BREAKING: President Trump Slaps 25% Tariff on Imported Cars

President Trump just hit foreign-made cars with a 25% tariff.

He’s saying it’ll supercharge U.S. manufacturing.

Which is a no-brainer, but the liberal media will push back against that, I’m sure.

His message is one we can all support: build in America or pay the price.

Trump says it’s pro-growth.

Critics stumble over themselves trying to find an excuse why it’s bad. They came up with ‘it’s a tax on your next car.’

🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump has just announced a 25% tariff on all cars not made in the United States

GOOD!

This will HUGELY support American manufacturing jobs! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/wL6QtGn5GB

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 26, 2025

Time to build ’em in America!

CBS News reports:

President Trump on Wednesday said he will put a 25% tariff on automobiles imported into the U.S., escalating his administration’s use of aggressive trade measures in an effort to boost domestic manufacturers.

After White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the tariffs would be detailed at a 4 p.m. EST by Mr. Trump, Wall Street shuddered, with the S&P 500 tumbling by 1.2% in late afternoon trading. Because tariffs are taxes on imports that are largely passed onto U.S. consumers, they can cause households to cut back on spending and dampen economic growth, according to experts.

“This will continue to spur growth like you haven’t seen before,” Mr. Trump said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. “We’ll effectively be charging a 25% tariff. But if you build your car in the United States, there is no tariff.”

The latest salvo of tariffs comes after Mr. Trump earlier this month gave a one-month exemption to U.S. automakers from the round of import duties that took effect on March 4.

Shares of the Big Three U.S. automakers — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — all sank after Mr. Trump announced the new tariffs.

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Axios adds:

Driving the news: Trump on Wednesday announced the tariff on cars and light trucks from the Oval Office. He said the move would encourage automakers to build plants domestically.

“We’ll effectively be charging a 25% tariff, but if you build your car in the United States, there is no tariff,” Trump told reporters.
“What that means is a lot of foreign car companies are going to be in great shape because they’ve already built their plant, but their plants are underutilized, so they’ll be able to expand them inexpensively and quickly,” he added.
Zoom out: The will-he-or-won’t-he trade saga this year particularly weighed on an auto industry already struggling with competition from China and a historic technology transition.

Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs threats on Canada and Mexico would drive a massive increase in U.S. automakers’ production costs.
Then, his global steel and aluminum tariffs raised input prices even further.

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#BREAKING: Donald Trump will now impose 25% tariffs on all cars and light trucks not made in the U.S.

This will significantly impact places dependent on auto manufacturing, like Ontario.

Canada can not win this trade war and retaliatory tariffs will only make things worse. pic.twitter.com/pSaULLzSUL

— govt.exe is corrupt (@govt_corrupt) March 26, 2025