WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s new tariffs mark an all-in bet that his economic vision will pay off for Americans. It’s the realization of his decades of advocacy for a protectionist foreign policy and the belief that free trade was forcing the United States into decline. The early reviews have given Democrats some hope for a turnaround for their party. Democratic activists are planning to participate in rallies across the country Saturday to protest Trump’s policies. A leader of one of the many organizing groups says “the winds are changing.” Trump has promised that the taxes on imports will bring about a domestic manufacturing renaissance and help fund an extension of his 2017 tax cuts.
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