{"id":2413962,"date":"2025-03-19T23:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-april-2-tariffs-will-bring-liberation-of-america-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:15:02","slug":"trump-says-april-2-tariffs-will-bring-liberation-of-america-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-april-2-tariffs-will-bring-liberation-of-america-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says April 2 tariffs will bring \u2018liberation of America\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-april-2-tariffs-will-bring-liberation-of-america-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413962&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says April 2 tariffs will bring &lsquo;liberation of America&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2039795\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Donald Trump <\/a>believes by implementing reciprocal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariffs<\/a> beginning on April 2, he will bring the &ldquo;liberation of America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been ripped off by every country in the world &mdash; friend and foe,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/1902504224413610378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Ingraham<\/em> <em>Angle<\/em><\/a> in an interview that aired on Wednesday. &ldquo;On April 2, I call it the liberation of America. We&rsquo;ve been the fat, dumb, foolish country that allowed everyone to rip us off.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3352729\/jerome-powell-tariffs-may-slow-efforts-curb-inflation\/\">Jerome Powell says tariffs may slow efforts to curb inflation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3352806\/gen-z-richest-generation-2035-report\/\">Gen Z to be richest generation by 2035: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3352578\/hold-fed-holds-interest-rates-steady-amid-market-uncertainty\/\">Fed holds interest rates steady amid market uncertainty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Trump administration is considering five policies in determining how to enact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3352516\/trump-administration-decision-reciprocal-april-2-tariffs-scott-bessent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reciprocal tariffs<\/a>: nontariff barriers, currency manipulation, unfair funding and labor suppression, and value added taxes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that if countries fail to change their policies, the Trump administration &ldquo;will put up the tariff wall to protect our economy, protect our workers, and protect our industries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years we&rsquo;ve allowed our country to be raped and pillaged,&rdquo; Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Wednesday, arguing the United States has been unfairly treated in economic relations with other countries, even allies.<\/p>\n<p>Details regarding Trump&rsquo;s reciprocal tariff plan are still being worked on.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many plans have been discussed, and when the president is ready to announce a plan, the American people will hear from him directly,&rdquo; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said this week.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s comments to Ingraham echo claims he and his administration have made in recent weeks about other countries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3347495\/jd-vance-european-union-tariffs-us-consumers-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">taking advantage of the U.S.<\/a>, and the administration plans to go beyond existing tariffs in deciding on reciprocal rates.<\/p>\n<p>Economists don&rsquo;t necessarily consider value-added taxes to be trade barriers. Rather,&nbsp;when a value-added tax border adjustment is applied to U.S. goods sold in a foreign country, those goods become more expensive, which reduces demand for those goods. By lessening the demand for those goods, it weakens the U.S. dollar, but at the same time, a weaker dollar makes U.S. goods cheaper and more attractive to foreign buyers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3352516\/trump-administration-decision-reciprocal-april-2-tariffs-scott-bessent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FOUR POLICIES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING AT IN DECIDING WHETHER TO ENACT RECIPROCAL APRIL 2 TARIFFS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Economists have raised concerns that Trump&rsquo;s reciprocal tariffs will tank foreign tourism in the U.S. and lead to a decline in American travel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump posted on social media on Wednesday night that the Federal Reserve should cut rates as tariffs begin in April, further repeating his &ldquo;liberation of America&rdquo; belief about them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2039795\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2039795\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says April 2 tariffs will bring \u2018liberation of America\u2019 President Donald Trump believes by implementing reciprocal tariffs beginning on April 2, he will bring the \u201cliberation of America.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ve been ripped off by every country in the world \u2014 friend and foe,\u201d Trump told Fox News\u2019s The Ingraham Angle in an interview that aired<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2413963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25039058776747.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/AP25039058776747.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}