Leavitt Says 'Liberation Day' Will Be 'One Of The Most Important Days In Modern American History'

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At her press briefing, Karoline Leavitt spoke about tomorrow's tariff announcement.

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00:00Looking ahead to tomorrow, April 2nd, 2025, will go down as one of the most important

00:06days in modern American history.

00:09Our country has been one of the most open economies in the world, and we have the consumer

00:14base hands down, the best consumer base.

00:18But too many foreign countries have their markets closed to our exports.

00:22This is fundamentally unfair.

00:25The lack of reciprocity contributes to our large and persistent annual trade deficit

00:30that's gutted our industries and hollowed out key workforces.

00:34But those days of America, beginning tomorrow, being ripped off, are over.

00:39American workers and businesses will be put first under President Trump, just as he promised

00:45on the campaign trail.

00:46The President's historic action tomorrow will improve American competitiveness in every

00:51area of industry, reduce our massive trade deficits, and ultimately protect our economic

00:57and national security.

01:00President Trump's economic vision is rooted in common sense.

01:04America will offer companies the lowest taxes, energy costs, regulations, if they make their

01:09products right here in the United States and hire American workers for the job.

01:14It's simple.

01:15If you make your product in America, you will pay no tariffs.

01:20We have already seen a number of the largest companies in the world respond to this economic

01:25approach.

01:26For example, Project Stargate, led by Japan-based SoftBank and U.S.-based OpenAI, and Oracle,

01:32announced a $500 billion private investment in the United States-based artificial intelligence

01:38infrastructure.

01:39Apple announced a $500 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing and training.

01:45NVIDIA announced it will invest hundreds of billions of dollars over the next four years

01:49in U.S.-based manufacturing.

01:52And the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, TSMC, announced a $100 billion investment

01:59in U.S.-based chips in manufacturing.

02:02These are just a few of the investment announcements that have already been made, and it is clear

02:06that President Trump's America First approach has – is already working.

02:11In our new media season, we'll be back.

Leavitt Says 'Liberation Day' Will Be 'One Of The Most Important Days In Modern American History'

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