Trump Announces ‘Liberation Day’ with Tariffs Intended to Rebuild American Industry, by John Zmirak

By John Zmirak, The Stream, April 4, 2025

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.

Many of us are torn on the subject of the wide-ranging tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed by executive order on nations around the world, which took effect Wednesday. One thing we shouldn’t be, however, is blindsided.

Protecting American industry from often-predatory foreign competition has been on Trump’s mind for decades, and he has never been shy about saying so. You can go back to the late 1980s when Oprah Winfrey would welcome Trump on her show to hear him talking about it.

So spare me the shock and surprise that Trump 2.0 — having suffered enough lawfare, fake impeachments, and assassination attempts for several lifetimes — is finally tossing aside the counsels of the “experts” and the warnings of Chamber of Commerce operatives and acting on his beliefs.  …

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