President Trump took part in an event celebrating what the White House is calling "Liberation Day," with an executive order signing ceremony in front of assembled guests in the Rose Garden on Wednesday. He began with some brief remarks.

Katie Pavlich from our sister site, Townhall captured some of the proceedings in person. One of those moments was this image of some of the attendees, including members of the Cabinet and House Speaker Mike Johnson:

Trump’s entire Cabinet is in the Rose Garden, as is House Speaker Mike Johnson pic.twitter.com/J1JOj0rZqq

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 2, 2025

Vice President JD Vance was also present...

. @VP Gets a greeting. Sound on. pic.twitter.com/wCUMPAjwad

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 2, 2025

...along with a noticeable group of auto workers:

See the jackets re: Auto workers

Overheard:

“Just such an honor to be here” pic.twitter.com/IyacFV5WeL

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 2, 2025

More on the workers in a minute. Pres. Trump began his remarks by calling Wednesday, Apr. 2, "Liberation Day":

.@POTUS: "My fellow Americans, this is LIBERATION DAY -- April 2, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America's destiny was reclaimed, and the day that we began to make American wealthy again." pic.twitter.com/LKLNJPX9GK

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 2, 2025

He also announced that the new EOs signal "our [nation's] turn to prosper and, in so doing, use trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and pay down our national debt":

.@POTUS: "This is one of the most important days... in American history; it's our Declaration of Economic Independence. For years, hard-working American citizens were forced to sit on the sidelines as other nations got rich and powerful... But now it's our time to prosper." pic.twitter.com/J7B9eM3G5D

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 2, 2025

Pres. Trump talked about how the U.S. trade deficit soared to record levels under "Sleepy Joe Biden"-and how we have fallen behind compared to China:

.@POTUS: The United States can no longer produce enough antibiotics to treat our sick. We import virtually all of our computers, phones, televisions, and electronics. A single shipyard in China now produces more ships in one year than all the American shipyards combined. Chronic… pic.twitter.com/CVR7VhBaYY

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 2, 2025

Then, the president showed a chart with the tariffs our country will be matching around the world:

During his speech from the Rose Garden, President Trump held up a "Reciprocal Tariffs" board detailing how much the U.S. will be charging certain countries. pic.twitter.com/Bkn7AUw0un

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 2, 2025

Here's a full list of the reciprocal tariffs:

FULL LIST: Liberation Day pic.twitter.com/ZBiRuJBCAr

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 2, 2025

Later in the event, Pres. Trump had a little fun with the auto workers:

Trump tosses a hat into the auto workers pic.twitter.com/8P9J1KIHqf

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) April 2, 2025

Then he signed the two executive orders; one EO relating to Chinese tariffs on American goods, and the other to the reciprocal tariffs Trump talked about:

🚨 @POTUS signs an Executive Order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world.

It's LIBERATION DAY in America! pic.twitter.com/p7UnfE617B

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 2, 2025

The president ended the event by shouting off-mic to Speaker Johnson about the ongoing budget process: "Get it done, Mike." 

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