On April 2, 2025, President Trump announced sweeping "reciprocal" tariffs on Liberation Day, promising an investment boom, massive revenue, debt reduction, and lower prices. One year later, Kyle Hulehan and Erica York dig into the data to see how those promises held up.
0:00 - Liberation Day speech recap 2:00 - Were the tariffs actually "reciprocal"? 5:30 - The real math behind the tariff formula 10:00 - Market reactions and policy chaos 14:00 - The promised investment boom that never arrived 17:30 - Tariff revenue vs. projections and the national debt 22:00 - Who actually paid the tariffs? 25:30 - Business uncertainty and real-world impacts 29:30 - Could any version of these tariffs have worked? 36:00 - The five broken promises of Liberation Day 37:00 - What comes next after the Supreme Court ruling
Resources: Tax Foundation Tariff Tracker: https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-trade-war/ Tax Foundation Trade & Tariff Research: https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/topics/trade/ Subscribe to the Tax Foundation: https://taxfoundation.org/subscribe/
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