Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
It was an overcast, windy day at the White House yesterday and a crowd gathered in the Rose Garden.
There was a brass band playing behind us reporters as the President was about to enter the Rose Garden.
That's our colleague, Brian Schwartz.
He was there for a big event.
So were cabinet members, Republican senators and union workers in hard hats.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Nice crowd.
What a good looking group of people.
Well, we have some very, very good.
News today, and it was pretty surreal.
It was very kind of regal, with this kind of blue collar feel.
There were American flags draped behind the President while he was speaking.
My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day waiting for a long time.
April 2, 2025, will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn.
The day American Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on dozens of countries,
from allies to adversaries, in a bid to reinvigorate U.S. manufacturing.
But these tariffs have sent markets into a tailspin as businesses,
governments and investors digest an escalating global trade war.