In the first quote the video presenter is referring to the tariff percentages from 2024 to now, not prices. He never presents any data to back up his price claims, just a couple of news articles about automakers announcemens.
Everything in the video up until 20:30 is making supporting the claim that tariffs are higher now than they were in 2024 which I'd be surprised if anyone disagrees with.
After 20:30 is where I think the real meat of the video is:
"Um, now
I know some people will say you can't
win in a trade war. So even though Trump
has gotten, you know, these good uh
better levels than he had a year ago,
it's basically attacks. It's going to
lead to less efficiency and it's going
to cause growth to fall and nobody wins
a trade war. Now, if that's your
argument, I tend to agree with you. But that's a different
subject, right? If you want to say
that nobody wins in a war and that's
going to hurt everybody, fine. I'll go
down that road. I think it's a relative
game and if everybody falls but the
United States falls the least, then on a
relative basis, the United States has
maintained its hegemony."
Everything in the video up until 20:30 is making supporting the claim that tariffs are higher now than they were in 2024 which I'd be surprised if anyone disagrees with.
After 20:30 is where I think the real meat of the video is:
"Um, now I know some people will say you can't win in a trade war. So even though Trump has gotten, you know, these good uh better levels than he had a year ago, it's basically attacks. It's going to lead to less efficiency and it's going to cause growth to fall and nobody wins a trade war. Now, if that's your argument, I tend to agree with you. But that's a different subject, right? If you want to say that nobody wins in a war and that's going to hurt everybody, fine. I'll go down that road. I think it's a relative game and if everybody falls but the United States falls the least, then on a relative basis, the United States has maintained its hegemony."