN WE HAD TO PAY INCREASED PRICES WHEN THE TARIFFS WERE IN EFFECT. AND NOW AND NOW WE GET FUCKED BECAUSE BECAUSE THE MONEY THAT IS BEING GIVEN TO THESE CORPORATIONS IN THE FORM OF IN THE FORM OF TARIFF REFUNDS AND TARIFF REBATES ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS. SO WE PAID SO WE PAID THE CORPORATIONS TWICE. TWICE TO TWICE TO FILL UP THEIR POCKETS. MEANWHILE, WE SAW NOTHING. MEANWHILE, THE AMERICAN WORKERS GOT PUT AT THE BOTTOM AGAIN. WE GOT SCREWED OVER, WE GOT SCAMMED. AND I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU FORGET THAT ONE OF THE BILLIONAIRES CURRENTLY INSTALLED IN US GOVERNMENT, HOWARD LUTNICK, WHO'S THE US SECRETARY MADE HUNDREDS OF MADE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUYING SHORTS AGAINST THE TARIFFS. HE BET THAT HE BET THAT THE TARIFFS WOULD BE FOUND ILLEGAL AND THEY WOULD BE REFUNDED. THEY WOULD BE THEY WOULD BE REFUNDED INTO THE CORPORATION'S WORKING WORKING AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE RULED BY THE MOST CORRUPT IN IN MODERN HISTORY THAT CONTINUALLY LIES THAT CONTINUALLY LIES AND GASLIGHTS ABOUT ABOUT THEIR CRIMES AND ABUSES AGAINST EVERY SINGLE YOU YOU CAN FOLLOW ME ON MY MY NAME IS GUY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Transcript

It's happening. Apple just got a 2.2 billion dollar tariff check from the United States in the form of our taxes. Walmart got, Costco, Target, and Home Depot got 2 billion dollars each. Where's your check? Where's your tariff refund? This is a nightmare. Because the tariffs have been implemented illegally and they had to be rolled back. The Trump regime created $100 billion in profit for corporations. They passed down all their costs onto the American consumers. We got fucked. We got fucked over twice. When we had to pay increased prices when the tariffs were in effect. And now, and now we get fucked because the money that is being given to these corporations in the form of tariff refunds and tariff rebates are our tax dollars. So we paid. So we paid the corporations twice. Twice to twice to fill up their pockets. Meanwhile, we saw nothing. Meanwhile, the American workers got put at the bottom again. We got screwed over, we got scammed. And I'm not gonna let you forget that one of the billionaires currently installed in US government, Howard Lutnick, who's the US Secretary of Commerce, made hundreds of millions of dollars buying shorts against the tariffs. He bet that the tariffs would be found illegal and they would be refunded. They would be refunded into the corporation's working. Working American families are ruled by the most corrupt in modern history that continually lies and gaslights about their crimes and abuses against every single you. You can follow me on my, my name is Guy. Thank you very much.