1. United States
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Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs are not just economically illiterate—they’re diplomatically catastrophic. He’s proposing a trade war that unites the world against the U.S. while offering no viable path forward that allows our allies to save face or de-escalate. That’s not leadership, it’s sabotage. Even the name “Liberation Day” is grossly authoritarian. It reeks of the kind of hollow nationalist theater we mock in countries like Russia and North Korea. There’s nothing liberating about raising taxes on American consumers and businesses just to satisfy Trump’s ego. He would know that had he ever run a business anywhere but into the ground. You both know better: this kind of chest-thumping isolationism only hurts American competitiveness. It creates uncertainty, raises prices, and invites retaliation. Tariffs aren’t liberation—they’re a tax on Americans. If you believe in free markets and actual leadership, oppose this nonsense loudly.