18 October 2025
By Publisher Ray Carmen
America stands at a crossroads , not because of foreign enemies, but because of its own economic policies. The new wave of tariffs being rolled out by Washington is being sold to the public as “economic protection,” but behind the patriotic rhetoric lies a dangerous illusion: that you can wall off global trade and still prosper in a global economy.
Tariffs were once tools of strategic leverage , now, they’ve become blunt political weapons. Every new duty slapped on imports is not paid by the foreign exporter but by American consumers, manufacturers, and small businesses. Each increase in tariffs is, in effect, a hidden tax on the very people leaders claim to defend.
Already, the cracks are showing. Prices on everyday goods , from cars to electronics, building materials to basic groceries — are rising. The manufacturing sector, once the pride of the American heartland, faces higher input costs and shrinking export demand. Retaliation is inevitable: trade partners are responding in kind, slapping their own tariffs on U.S. products. The global supply chain, already strained by years of disruption, is now under deliberate attack by the world’s largest economy itself.
Economists warn that tariffs rarely create the jobs they promise , they destroy more than they protect. For every steelworker’s job temporarily saved by tariffs, dozens more in downstream industries vanish as costs soar. The invisible casualty is competitiveness: when the U.S. isolates itself from free trade, innovation stalls, and foreign markets move on.
What began as a populist show of strength risks turning into a long-term self-inflicted wound. America’s economic power has always come from openness , from the flow of ideas, goods, and capital. By turning inward, it risks not just slower growth but a collapse in confidence among allies, investors, and trading partners.
The world is watching a nation once seen as a champion of free markets now punish its own people in the name of protection. Tariffs may score short-term political victories, but in the long run, they will exact a brutal cost: the erosion of America’s prosperity and leadership in the global economy.
In short , Tariffs set by tariff may yet destroy America.
