“President Trump is completely out of touch with working class Americans”
Valerie Bressler, owner of the small family-run business VB Hose Clamps, serves as the U.S. master distributor for Jubilee Eclipse, the UK manufacturer that invented the hose clamp. She was blindsided when a 25% tariff on EU steel suddenly applied to her imports, forcing her to pay an unexpected $8,500 on a $35,000 order. While she supports the idea of revitalizing U.S. manufacturing, Bressler argues that broad, arbitrary tariffs fail to consider products that cannot be made domestically and disproportionately harm small businesses like hers.