Trump Announces 25% Tariff on Auto Imports

"This is the beginning of Liberation Day in America," President Donald Trump says before signing an order to implement a 25% tariff on auto imports, which will go into effect on April 2.

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[hyuxion]

I am going to hold on to my old car for a long time to come.

[iamandrewyang]

LOL good luck buying your $100k ford focus.

[KimTimmins-ir]

The Honda plant is a lie. They are no plans at this time to build a BIG Honda plant in the US. This has been refuted. Sorry dumpster.

[mope]

Yeah, sure, lets just upend the whole auto industry. What could go wrong ?

[EbenezerNimh]

This man is destroying the american auto industry.

[superalain]

Maybe if the USA manufacturers built reliable cars you would still have jobs in the USA ever thought about that?

[swedesam]

He graduated from bankrupting businesses to now a country.

[alexandresavaria]

After destroying Detroit...now he is destroying US lol

[kosmonautik]

Enjoy a whole new level of inflation America

[Coolkids]

This guy always sounds like a 6th grader giving a book report.

[archangel]

This will end in disaster for Americans.
You can’t stop progress and you can’t stop business.

[emindtrixkkz]

This guy fcuked the farm industry… now the auto industry…..30k Nissan versas lol

[kferg]

Tesla is made up by 40% imports so assuming this means they are up by 25% right

[dangrie]

I'm in Italy-Europe. I will never buy again anything imported by the USA.

[robertherman]

So now that hybrid Toyota Crown Signia you wanted that was $45, 000 is now $56, 000

[mq-du]

Just a heads up Trumpy - Why would anybody want to buy a US made car, when you can get a state of the art car from China for half the price?!

[flyingface]

i guess the American auto-industry didn't praise him enough to avoid this. this is going to hurt them lol

[Luna_cy]

So basically your going to charge the citizens a tax on buying non-american cars.

[KimTimmins-ir]

Does that include Teslers built in china??

[dorintudose]

Pls let him know that the tariff is paid by Americans and they will suffer the most