President Donald Trump unveiled what he called “our Declaration of Economic Independence” on Wednesday at his “Liberation Day” event, announcing reciprocal tariffs on other countries in order to bring back the “American dream.”
Speaking in the White House Rose Garden to members of Congress and the Senate, labor union groups, and the press, Trump said American taxpayers have been “ripped off for more than 50 years, but it’s not going to happen anymore”:
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Referring to American workers, some of whom were in the audience, the president said, “They watched in anguish as foreign leaders have stolen our jobs, foreign cheaters have ransacked our factories, and foreign scavengers have torn apart our once-beautiful American dream.”
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