Trump’s Auto Tariffs: Are They Working?

Donald Trump promised to “liberate” America’s workers, rebuild the auto industry, and punish foreign competitors. But six months into his sweeping new tariff agenda, the U.S. car market is experiencing something entirely different: confusion, chaos, and unprecedented uncertainty.
What Trump’s 25% tariffs are really doing to carmakers, suppliers, workers, and ordinary buyers?
GM, Ford, Stellantis, Toyota, BMW, Hyundai—and every brand that touches American roads—now face a constantly shifting landscape of tariff pauses, tariff hikes, exemptions, re-exemptions, and political brinkmanship.
Will Trump’s “Liberation Day” truly restore American manufacturing?
Or is it dismantling the very industry it’s meant to protect?

Report Stefan Simons
Camera & Edit: Nils Hünerfürst

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