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President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs

Published April 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 41:35

My first term we did good. But this one we really specialized in. We've done really well. And we had records then. We had the best, safest border. Four years ago we had the best border there ever was. And now we have. You've actually matched it and done even better. And we're going to get it down the right way. (41:35–41:38)

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Asserts that four years ago, the U.S. had the best border in its history.

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“Toyota sells 1 million foreign made automobiles into the United States and General Motors sells almost none [in Japan].”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 07:23-07:31
“Canada, by the way, imposes a 250 to 300% tariff on many of our dairy products.”
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“Japan, our friend, charges a 700% [tariff on rice].”
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“Since the very beginning of NAFTA, our country lost 90,000 factories.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 17:08-17:15
“Foreign nations now own $26 trillion more of American assets than American [citizens] own of their own foreign assets.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 17:38-17:47
“The United States can no longer produce enough antibiotics to treat our sick.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 17:53-17:59
“A single shipyard in China now produces more ships every year than all of the American shipyards combined.”
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“Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 350 years.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 02:08-02:14
“In a few moments, I will sign a historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world.”
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“For decades, the United States slashed our trade barriers on other countries while those nations placed massive tariffs on our products.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 04:53-05:03
“The United States charges other countries only a 2.4 tariff on motorcycles. Meanwhile, Thailand and others are charging much higher prices…”
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“India charges 70%, Vietnam charges 75% [on motorcycles].”
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“India charges 70% [on certain imports].”
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“The United States has for decades charged a 2.5 tariff on foreign made automobiles.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 06:40-06:47
“The European Union charges us more than 10% tariffs and they have 20% VATs.”
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“Vietnam charges us 90%. We're going to charge them 46%.”
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“81% of the cars in South Korea are made in South Korea.”
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“94% of the cars in Japan are made in Japan.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 07:18-07:24
“Effective at midnight, we will impose a 25% tariff on all foreign made automobiles.”
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“Through non tariff barriers, the European Union bans imports of most American poultry.”
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“Australia bans American beef.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 11:45-11:51
“China charges American rice farmers an overquoter. It's called a tariff rate of 65%.”
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“South Korea charges 50. Actually, they charge different from 50% to 513% [on certain imports].”
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“In sleepy Joe Biden's last year in office, the United States hemorrhaged 100,000 manufacturing jobs.”
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“Our trade deficit reached a record $1.2 trillion, which is unheard of since the beginning of NAFTA.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 16:44-16:53
“5 million manufacturing jobs were lost while racking up trade deficits of $19 trillion.”
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“We import virtually all of our computers, phones, televisions and electronics.”
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“Starting tomorrow, the United States will implement reciprocal tariffs on other nations.”
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“China, 67%. That's tariffs charged to the USA, including currency manipulation and trade barriers.”
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“We're going to be charging a discounted reciprocal tariff of 34% [to China].”
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“Taiwan took all of our computer chips and semiconductors.”
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“Japan charges us 46% and much higher for certain items like cars.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 22:06-22:16
“India charged us 52%.”
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“We took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China in tariffs.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 22:42-22:48
“Switzerland, 61% to 31%.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 23:44-23:48
“Cambodia, 97%. We're going to bring it down to 49.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 23:44-23:56
“South Africa, 60%, 30%.”
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“Bangladesh is 74%.”
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“Pakistan, 58%.”
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“Sri Lanka, 88%.”
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“We will establish a minimum baseline tariff of 10%.”
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“Foreign nations will finally be asked to pay for the privilege of access to our market.”
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“We were doubling up on China.”
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“They manipulate their currencies like nobody can even believe.”
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“These tariffs are going to give us growth like you haven't seen before.”
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“Work has already begun on plants all around the country.”
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“Apple is going to spend $500 billion.”
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“SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle, great, great companies, are investing $500 billion almost immediately.”
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“Nvidia, a hot company, is investing hundreds of billions of dollars.”
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“tsmc, the biggest, most important company in the world of chips, from Taiwan, with no investment from us, is investing $200 billion.”
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“We used to have 100% of the chip market. Now it's all in Taiwan.”
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“Johnson and Johnson, great company, $55 billion.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 30:32-30:37
“Eli Lilly, 27 billion.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 30:36-30:39
“Meta is investing $500 billion.”
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“DMACC is investing 20 billion.”
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“CMA, CGM, $20 billion.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 30:48-30:52
“We have so far it looks like we're going to have about $6 trillion of investments.”
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“In my first term. They said tariffs would crash the economy. Instead, we built the greatest economy in the history of the world.”
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“From the day of my election, the stock market went up in my first term, 88%, with Nasdaq going up 155% more than any president has ever had…”
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“If you look at China, I took in hundreds of billions of dollars in my term.”
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“They never paid 10 cents to any other president, and yet they paid hundreds of billions.”
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“Core inflation dropped to the lowest rate in four years.”
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“The price of eggs dropped now 59% and they're going down more.”
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“Gasoline is way under $3.”
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“We created 10,000 already in a few weeks. New manufacturing jobs.”
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“We had virtually no inflation under my term.”
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“After transitioning over to Sleepy Joe, it went from almost nonexistent to the highest in the history of our country.”
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“We now have a border that's the best border that we've ever had, even better than it was my first term.”
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“We're going to pass the largest tax cuts in American history.”
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“We will not cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits.”
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“The Democrats will [cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid benefits] because if they got in, the entire economy would collapse.”
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“If the car is not built in America, you don't get the interest rate deduction.”
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“We're going to get us closer to the debt extension. We have to get the debt extension passed.”
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“We need to get our shared priorities done, including certain permanent tax cuts.”
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“We're going to cut spending and right size the budget back to where it should be.”
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“We're going to produce the cars and ships, chips, airplanes, minerals and medicines that we need right here in America.”
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“The pharmaceutical companies are going to become roaring back.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 46:32-46:36
“In the first 100 days, I think we've had an amazing, in terms of what we've done, what we've gotten accomplished.”
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“They're losing 2,000 on average, 2,500 people today. Young people, soldiers, Russian.”
President Trump's Liberation Day Speech on Economic Independence and Reciprocal Tariffs | Uploaded April 2, 2025 | 47:31-47:40
“It's a senseless war that would have never happened if I was president.”
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