Trump Declares National Emergency – New Tariffs!

While the globalist elites scream bloody murder about “trade wars,” Trump has once again done what no politician dared to do—declared decades of economic surrender a national emergency.

At a Glance

  • President Trump has declared America’s massive trade deficits a national emergency, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose sweeping tariffs
  • A universal 10% tariff will be applied to all countries, with additional targeted tariffs for nations with the largest trade deficits against the US
  • The US has been operating with one of the world’s lowest average tariff rates (3.3%) while other countries charge significantly higher rates on American goods
  • The Executive Order aims to reverse decades of manufacturing decline and restore America’s industrial capacity as a matter of national security
  • Critics have failed to offer alternative solutions to America’s structural trade imbalances that have decimated our manufacturing base

America’s Economic Security Finally Takes Priority

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s about damn time. After decades of economic subservience to foreign nations, President Trump has officially recognized what common-sense Americans have known for years: our massive trade deficits are a direct threat to national security. On April 2nd, 2025, Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency regarding America’s trade imbalances, invoking powers that allow him to impose tariffs without the blessing of our do-nothing Congress. 

The move represents the most significant shift in American trade policy since we foolishly opened our markets to communist China and watched our manufacturing base get hollowed out like a jack-o’-lantern in October.

This isn’t just some arbitrary policy decision—it’s backed by cold, hard facts that our globalist overlords don’t want you to think about. The United States maintains an absurdly low average tariff rate of just 3.3%, while countries like Brazil (13.5%), India (17.6%), and China (7.2%) slap massive taxes on American goods. How is that fair? It’s like we’ve been showing up to a gunfight armed with nothing but harsh language and a stern glare.

Meanwhile, our trading “partners” have been picking our pockets clean while lecturing us about the virtues of free trade. The hypocrisy would be laughable if it hadn’t cost millions of American jobs.

The Strategic Framework That Critics Won’t Acknowledge

The mainstream media is working overtime to portray this executive order as some kind of reckless, half-baked scheme that will spark global economic armageddon. What they conveniently fail to mention is the extraordinarily detailed analysis contained within the order itself. Trump’s team didn’t just wake up one morning and decide to slap tariffs on everything. 

They’ve documented, with painful precision, exactly how foreign nations have gamed our system through both tariff and non-tariff barriers that have systematically disadvantaged American producers. But heaven forbid the talking heads actually read the document before predicting the end of civilization.

“I don’t believe that American consumers will see any meaningful increase in the prices that they face,” says Former Biden Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

Well, would you look at that? Even Janet Yellen, hardly a card-carrying member of MAGA Nation, admits that American consumers won’t see significant price increases. And studies from 2024 have confirmed that Trump’s previous tariffs “strengthened the U.S. economy” and “led to significant reshoring” of American jobs. 

But I’m sure the doomsday prophets on CNN will ignore these inconvenient truths while they hyperventilate about the collapse of international commerce. The fact is, we’ve run this experiment before during Trump’s first term, and the apocalypse never came. What did happen was American manufacturing experienced its first real renaissance in decades.

A Declaration of Economic Independence

What makes this Executive Order truly revolutionary is its frank assessment of the post-WWII trade order. For decades, we’ve operated under the delusion that opening our markets to foreign competition with no reciprocal benefits would somehow make America stronger. 

We sacrificed our industrial base on the altar of globalization, shipping factories overseas along with the middle-class jobs that sustained entire communities. The result? A hollowed-out manufacturing sector that’s left us dangerously dependent on potential adversaries for everything from critical minerals to pharmaceuticals. If you don’t think that’s a national security issue, you’re not paying attention.

The beauty of this executive order is in its flexibility. While implementing a baseline 10% tariff on all imports, it also specifically targets the 57 countries with which we have the largest trade deficits. This isn’t about punishing our allies or starting trade wars—it’s about finally establishing the principle of reciprocity that should have been guiding our trade policy all along. When other countries drop their tariffs and non-tariff barriers, we’ll respond in kind. It’s negotiation 101, something our past leaders were apparently incapable of grasping as they surrendered our economic sovereignty piece by piece.

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