The World Motivation
In campaigns, lots of things will be said, and what they have said about my husband is just simply not true.
“In campaigns, lots of things will be said, and what they have said about my husband is just simply not true.”
— Elaine Chao · Campaigns
In campaigns, lots of things will be said, and what they have said about my husband is just simply not true.
Americans did not suffer alone. World trade overall fell two-thirds in the first few years of the Depression.
As I looked up at the Statue of Liberty, I thought at that time, 'What a wonderful country.'
Smoot and Hawley ginned up The Tariff Act of 1930 to get America back to work after the Stock Market Crash of '29. Instead, it destroyed trade so effectively that by 1932, American exports to Europe were just a third of what they had been in 1929. World trade fell two-thirds as other nations retaliated. Jobs evaporated.
What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.
The campaigns and the models in them create the fantasy around the brand. It has always been about having strong images. Without that, we could not have gone into all the categories we did. It really has been the foundation from where the house of Guess was built.
We live in a world where all wars will begin as cyber wars... It's the combination of hacking and massive, well-coordinated disinformation campaigns.
I see the work the pope has to do. It is a huge responsibility. Nobody campaigns for it.
I will carry with me always the deep sense of what it feels like to be an outsider and how tough it was, how hard it was to adapt to this country.
The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.