‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcements stir up political frenzy

Following President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" speech from the Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon, during which he announced a new wide-ranging tariff strategy, politicians took to their partisan corners to express their thoughts.

Republicans hailed the move as a "proven strategy" and "long overdue," but Democrats suggested there was nothing liberating about tariffs, which they complained will make life even more expensive for Americans.

During his Rose Garden remarks, Trump held up a poster board showing the combined rate of tariffs and other non-tariff barriers that other countries impose on U.S. exports alongside the reciprocal tariffs the Trump administration plans to levy...