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Last Updated:April 05, 2025, 19:43 IST
Donald Trump’s remarks come a day after he said he seeks good ties with China.
US President Donald Trump’s remarks come at a time of heightened US-China tensions over trade, technology and foreign policy. (IMAGE: REUTERS)
US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that China has been hit far worse than the United States and warned that Washington would no longer be treated as the “whipping post" of the global economy.
Trump alleged that China and several other countries had taken advantage of the US for decades, but that era was over.
“China has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close. They, and many other nations, have treated us unsustainably badly. We have been the dumb and helpless “whipping post," but not any longer. We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before," he said in a post on Truth Social.
China has been hit much harder than the USA, not even close. They, and many other nations, have treated us unsustainably badly. We have been the dumb and helpless “whipping post," but not any longer. We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before. Already, more than…— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) April 5, 2025
The Republican leader said the US economy was undergoing a “revolution" under his policies, with over $5 trillion in investment already pouring in and more on the way. “We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before," he wrote, adding, “THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN."
Calling for resilience from Americans, Trump said the process would not be easy but promised that the end result would be “historic." He concluded his post with his familiar: “We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"
The comments came as Trump’s widest-ranging tariffs took effect in a move that could trigger retaliation and escalating trade tensions that could upset the global economy.
A 10 percent “baseline" tariff came into place just after midnight, hitting most US imports except goods from Mexico and Canada as Trump invoked emergency economic powers to address perceived problems with the country’s trade deficits.
The trade gaps, said the White House, were driven by an “absence of reciprocity" in relationships and other policies like “exorbitant value-added taxes."
Come April 9, around 60 trading partners — including the European Union, Japan and China — are set to face even higher rates tailored to each economy.
Already, Trump’s sharp 34-percent tariff on Chinese goods, set to kick in next week, triggered Beijing’s announcement of its own 34-percent tariff on US products from April 10.
Beijing also said it would sue the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and restrict the export of rare earth elements used in high-end medical and electronics technology.
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First Published:April 05, 2025, 19:29 IST
News world 'US No More A Dumb Whipping Post’: Trump Urges Americans To Hang Tough Amid Tariffs Blitz
