Warned car tariffs will cost Americans $100 billion, Trump White House won’t budge: ‘We must become a manufacturing powerhouse’

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during a Women's History Month event in the East Room of the White House on March 26.
Trump’s new tariffs on imported cars could add $5,000 to $10,000 to the sticker price, but the president believes a healthy industry is vital for U.S. national interests.
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