From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Dessher, and this is Heritage Explains.

Together, we will make America strong again.

We will make America wealthy again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And yes, together,

we will make America great again. Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.

Since Donald Trump was elected president, things have been great.

Unemployment is at record lows for all Americans, including African Americans and Hispanics.

Business confidence is stronger than it's been in decades.

The GDP is climbing.

The stock market is booming.

Home prices are up.

And because of Trump's tax cut,

businesses are giving out pay raises and bonuses, and workers are saving anywhere from $1,000 to $2,000 per year in taxes. Things seem to be unstoppable right now, and the president's message of American

greatness is resonating.

So with such strong momentum, now is the time to double down and continue to implement policy

that inspires growth, not hinders it. However, with Trump's recent implementation of tariffs,

our blue sky is potentially turning gray.

Markets just tumbled 500 points a couple of hours ago on the back of a controversial

announcement from the U.S. President.

Donald Trump says his administration will start imposing tariffs on aluminum and steel imports.

President Trump today pulling the trigger on what he's talked about for a long time,

and that is tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, despite some pushback from people in his own party about this.

What is President Trump doing? Is he playing politics with this to some extent, satisfying his base, saying that, look, when I campaigned, I said I would do these things. Now I'm doing it.

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