Trump's tariffs plan gets mixed reaction in New York: 'I believe we were lied to'

Donald Trump's "liberation day" - his plan to overturn decades of US free trade policy - was getting a mixed reaction in New York on Tuesday. With Trump planning to unleash tariffs on global trading partners on Wednesday, many said the price rises economists are predicting would make no difference because they were already out of reach of pinched pocketbooks. Others said they would accept short-term price hikes for longer-term US economic well-being. Still, more said they doubted that Trump had any better idea of how tariffs would affect the lives of ordinary Americans. And after a blistering first 70…