From what I am reading these are not all reciprocal tariffs. Some are much higher than the country imposes on us. Plus, there are some goods that we do not produce in the US that we imposed tariffs on. For example, Bananas and Coffee. We do not produce those in the US in any significant quantities so why impose tariffs on imports?
I have no issue with equal tariffs to make a point and begin negotiating away all tariffs, but imposing higher tariffs on countries than what they impose on us does make it seem like the start of a trade war.
Trump took the bull in a China shop approach again, and this could create a serious economic recession in the near future. If that happens, Democrats will win the mid-terms, take over both houses of congress and Trump's second term will come to an end. Not only with they shut down DOGE and every other investigation into corruption and waste, they will impeach Trump, lock down Trump's appointments to the courts and God forbid something happens to any of the conservative Supreme Court justices.
