Trump Delivers Blunt Warning To Other World Leaders About Their Possible Response To His Tariffs

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In his tariff announcement, President Trump had a warning for world leaders over their possible response.

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00:00are going to be extremely strong.

00:02Foreign nations will finally be asked to pay

00:04for the privilege of access to our market,

00:07the biggest market in the world.

00:09We're right now the biggest market in the world.

00:11We had a great country four years ago

00:14in terms of the economics.

00:16We were doubling up on China.

00:17We were doing so well.

00:18Nobody was going to catch us, but so much of it

00:21slipped away over the last four years under Biden.

00:24I campaigned on this policy throughout last year,

00:27and today that promise was made,

00:29and it was also a promise, as you know, that was kept.

00:32Promises made, promises kept.

00:34To any company that objects to our common-sense

00:41reciprocal tariffs, again, reciprocal,

00:44back and forth, back and forth.

00:47And we were — I call this kind reciprocal.

00:50This is not full reciprocal.

00:52This is kind reciprocal.

00:54But what we do is we cut it in half, we charge them.

00:58My answer is very simple if they complain.

01:00If you want your tariff rate to be zero,

01:03then you build your product right here in America,

01:05because there is no tariff if you build your plant,

01:08your product in America.

01:10And we've seen companies coming in

01:13like we've never seen before.

01:16Likewise, to all of the foreign presidents,

01:18prime ministers, kings, queens, ambassadors,

01:21and everyone else who will soon be calling to ask

01:24for exemptions from these tariffs,

01:26I say terminate your own tariffs, drop your barriers.

01:31Don't manipulate your currencies.

01:33They manipulate their currencies like nobody can even believe,

01:37which is a bad, bad thing and very devastating to us.

01:41And start buying tens of billions of dollars

01:43of American goods.

01:44Tariffs give our country protection against those

01:47that would do us economic harm.

01:50Many people were looking to do us economic harm.

01:53Maybe not so obviously,

01:57but they were doing tremendous economic harm.

02:00But even more importantly, they will give us growth.

02:02These tariffs are going to give us growth.

Trump Delivers Blunt Warning To Other World Leaders About Their Possible Response To His Tariffs

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