Yet due to policy shifts, America’s economic dominance faces mounting threats that could undermine its core competitive advantages and fundamentally weaken its economic position. Since then, President Trump’s 2025 tariff policies—involving universal tariffs, sector-specific tariffs, country-specific tariffs, reciprocal tariffs, and notably “Liberation Day” tariffs announced in April 2025—have put US tariffs at their highest levels since the 1930s. The tariff approach, threatening statements, and effective abandonment of the global international order has alienated our closest allies. This was an essential factor that led to America’s dominance in productivity, innovation, and global economic leadership. History will judge whether America chose to defend its position as the world’s economic leader or surrendered it through self-inflicted wounds.