President Donald Trump on Saturday told the American people to “hang tough” as short-term pain is felt from a slew of new tariffs, and also noted trillions of dollars in investments committed to the United States.
This past week, Trump unveiled his “Liberation Day” plan for implementing reciprocal tariffs on imports to rectify what he views as a decades-long trade imbalance between the United States and other countries.
“China has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close,” the president posted on Truth Social. “They, and many other nations, have treated us unsustainably badly. We have been the dumb and helpless ‘whipping post,’ but not any longer.”
“We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before,” Trump said. “Already, more than FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT, and rising fast!”
Additionally, before Trump signed his order on Wednesday,…
