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Jones is the fifth generation in his family to run a lumber business " and the first to close a mill. The culprit? President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, announced April 2, 2025, which promised to bring manufacturing jobs roaring back to America.

"When I say Liberation Day, I cannot put enough snark and sarcasm in my voice because we weren't liberated," Wilson says. "Liberation Day, it did, at the time, it had damn near liberated me from our business."

I suppose Major DEI Boaz will come along and tell us that this fifth-generation North Carolinian is wrong and knows nothing about North Carolina the way he knows everything about the Tar Heel State.

Just like JD Vance telling soldiers, who indicated that like turkey, that they're liars - on the day before Thanksgiving.