Peter Bowes

Perhaps surprising to some that it's taken so long, given this country is still so polarized in terms of the nature of politics here, so long that it's taken for large groups of people to get together and take to the streets to express their anger in this way.

But they were protesting about many different policies, the executive orders, the widespread sacking of federal workers, the breaking up of the Department of Education and more. And I think today was simply an opportunity to vent about all of that, as well as the president's most recently and of course arguably biggest bombshell since he took office.

But they were protesting about many different policies, the executive orders, the widespread sacking of federal workers, the breaking up of the Department of Education and more. And I think today was simply an opportunity to vent about all of that, as well as the president's most recently and of course arguably biggest bombshell since he took office.

And that is the sweeping tariffs that have been brought in on the import of goods into the US.

And that is the sweeping tariffs that have been brought in on the import of goods into the US.

Certainly there's been some criticism of Democrats that up until now they seem to have been relatively quiet in terms of criticism of Donald Trump. Vielen Dank.

Certainly there's been some criticism of Democrats that up until now they seem to have been relatively quiet in terms of criticism of Donald Trump. Vielen Dank.

Er hat angeboten, dass die Menschen ruhig bleiben, aber auch angeboten, dass es in den kommenden Monaten ein bisschen schwer wird. Er spricht über den kurzfristigen Einfluss dieser Tarife. Erinnere dich, dass dies eine Medium- bis Langzeitstrategie ist. Er erwartet, dass das Land die Rewarden der Tarife erzielt.

Er hat angeboten, dass die Menschen ruhig bleiben, aber auch angeboten, dass es in den kommenden Monaten ein bisschen schwer wird. Er spricht über den kurzfristigen Einfluss dieser Tarife. Erinnere dich, dass dies eine Medium- bis Langzeitstrategie ist. Er erwartet, dass das Land die Rewarden der Tarife erzielt.

over the long term when companies, presumably if it goes as he wants to, start building factories here and creating jobs and improving local infrastructure. And I think the fact that it isn't going to happen overnight may well give the Democrats an opportunity because their next electoral opportunity will be the midterm elections at the end of next year. And time moves quickly.

over the long term when companies, presumably if it goes as he wants to, start building factories here and creating jobs and improving local infrastructure. And I think the fact that it isn't going to happen overnight may well give the Democrats an opportunity because their next electoral opportunity will be the midterm elections at the end of next year. And time moves quickly.

Aber momentan sind die Tarife keine Probleme für normale Amerikaner? Those problems will start pretty soon. Just as soon as those goods that tariffs are charged on, let's say everyday goods, and there's a fast circulation of those goods that come into stores, people buy them. That will start in the next days or indeed weeks. And people will begin to notice that their bills are getting higher.

Aber momentan sind die Tarife keine Probleme für normale Amerikaner? Those problems will start pretty soon. Just as soon as those goods that tariffs are charged on, let's say everyday goods, and there's a fast circulation of those goods that come into stores, people buy them. That will start in the next days or indeed weeks. And people will begin to notice that their bills are getting higher.

And clearly that is going to influence the attitude of many. It's not every day that you buy a car, but people will be thinking maybe in the next year or two that they have to replace their car and suddenly realize it's going to cost more. Peter Bowes in Washington.

And clearly that is going to influence the attitude of many. It's not every day that you buy a car, but people will be thinking maybe in the next year or two that they have to replace their car and suddenly realize it's going to cost more. Peter Bowes in Washington.

There's a lot of history here, I think, as far as the president is concerned. It's something that he has, even before he became a politician, it's something that he's been talking about and has felt very strongly about the way in which America trades with the rest of the world. And I think what was interesting to some extent was...

There's a lot of history here, I think, as far as the president is concerned. It's something that he has, even before he became a politician, it's something that he's been talking about and has felt very strongly about the way in which America trades with the rest of the world. And I think what was interesting to some extent was...

And we've seen this over the last couple of days, that maybe his stance has mellowed a little bit. He was talking about reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world, saying that essentially if they do it, we'll do it back to them. He said that makes it quite simple.

And we've seen this over the last couple of days, that maybe his stance has mellowed a little bit. He was talking about reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world, saying that essentially if they do it, we'll do it back to them. He said that makes it quite simple.

But he also made this point that some of those reciprocal tariffs, at least from the American side, will be lower than those being imposed on the US. And... I think he is aware that there will be retaliation, that this isn't the end of the matter. This, in some respects, is the beginning of the matter for the rest of the world.