Donald Trump Heralds a Tariff 'Liberation Day' and a Possible Third Term
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 31 March 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Americans love using their credit cards, the most secure and hassle-free way to pay. |
| 0:04.0 | But DC politicians want to change that with the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill. |
| 0:08.0 | This bill lets corporate megastores pick how your credit card is processed, |
| 0:13.0 | allowing them to use untested payment networks that jeopardize your data security and rewards. |
| 0:18.0 | Corporate megastores will make more money and you pay the price. |
| 0:22.0 | Tell Congress to guard your card because Americans lose when politicians choose. Learn more at |
| 0:28.0 | guard your card.com. From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. |
| 0:38.9 | Financial markets are royally again as Donald Trump signals even higher tariffs are coming |
| 0:45.0 | on what he calls Liberation Day, which is Wednesday, April 2nd. |
| 0:50.4 | So what is coming on Wednesday and what does it mean for the economy? |
| 0:55.0 | Plus, Donald Trump signals that he may be open for a third term as president. |
| 1:02.0 | Hide the smelling salts from the Democrats. |
| 1:05.0 | Could he possibly do it? |
| 1:07.0 | And how could it happen? |
| 1:09.0 | These are today's topics on Potomac Watch, the Daily Opinion podcast of the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:14.1 | Welcome to everybody. |
| 1:14.9 | I'm Paul Giego of the journal. |
| 1:17.1 | I'm here with my colleagues Alicia Finley and Kyle Peterson. |
| 1:21.2 | So let's get going on tariffs first. |
| 1:23.0 | And listen to Donald Trump talking on the weekend about his plans for Liberation Day. |
| 1:27.3 | The big tariff announcement on April 2nd. |
| 1:29.3 | The tariffs will be far more generous than those countries were to us, meaning they will be kinder |
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