{"id":2031,"date":"2025-04-06T12:30:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T12:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/trump-tells-americans-to-hang-tough-as-10-universal-tariffs-take-effect\/"},"modified":"2025-04-06T12:30:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T12:30:42","slug":"trump-tells-americans-to-hang-tough-as-10-universal-tariffs-take-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/trump-tells-americans-to-hang-tough-as-10-universal-tariffs-take-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tells Americans to “hang tough” as 10% universal tariffs take effect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some of the new tariffs <\/a><\/span>announced by President Trump earlier this week went into effect Saturday, triggering customs agents’ collections at ports of entry across the U.S.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump, in a post on Truth Social<\/a> on Saturday, urged Americans to “hang tough,” calling the implementation of tariffs an “economic revolution.”<\/p>\n

“We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before,” he said, adding, “It won’t be easy but the end result will be historic. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Mr. Trump unveiled two new tariffs<\/a><\/span> \u2013 a 10% universal duty on all U.S. imports and so-called reciprocal tariffs<\/a><\/span> applied to imports from about 90 nations. He said they would revitalize American manufacturing, create jobs and generate federal revenue.<\/p>\n

Countries targeted by Mr. Trump for higher tariffs are due to go into effect on Wednesday. Those include assessments as high as 50% for Lesotho, 49% for Cambodia and 47% for Madagascar.<\/p>\n

The tariff announcement was the latest and perhaps boldest manifestation of Mr. Trump’s second term and sent global markets plummeting.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The S&P 500 fell 6% Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 5.5% and the Nasdaq composite dropped 5.8% \u2014 ending the worst week financial markets have had since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Trump says China has been hit harder by tariffs<\/h2>\n

Mr. Trump said on Truth Social on Saturday that China has been negatively impacted by tariffs “much harder than the USA, not even close.”<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump has warned other countries not to retaliate to the barrage of levies on U.S. imports. Ignoring that advice, China<\/a><\/span> on Friday said it will impose a\u00a034% tariff on imports<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of all U.S. products starting April 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At his golf course in Jupiter, Florida, the president was spotted in his motorcade reading a tabloid article about China’s response to U.S. tariffs.<\/p>\n

“They, and many other nations, have treated us unsustainably badly,” Mr. Trump said on Truth Social. “We have been the dumb and helpless “whipping post,” but not any longer.”<\/p>\n

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