US President also hinted that country would be one of those trying to harm the US
United States President Donald Trump (Republican Party) cited Brazil as one of the countries that “Type of demai”. The statement was made on Monday (27.jan.2025), at an event in which republican congressmen were gathered in Florida.
“Let’s impose rates on countries and outsiders who really hurt us. They want… well, they want to hurt us, but basically they want to improve their country. Look what others do. China is a major creator of tariffs, as is India, Brazil and so many other countries. And let’s not let this continue, because we will put America in 1st place, always put America in 1st place.”, disse Trump.
During the, Trump the additional rates to some countries to combat what he called an invasion of “drug” e “illegal immigrants”.
Shortly after taking office on January 20, the Republican said his government intends to be a 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada imports from February 1. He also announced that he will charge an additional 10% in Chinese product rates.
The strategy includes investigating the causes of US commercial deficits with other nations and the revision of existing trade agreements.
“Let’s establish a very fair system, a very fair system, where money will enter our coffers and America will be very rich once again. And this will happen very quickly”Said Trump on Monday (27.jan).
“The time has come for the United States to return to the system that made us richer and more powerful than ever ”these.
According to the US President, the country’s economy was, from 1870 to 1913, driven by the charging of tariffs. “And this was the richest period in the history of the United States“, These.
Watch Trump’s speech (from 46min22s):
