Trump touts return of the 'American Dream' in historic tariff announcement

President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs during a highly anticipated "Make America Wealthy Again" event which he said will restore the American dream and bolster jobs for U.S. workers. 

"American steel workers, auto workers, farmers and skilled craftsmen," Trump said from the White House Rose Garden Wednesday afternoon. "We have a lot of them here with us today. They really suffered, gravely. They watched in anguish as foreign leaders have stolen our jobs, foreign cheaters have ransacked our factories, and foreign scavengers have torn apart our once beautiful American dream. We had an American dream that you don't hear so much about. You did four years ago, and you are now. But you don't too often." 

"Now it's our turn to prosper, and in so doing, use trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt," he said. "And it will all ...