Trump's 25% Tariffs on Cars / The Rest of the Houthi Signal Chat

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Citing national security, Donald Trump puts 25% tariffs on automobiles, adding to his protectionist experiment, as he pushes U.S. taxes on imports to the highest in 75 years. Plus, the White House's effort to play down its use of Signal to discuss U.S. military actions results in the release of more messages, including one giving specific timing for "F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.5	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:41.5	President Trump imposes 25% tariffs on imported automobiles claiming they're a threat to U.S. national security.
0:47.4	Meantime, the public gets more information on the security lapse from that signal chat,
0:52.7	previewing U.S. military strikes on the Houthis in Yemen.
0:56.7	Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.
0:59.7	We're joined today by my colleagues, columnist Alicia Finley, and Kim Strassel.
1:04.8	Another shot fired in Donald Trump's trade wars, including against Canada on Wednesday,
1:10.7	when the president issued a proclamation
1:12.3	imposing 25% tariffs on imported automobiles, citing national security grounds. Here's a clip of
1:20.3	the tariff man himself signing this executive action Wednesday in the White House.
1:25.8	And this is very modest. And what we're going to be doing is a 25% tariff on all cars that are not made in the
1:33.3	United States.
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