WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Works (AFW) released the following statement applauding President Donald J. Trump’s Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment Executive Order:
“President Trump’s decision to enforce strong reciprocal tariffs is long overdue — and exactly what our country needs. For far too long, we’ve allowed other countries to take advantage of Americans. We’ve allowed our adversaries like China to walk all over us. They never paid a price for the devastation caused by COVID-19. They’ve never been held accountable for their inhumane labor practices or for flooding our markets with cheap goods. President Trump is doing what weak leaders of the past refused to do — stand up to China and put America first. As he said, the critics of the America First Agenda aren’t afraid the policies will fail — they’re terrified they’ll succeed. And they are succeeding.
The reaction to the tariffs from the political class was disgraceful. They tried to cause panic and see America fail. They lost. For decades, they trapped us in a rigged system, and they’re upset President Trump found a way out.
With this latest executive order, President Trump has made it crystal clear: Retaliate against us, and we will respond even stronger. Trading partners acting in good faith will be rewarded, while countries acting hostile, like China, will face consequences. This is about fairness, sovereignty, and the future of our economy. We stand with President Trump and his America First movement.”
– Ashley Hayek, President of AFW