Trump’s NEW tariff threats.. should we take them seriously?
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
There were big promises of deals being struck around the world after Donald Trump announced his “reciprocal” tariffs back in April. But those promises - “90 deals in 90 days” - are yet to materialise and now the president has moved the deadline for those deals from July to August.
The president said the plan was always to wait until August for tariffs to take effect, but not everyone’s convinced. Trump had already been give the ‘TACO’ nickname by Wall Street for not following through on his threats, and the latest delay on tariffs show the difficulty he’s having in bringing America’s trading partners on board.
For this episode, Marianna and Anthony are joined by BBC Economics Editor Faisal Islam, who talks through how many countries are fighting back against the U.S, who may also start to feel pressure from his own supporters if prices continue to rise at home.
HOSTS: • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent
GUEST: • Faisal Islam, BBC Economics Editor
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| 0:00.0 | It is another big week for tariffs, and guess what? Donald Trump is being called a tacco |
| 0:09.5 | again by Wall Street. Not an actual taco, but Trump always chickens out. It was a name that was |
| 0:14.7 | first coined back in April when Donald Trump first announced tariffs and then kind of changed |
| 0:18.7 | his mind, changed the deadlines, etc. |
| 0:25.6 | He'd promised that they were going to do 90 deals in 90 days. But the deadline for that has passed. And now Donald Trump has changed the deadline. He's moved it forward and he's sent out a lot |
| 0:30.2 | of letters. We've made a deal with United Kingdom. We've made a deal with China. We've made a deal. |
| 0:36.0 | We're close to make it a deal with India. |
| 0:38.4 | Others we met with and we don't think we're going to be able to make a deal. |
| 0:41.4 | So we just send them a letter. |
| 0:42.5 | If you want to play ball, this is what you have to pay. |
| 0:46.7 | So as far as I'm concerned, we're done. |
| 0:49.2 | So does Donald Trump have a well-thought-out economic plan? |
| 0:52.4 | Or is this chaos, confusion, and failure? |
| 0:55.8 | Welcome to AmeriCast. |
| 0:59.8 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 1:03.0 | You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. |
| 1:05.7 | You're gambling with World War III. |
| 1:08.0 | President Trump's message is very simple. |
| 1:10.0 | We are done being taken advantage of. |
| 1:11.8 | Mr. President, in the name of our God, have mercy upon the people. |
| 1:16.1 | And we're scared now. |
| 1:17.3 | Are you supportive of these onesies? |
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