Trump's Slaps: When Tariffs Turn into Howling Winds!

Imagine a double-edged knife... that is Trump's tariffs! Like an economic whirlwind that suddenly blew in, the former president raised his tariffs like impregnable castles against the world's goods, especially from China and the European Union. The slap was deafening: steel and aluminum, electronics and clothing, everything fell under the punitive tariffs that sometimes exceeded 25%! According to Trump, the slaps aimed to "protect the American worker" and bring back the migrating industries to the homeland, like a hawk returning to its nest.

But the winds, especially the strong ones, rarely blow as sailors wish! The knife cut in both directions: **American consumers** found themselves paying more for everything, from washing machines to bicycles. American companies that relied on imported components suffered from rising costs, like someone building a house as brick prices rise in their hands! As for the grand goal – reducing the trade deficit with China – it remained stubborn as a mountain.

Global reactions were like a counter-storm: countries launched retaliatory tariffs on American products, from Kansas bourbon to agricultural tractors. American farmers, who lost valuable markets, found themselves in the eye of the storm, bearing the consequences of a war they did not start.