Winning Continues, As Trump Announces New Tariffs Against the EU and Mexico

President Trump took to his Truth Social account on Saturday, and announced the latest tariffs being imposed by the U.S.on imports and as he previewed recently, these came in the form of letters to their leaders/representatives.

The letters were slated to start going out on Monday, according to the president, during remarks to an impromptu gaggle aboard Air Force One after the Independence Day event:

President Trump says “probably 12” letters will go out Monday to different countries informing them as to their new tariffs.

The stock markets have been skyrocketing thanks to Trump’s brilliant use of tariffs to make trade fair again for America.pic.twitter.com/EsOO3Wo2hX
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) July 5, 2025

'Dear Mr. Japan': Trump Says He'll Send Letters to Countries Letting Them Know Their New Tariff Rates

A 30 percent tariff will begin on Aug. 1, as Trump wrote in his posts, for both Mexico and the European Union:

JUST IN - Trump will raise EU tariffs to 30% on August 1. pic.twitter.com/IDRpP9HSgj
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) July 12, 2025

President Trump announces a tariff of 30% on Mexican products sent into the US.

This will upset Democrats.

Good. pic.twitter.com/N20WiySBA5
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) July 12, 2025

He wrote to Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo that while her country has helped "secure the border" with the U.S. against illicit drug smuggling, it "is not enough":

In his letter to Sheinbaum Pardo, Trump cited the flow of fentanyl across the southern border, which was the original basis for a 25 percent tariff he imposed on Mexican goods earlier this year.
“Mexico has been helping me secure the border, BUT, what Mexico has done, is not enough,” the president wrote.

Readers might remember that in Feb., we slapped a 25 percent tariff on Mexican products, although some of them were excluded from tariffs. We'll have to see if those are a part of this as well.

We're still waiting to hear what the damage will be for our neighbors to the north, after Trump canceled the negotiations with Canada, as I wrote in late June.

Back to today. In Pres. Trump's missive to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, he wrote:

“We have had years to discuss our Trading Relationship with The European Union, and have concluded that we must move away from these long-term, large, and persistent, Trade Deficits, engendered by your Tariff, and Non-Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers."

Word of the new levies comes after a slew of them did go out on Monday, including a 25 percent tariff on Japan and South Korea.

We have also made a recent trade deal in July with Vietnam, as my colleague Susie Moore wrote, as well as previous ones with the United Kingdom back in May, and China (the latter, on both rare minerals and trade) in June.

GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri has some thoughts for any naysayers on the effect the tariffs might have on the U.S. economy:

Remember when they told you tariffs were going to destroy the economy?

Wrong again.

Thanks to President Trump's America First trade policy, our revenues surged to a record $27.2 BILLION in June—producing a budget surplus for the month.

Not tired of winning. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/EzUKr14b3G
— Senator Eric Schmitt (@SenEricSchmitt) July 11, 2025

More winning, and exactly what so many voted for in November.

Editor’s Note: Thanks to President Trump’s leadership and bold policies, America’s economy is back on track.

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