Quelling the Left’s Tariff Hysteria: Trump’s tariffs are leveling the playing field

President Trump announced a fresh round of reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday, dubbed Liberation Day, prompting hysteria from the Left.  

Since President Trump announced the first round of tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada, the Left-wing media has thrown accusations of not caring about the American people at the president and his administration while stoking fears of a recession. Now, after the debut of a new round of across-the-board tariffs, the Left has delved further into a meltdown.  

The reality is the Trump tariffs are simply working to level the playing field. The Left has made them out to be extreme measures, but many of the tariffs aren’t even equal to the tariffs other countries levy on American goods.  

For example, the 20% tax on European Union imports is only half the rate the European Union levies on American goods, and the 34% tax on China pales in comparison to the 67% tax China levies on American goods.  

The new tariffs are estimated to cost the United States $50 million a day, but as Director of the CPAC Center for Regulatory Freedom, Andrew Langer, pointed out, the Biden administration cost the country an extra $1.8 trillion a year, or $5 billion a day, in additional regulatory costs, costs the Trump administration is bringing down with its slashing of the regulatory state. 

“If you're not growing the regulatory state by 5 billion dollars a day, I think the American economy can handle, you know, 50 million dollars in increased cost. I mean, I think there's a game there,” reasoned Langer.  

Despite the mainstream media’s coverage of the retaliation threats from the European Union, Canada, and Australia, the tariffs are having the desired effect of prompting some countries to come to the negotiating table. The UK, Argentina, Vietnam, and Israel are all either planning to reduce tariffs on the United States or are approaching an FTA with the U.S. 

The tariffs may cause pain in the short-term but as American manufacturing revives, the long-term gain will be substantial and will include more jobs, cheaper goods, perhaps even higher-quality goods, and economic and supply chain independence.  

Trump’s tariffs are reasonable demands made in the long-term interests of the American people. The mainstream media is only upset because the tariffs upturn the status quo of the United States getting the short end of the stick. In November of 2024, the American people voted for America First, and that’s what they’re getting.  

It’s time the U.S. played on a level field.