Editor’s Note: Donald Trump is trying to stimulate a rebirth of U.S. native production and so has declared sweeping tariffs against all nations which impose tariffs on U.S. goods. A lot of news outlets round the world are shouting back at this decision, which in economic terms is simply equity: as can be seen, that in all cases the new U.S. tariffs on imports do not equal even the very high tariffs already in force in many nations against U.S. goods. — This is only going to effect the costs of imports in the U.S.A., where if you have any favorite foreign goods, like wine or cheese or cars, it will cost you. — Click each image to expand it. — Trump’s logic of negotiation leads him to impose these tariffs, which he has the authority as President in the USA to do, without approval of Congress, by reason of a 1934 law, as a negotiation tool with each foreign nation, to convince them to lower tariffs on U.S. goods. His goal is to increase jobs and production of goods in the U.S.A., as every nation has the right to do.
Tariffs, according to the U.S. Constitution, were meant to be the mainstay of the national government’s income. So this action by Donald Trump is also calculated to reduce the national debt.
For U.S. residents, they can expect immediate price increases on coffee, tea, chocolate and bananas: items widely used and very popular in the USA, but which cannot be produced natively. But it will also affect foreign cars, Iphones, Swiss watches and most of the clothing Americans buy. Here is more on that:
For those who purchase products made in Italy, Americans will have to pay $1.6 Billion more dollars to get them now, since the tariff will be added to the price paid by the consumers, according to La Nuova Sardegna (click on link to read in Italian).
The source of the images is “Official Rapid Response account of the Trump 47 White House”, on Twitter, @RapidResponse47.
UPDATE: These graphics, shared by the White House, are not what they appear. THEY ARE IN FACT HIGHLY DECEPTIVE. Here is an explanation:
This Argentine who immigrated to the USA, says that the goal of Trump is to devalue the U.S. dollar, wipe out the savings of the Middle Class, and reduce the cost to repay the national debt:
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This is the means by which the US has been hollowed out by the globalists since the early seventies. I would much rather have the federal government funded by tariffs, as it was prior to 1913, rather than an intrusive IRS administering the income tax.
My main problem with the Trump administration is that they also appear to be heavily influenced by Israel. Unfortunately the White House and Congress have been Israeli occupied territory through AIPAC. No nation should have their own lobby which strangely is not required to register as foreign agents.
Don’t even get me started on the idea of dual citizenship.
Note, however, that while Egypt has been hit with a 10% tariff, Israel has been hit with 17%.
Since the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, following the 1978 Camp David Accords, the US has bankrolled Egypt as well as Israel – though not to the same degree.
“Since 1978, the United States has provided Egypt with over $50 billion in military and $30 billion in economic assistance.”
“Egypt is the United States’ largest export market in Africa.”
“Under the Qualifying Industrial Zone agreement, the United States waives duties on imports from Egypt if the value includes 10.5% Israeli content; this program promotes stronger ties between the region’s peace partners. Egypt and the United States signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty in 1986 to promote and facilitate investment between our countries.”
“Flows of U.S. direct investment to Egypt stood at $1.5 billion in 2020, bringing the accumulated long-term stock of U.S. FDI to nearly $24 billion.”
Quoted paragraphs from:
https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-egypt/
Of course, these have not yet been updated since 2 April 2025.